Maritime Information Networks between Northern and Southern Europe during the Eighteenth century

Maritime Information Networks between Northern and Southern Europe during the Eighteenth century Jari Ojala University of Jyvaskyla, Finland This is a section of Reti marittime come fattori dell’integrazione europea / Maritime Networks as a Factor in European Integration(DOI: 10.36253/978-88-6453-856-3) by Giampiero Nigro Firenze University Press Firenze 2019 https://doi.org/10.36253/978-88-6453-857-0.10

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International trade during the 18th century is a case in point through which to study in-depth the challenges of asymmetric information. The challenges can be divided into three categories: availability, reliability and usability of information. This article discusses the organization of trade and shipping between Northern and Southern Europe. The access, reliability and use of information were problems for merchant-shipowners during the 18th century. The solutions adopted were partly contradictory: the aim to reduce information asymmetry on one determinant, might incur costs on the other.

economic history commercial networks northern Europe Southern Europe 18th century

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