TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - The political economy of expulsion: the regulation of Jewish moneylending in medieval England
JO  - Constitutional political economy
A1  - Koyama, Mark
SP  - 374
EP  - 406
VL  - 21
IS  - 4
N2  - This paper develops an analytic narrative examining an institution known as 'The Exchequer of the Jewry'. The prohibition on usury resulted in most moneylending activities being concentrated within the Jewish community. The king set up the Exchequer of the Jewry in order to extract these monopoly profits. This institution lasted for almost 100 years but collapsed during the second part of the thirteenth century. This collapse resulted in the expulsion of the Anglo-Jewish population. This paper provides a rational choice account of the institutional trajectory of the Exchequer of the Jewry. This account explains why it ultimately failed to provide a suitable framework for the development of capital markets in medieval England.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1043-4062
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10602-010-9087-3
ID  - ref1
ER  -