Quantitative Studies of the Renaissance Florentine Economy and Society

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Quantitative Studies of the Renaissance Florentine Economy and Society is written by Richard T. Lindholm and published by Anthem Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1783086378 (ISBN 10) and 9781783086375 (ISBN 13).

Quantitative Studies of the Renaissance Florentine Economy and Society is a collection of nine quantitative studies probing aspects of Renaissance Florentine economy and society. The collection, organized by topic, source material and analysis methods, discusses risk and return, specifically the population’s responses to the plague and also the measurement of interest rates. The work analyzes the population’s wealth distribution, the impact of taxes and subsidies on art and architecture, the level of neighborhood segregation and the accumulation of wealth. Additionally, this study assesses the competitiveness of Florentine markets and the level of monopoly power, the nature of women’s work and the impact of business risk on the organization of industrial production.