medieval and renaissance Institutions: deposit/discount/exchange banks, int'l merchant banks, pawn banks Instruments: deposits, loans, bills of exchange, marine insurance, state loans Dutch, mid 16th to early 17th centuries Elements of "Dutch Finance" (Neal, Hart, Vries and Woude, Baskin-Miranti): Negotiable international bills of exchange (Van der Wee) Large public debts in form of negotiable securities, funded by high taxes (Tracy) Wisselbank (Bank of Amsterdam,1609)--exchange/payments system Currency…
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