The Bell Jar: Commercial Interest Rates between Two Revolutions, 1688-1789

Marc Flandreau, Christophe Galimard, Clemens Jobst and Maria Del Pilar Nogués Marco

No 5940, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: This paper exploits arbitrage conditions for bills of exchange with different maturities to provide new evidence on commercial interest rates in Amsterdam, London, and Paris during the 18th century. The lesson that emerges is that commercial interest rates were very low in all three centers and did not differ much from one location to another. This suggests that a transnational capital market resulting from the Commercial Revolution pre-dated to the British 'Financial Revolution' of the 18th century.

Keywords: early financial derivative products; financial development; financial integration; interest rates (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F31 N23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2006-11

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