The rise and fall of a public debt market in 16th-century China : : the story of the Ming salt certificate / / by Wing-kin Puk.
During the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), the government invited merchants to deliver grain in return for salt certificates with which merchants drew salt as reward. The salt certificate therefore represented a national debt, denominated in salt, the government thereby owed merchants. A speculative marke...
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| Superior document: | Monies, Markets, and Finance in East Asia, 1600-1900, Volume 8 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016. ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Monies, markets, and finance in East Asia, 1600-1900 ;
Volume 8. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (210 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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