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Property Rights Protection in 18th century Japan Revisited; the Case of Rice Backed Security Exchange Market

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  • Yasuo Takatsuki

    (Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration (RIEB), Kobe University, Japan)

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If market economy are to work, they need institutions of economic governance. In traditional economics, there seems universal agreement that the framework of contract law provided by the government is a necessary condition for a market economy to work. Recently, the complementary relationship between the law and private ordering come under the spotlight. This paper investigates the process of this complementary relationship emerged in early modern Japan where the Shogunate had absolute power. Until the begging of 18th century, the market order was supported by private ordering. In mid 18th century the Shogunate have began to protect rice merchants' property rights in spited the fact that it had never been forced to do. This process provides us with a good case example to consider the nature of the economic governance.

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  • Yasuo Takatsuki, 2015. "Property Rights Protection in 18th century Japan Revisited; the Case of Rice Backed Security Exchange Market," Discussion Paper Series DP2015-09, Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University.
    • Handle: RePEc:kob:dpaper:dp2015-09
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    Keywords

    Property rights protection; Governance; Financial market; Early modern Japan;
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    JEL classification:

    • N25 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions - - - Asia including Middle East
    • E42 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Monetary Sytsems; Standards; Regimes; Government and the Monetary System
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy

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