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Trade Guilds

Trade Guilds is a formal association of artisans or merchants within medieval urban society that regulates professional standards, training, and competition through collective control over production, pricing, and market access.

62

Publications

3.6K

Citations

80

Authors

40

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

5

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Guilds

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Publications

62

Coordination, Commitment, and Enforcement: The Case of the Merchant Guild

Avner Greif, Paul Milgrom, Barry R. Weingast · Journal of Political Economy · 1994 · 1.2K citations

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Institutions and European Trade

Sheilagh Ogilvie · Cambridge University Press eBooks · 2011 · 250 citations

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Institutions and European trade: merchant guilds, 1000-1800

Choice Reviews Online · 2011 · 161 citations

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Craft guilds in the pre‐modern economy: a discussion

Stephan Epstein · The Economic History Review · 2008 · 154 citations

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The Rise and Fall of the Merchant Guilds: Re-thinking the Comparative Study of Commercial Institutions in Premodern Europe

Oscar Gelderblom, Regina Grafe · The Journal of Interdisciplinary History · 2010 · 114 citations · Full text

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Authors

80

  1. BD
    Bert De Munck

    University of Antwerp, Belgium

    4 publications · 100 citations

    4

    h-index

  2. GR
    Gary Richardson

    University of California, Irvine, United States

    3 publications · 178 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. MP
    Maarten Prak

    Utrecht University, Netherlands

    3 publications · 59 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. CK
    Christopher Kissane

    Utrecht University, Netherlands

    2 publications · 36 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. CM
    Chris Minns

    London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 36 citations

    2

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Institutions

40

  1. University of California, Irvine

    Irvine, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    178 citations

  2. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    304 citations

  3. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    184 citations

  4. Ifo Institute for Economic Research

    Munich, Germany

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    79 citations

  5. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    30 citations

  6. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    46 citations

  7. Museum of the History of Science

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  8. New York University

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 4 publications · 111 citations

    4

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  2. International Review of Social History

    3 publications · 113 citations

    3

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  3. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 3 publications · 243 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 2 publications · 35 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. Annals of Science

    2 publications · 33 citations

    2

    h-index

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