Hoffman, Philip T. (1981) Sharecropping and Investment in Agriculture in Early Modern France. Social Science Working Paper, 406. California Institute of Technology , Pasadena, CA. (Unpublished) https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20171004-140846331
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Abstract
This paper examines the wave of investment in agriculture in 16th and 17th century France, a movement with parallels throughout Western Europe. After dismissing the explanations advanced by most historians, I argue that the investment in agriculture resulted from royal tax policy. I then consider the predilection investors showed for sharecropping and suggest that this predilection can be explained in light of modern economic theories of share contracts.
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| Additional Information: | Published as Hoffman, Philip T. "Sharecropping and investment in agriculture in early modern France." The Journal of Economic History 42.1 (1982): 155-159. | ||||||
| Group: | Social Science Working Papers | ||||||
| Series Name: | Social Science Working Paper | ||||||
| Issue or Number: | 406 | ||||||
| Record Number: | CaltechAUTHORS:20171004-140846331 | ||||||
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| ID Code: | 82067 | ||||||
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| Deposited By: | Jacquelyn Bussone | ||||||
| Deposited On: | 06 Oct 2017 20:08 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 03 Oct 2019 18:50 |
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