%0 Generic
%T Modelling Maritime Trade Systems: Agent-Based Simulation and Medieval History
%A Ewert, Ulf Christian
%A Sunder, Marco
%K Wirtschaftsentwicklung
%K Schifffahrt
%K Handel
%K Simulation
%K Hanse
%K Europa
%K Netzwerk
%K Mittelalter
%K Wirtschaftsgeschichte
%K commercial revolution
%K medieval maritime trade
%K multi-agent models
%K network organisation
%D 2018
%X Veröffentlichungsversion
%X begutachtet (peer reviewed)
%X Maritime trade grew enormously in Europe after c. 1100 AD, thereby contributing much to the European economic take-off commonly considered as the “Commercial Revolution of the Middle Ages.” In this article, determinants of both the formation of the Hanse’s network-based system of trade in Northern Europe and its later dissolution are analysed using a multi-agent model. Findings are connected to the discussion in institutional economics and economic history concerning the importance of institutional developments in long-distance trade for economic growth in medieval Europe, the efficiency of self-enforcing institutions, and the divergence of institutional arrangements in medieval maritime trade. Finally, both potentials and limitations of agent-based models for historical research are discussed.
%U http://slubdd.de/katalog?TN_libero_mab2
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