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Rules, Contracts and Law Enforcement in the Ottoman Empire

The Case of Tax-Farming Contracts

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Authors:
  1. Bora Altay

    1. Department of Economics, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, Turkey

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  2. Fuat Oğuz

    1. Department of Economics, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, Turkey

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  • Employs primary resources to examine the transfer of resources within the Ottoman Empire
  • Imposes game-theoretical models and perspective to understand what economic and non-economic variables
  • Examines institutional differences and their effects on different societies

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Institutions, Economics and Law (PSIEL)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Bora Altay, Fuat Oğuz
    Pages 1-10

  3. The Rule of Law and Role of Institutions in the Historical Context

    • Bora Altay, Fuat Oğuz
    Pages 11-23

  4. The Relevance of the Rule of Law to the Ottoman Institutions: Historical Background

    • Bora Altay, Fuat Oğuz
    Pages 25-35

  5. Place of Tax-Farming Institutions in the Ottoman Economy

    • Bora Altay, Fuat Oğuz
    Pages 37-55

  6. Legal-Economic Structure of Tax-Farming Contracts

    • Bora Altay, Fuat Oğuz
    Pages 57-75

  7. Analysis of Tax-Farming Contracts

    • Bora Altay, Fuat Oğuz
    Pages 77-89

  8. Prisoner’s Dilemma as a Tool to Analyze Tax-Farming Institutions

    • Bora Altay, Fuat Oğuz
    Pages 91-105

  9. An Assessment Over Previous Chapters and Concluding Remarks

    • Bora Altay, Fuat Oğuz
    Pages 107-112

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 113-116
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About this book

This book examines the role of institutions and law on the economic performance of the Ottoman Empire between 1500 and 1800. By focussing on the pre-industrial period, the transition to industrialisation and the mechanisms behind it can be explored. Particular attention is given to the allocation of financial resources towards more productive and efficient economic activities and the role this played in economic divergence among societies. A comparative analysis with European societies highlights the importance of non-economic institutions during the pre-industrial period.

This book aims to provide new analytical perspectives and ways of thinking about how the Ottoman Empire lost its powerful economic and political structures. It is relevant to students and researchers interested in economic history, law and economics, and the political economy.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Economics, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, Turkey

    Bora Altay, Fuat Oğuz

About the authors

Bora Altay is an Economist at the Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Turkey.

Fuat Oğuz is Professor of Economics at Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Turkey. 


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Rules, Contracts and Law Enforcement in the Ottoman Empire

  • Book Subtitle: The Case of Tax-Farming Contracts

  • Authors: Bora Altay, Fuat Oğuz

  • Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Institutions, Economics and Law

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79577-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-79576-4Published: 13 October 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-79577-1Published: 12 October 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2662-6535

  • Series E-ISSN: 2662-6543

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 116

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Economic History, Law and Economics, Political Economy/Economic Systems

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