Rules, Contracts and Law Enforcement in the Ottoman Empire

The Case of Tax-Farming Contracts
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-030-79576-4
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 116 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 288 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Institutions, Economics and Law

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

O¿uz, Fuat

Altay, Bora

Oguz, Fuat

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftssysteme, Wirtschaftsstrukturen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

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

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