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Class Di¤erences and the Commercial Revolution: An Equilibrium Selection Story

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The reopening of the Mediterranean routes in the tenth century sparked, in some regions of Europe, a long period of economic boom. It also triggered a social change whereby some members of the nobility, despite their social status, turned to commerce. I explain these events through the lens a Kiyotaki and Wright (1989) model, extended to a two-country world. The response of the elite to a communication shock causes the economy to transit from a low-to a high-production equilibrium, if pre-existing class di¤erences are not too large. Quantitative experiments illustrate the view of economic historians that medieval expansion ensued in regions where the elite enjoyed relatively modest privileges and was slow in places, most notably France, where the elite's preoccupation for preserving the social-status was strong.
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halshs-03515585, version 1 (06-01-2022)

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Maurizio Iacopetta. Class Di¤erences and the Commercial Revolution: An Equilibrium Selection Story. Economic Modelling, 2021, 100, pp.105508. ⟨10.1016/j.econmod.2021.105508⟩. ⟨halshs-03515585⟩
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