Rules, Contracts and Law Enforcement in the Ottoman Empire

The Case of Tax-Farming Contracts

Bora Altay, Fuat Oğuz (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

IX, 116 Seiten

2021 | 1st ed. 2021
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-79576-4 (ISBN)

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This book examines the role of institutions and law on the economic performance of the Ottoman Empire between 1500 and 1800. By focussing on the pre-industrial period, the transition to industrialisation and the mechanisms behind it can be explored. Particular attention is given to the allocation of financial resources towards more productive and efficient economic activities and the role this played in economic divergence among societies. A comparative analysis with European societies highlights the importance of non-economic institutions during the pre-industrial period.

This book aims to provide new analytical perspectives and ways of thinking about how the Ottoman Empire lost its powerful economic and political structures. It is relevant to students and researchers interested in economic history, law and economics, and the political economy.

Bora Altay is an Economist at the Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Turkey.

Fuat Oguz is Professor of Economics at Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Turkey.

1 The Rule of Law in the Historical Context.- 2 The Institutional Change: Historical Background.- 3 Fundamental economic indicators of the Ottoman Economy.- 4 A comparison with European societies under the State Finance.- 5 Tax -farming contracts.- 6 Law and economics of tax-farming contracts.- 7 Prisoner's Dilemma as a tool to analyze tax-farming institutions.- 8 Commitment Problems and the Law Enforcement.- 9 A comparison with France.- 10 Concluding Remarks.

Erscheinungsdatum	14.10.2021
Reihe/Serie	Palgrave Studies in Institutions, Economics and Law
Zusatzinfo	IX, 116 p. 8 illus., 4 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	298 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
	Recht / Steuern
	Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
Schlagworte	Economic Convergence and Divergence • Ottoman Empire economy • Ottoman fundamental economic indicators • Prisoner's dilemma • Tax-farming contracts • Tax farming institutions • The rule of law and Ottoman institutions
ISBN-10	3-030-79576-4 / 3030795764
ISBN-13	978-3-030-79576-4 / 9783030795764
Zustand	Neuware