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Article Dans Une Revue The Economic History Review Année : 2018

Refinancing short-term debt with a fixed monthly interest rate into funded juros under Philip II: an asiento with the Maluenda brothers

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In the fragmented geographical, fiscal, and financial state inherited by Philip II of Spain, while the public debt reached an unprecedented level (50–60 per cent of GDP), the critical refinancing of unfunded asientos into funded juros was operated by merchant‐bankers who signed the asientos. This process is illustrated, using abundant archival documentation, by an asiento with the Maluenda brothers in 1595, which provided the Crown with steady monthly cash payments for a year with options to sell juros for two‐thirds of the credit, and a monthly rate of 1 per cent on the interim balance. Other examples are provided.

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halshs-01785725 , version 1 (04-05-2018)

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Carlos Álvarez-Nogal, Christophe Chamley. Refinancing short-term debt with a fixed monthly interest rate into funded juros under Philip II: an asiento with the Maluenda brothers. The Economic History Review, 2018, 91 (4), pp.1100-1117. ⟨10.1111/ehr.12619⟩. ⟨halshs-01785725⟩
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