The Roman market economy / Peter Temin.

Author/creator Temin, Peter
Format Electronic
Publication InfoPrinceton : Princeton University Press,
Descriptionxii, 299 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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SeriesThe princeton economic history of the Western world
Contents Economics and ancient history -- Prices -- Introduction : data and hypothesis tests -- Wheat prices and trade in the early Roman empire -- Price behavior in Hellenistic Babylon -- Price behavior in the Roman empire -- Markets in the Roman empire -- Introduction : Roman microeconomics -- The grain trade -- The labor market -- Land ownership -- Financial intermediation -- The Roman economy -- Introduction : Roman macroeconomics -- Growth theory for ancient economies -- Economic growth in a Malthusian empire -- Per capita GDP in the early Roman empire.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 263-287) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012012347
ISBN9780691147680 (hardcover : alk. paper)