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Economic Theory and the Ancient Mediterranean presents a comprehensive introduction to the application of contemporary economic theory to the various societies populating the ancient regions surrounding the Mediterranean Sea from 5000 BCE to 400 CE.

Written for a broad range of scholars, this accessible reference provides an explanation of the core principles of economic theory and then goes on to address a variety of interrelated research topics in the economies of ancient Mediterranean societies. Throughout the text, examples from the literature vividly demonstrate the relevance of current economic models in the study of antiquity through implicit and explicit application - not just within Mediterranean societies, but throughout the ancient world.

Innovative and thought-provoking, Economic Theory and the Ancient Mediterranean offers enlightening insights into the relevance of contemporary economic models to a broad range of research topics relating to the study of antiquity. --Book Jacket.

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2014, Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
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Table of Contents

Note continued: -- 11.3.3.
Equilibrium in a region -- -- 11.3.4.
Modifying the social context -- -- 11.4.
Location of Production Facilities -- -- 11.4.1.
Individual facilities -- -- 11.4.2.
Industries -- -- 11.5.
Consumption and the Location of Marketing -- -- 11.5.1.
structure of transportation costs -- -- 11.5.2.
shopping tradeoff: frequency versus storage -- -- 11.5.3.
Aggregate demand in a spatial market -- -- 11.5.4.
Hierarchies of marketplaces: central place theory -- -- 11.5.5.
Periodic markets -- -- 11.6.
Transportation -- -- 11.6.1.
Infrastructure -- -- 11.6.2.
Equipment -- -- 11.6.3.
Pricing of transportation services -- -- 11.7.
Suggestions for Using the Material of this Chapter --
References --
Suggested Readings --
Notes -- -- 12.1.
Cities and their Analysis, Modern and Ancient -- -- 12.1.1.
Classifying cities -- -- 12.1.2.
Characteristics of cities -- -- 12.1.3.
What goes on in cities -- -- 12.1.4.
Ancient observations and contemporary analytical emphases -- -- 12.2.
Economies of Cities -- -- 12.2.1.
Scale economies in production -- -- 12.2.2.
Externalities -- -- 12.2.3.
Types of production -- -- 12.3.
Housing -- -- 12.3.1.
Special Characteristics of Housing -- -- 12.3.2.
Housing supply -- -- 12.3.3.
Housing demand -- -- 12.4.
Urban Spatial Structure -- -- 12.4.1.
monocentric city model -- -- 12.4.2.
Multiple categories of residents -- -- 12.4.3.
Working at home -- -- 12.4.4.
Endogenous centers -- -- 12.4.5.
Density gradients and the ancient city -- -- 12.4.6.
Wage differentials across cities -- -- 12.5.
Systems of Cities -- -- 12.5.1.
Production and consumption within any city -- -- 12.5.2.
Different types of cities -- -- 12.5.3.
city size distribution and its responses to various changes -- -- 12.6.
Urban Finance -- -- 12.6.1.
Local public goods -- -- 12.6.2.
What to supply and how much -- -- 12.6.3.
Raising revenue -- -- 12.7.
Suggestions for Using the Material of this Chapter --
References --
Suggested Readings --
Notes -- -- 13.1.
Exhaustible Resources -- -- 13.1.1.
theory of optimal depletion -- -- 13.1.2.
Different deposits -- -- 13.1.3.
Uncertainty -- -- 13.1.4.
Exploration -- -- 13.1.5.
Monopoly -- -- 13.2.
Renewable Resources -- -- 13.2.1.
Biological growth -- -- 13.2.2.
Harvesting -- -- 13.2.3.
theory of optimal use -- -- 13.2.4.
Open access and the fishery -- -- 13.3.
Resource Scarcity -- -- 13.4.
Ancient Mining-Forestry Complex -- -- 13.5.
Suggestions for Using the Material of this Chapter --
References --
Suggested Readings --
Notes -- -- 14.1.
Introduction -- -- 14.1.1.
Economic growth: delimiting the scope -- -- 14.1.2.
Growth in antiquity: is there anything to explain? -- -- 14.2.
Essential Concepts -- -- 14.2.1.
Production functions again -- -- 14.2.2.
Technical change -- -- 14.2.3.
Growth versus development -- -- 14.3.
Neoclassical Growth Theory -- -- 14.3.1.
Solow model -- -- 14.3.2.
Technology and growth in the Solow model -- -- 14.3.3.
Endogenizing technical change -- -- 14.3.4.
Extent of the market, division of labor, and productivity -- -- 14.4.
Structural Change -- -- 14.4.1.
Sectoral concepts as organizing devices -- -- 14.4.2.
two-sector model of an economy -- -- 14.4.3.
Some stylized facts -- -- 14.5.
Institutions -- -- 14.5.1.
Property rights -- -- 14.5.2.
Governments -- -- 14.5.3.
Stability and change -- -- 14.6.
Studying Economic Growth in Antiquity -- -- 14.6.1.
What there is to explain -- -- 14.6.2.
Organizing inquiry about economic growth with the help of growth theory -- -- 14.6.3.
Studying episodes of growth following declines: beyond growth theory -- -- 14.6.4.
Summary -- -- 14.7.
Suggestions for Using the Material of this Chapter -- -- 14.7.1.
Evidence of growth -- -- 14.7.2.
Sectoral structure --
References --
Suggested Readings --
Notes.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Chichester, West Sussex

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
330.937
Library of Congress
HC31 .J64 2014, HC31, HC31.J64 2014

The Physical Object

Pagination
xv, 584 pages
Number of pages
584

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL28392392M
ISBN 10
1118627873
ISBN 13
9781118627877
LCCN
2014001157, 2014003281
OCLC/WorldCat
869140923

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