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The Economics of Guilds

Sheilagh Ogilvie · Journal of Economic Perspectives 28(4), 169–192 · 2014

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Sheilagh Ogilvie
Identifier
DOI 10.1257/jep.28.4.169
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2026-09-01

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DisputedPrivileged merchant associations such as the Hanseatic merchant communities served their members' and rulers' distributional interests at the expense of outsiders, rather than surviving because they were efficient institutions for trade.