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Economics 315

Monday, January 14

Orvieto and Tuscany

Today we travel to Orvieto our Umbrian hilltown base from which we will explore the Tuscan countryside.

cortona street

Discussion Articles

Botticini, Maristella, “A Loveless Economy? Intergenerational Altruism and the Marriage Market in a Tuscan Town, 1415-1436,” Journal of Economic History 1999

Botticini, Maristella, “A Tale of “Benevolent Governments: Private Credit Markets, Public Finance, and the Role of Jewish Lenders in Medieval and Renaissance Italy,” Journal of Economic History 2000.

Carpi, Daniel, "The Account Book of a Jewish Moneylender in Montepulciano: (1409-1410)," Journal of European Economic History 1985

Eklund, Robert, et al., "An Economic Model of the Medieval Church: Usury as a form of Rent Seeking," Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 5 (Autumn 1989), 307-331