Private Credit Markets in Paris, 1690–1840
- 1 June 1992
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Journal of Economic History
- Vol. 52 (2) , 293-306
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022050700010743
Abstract
Relying on a large sample of private and public loan contracts taken from Parisian notarial records, this article examines the private borrowers and lenders who participated in the credit market between 1690 and 1840. It explains the important role notaries played in the market, describes the types of loans available to borrowers and lenders, stresses the importance of the life cycle in explaining the recourse to indebtedness, and ends with a discussion of the difficulties lenders had in assessing creditworthiness.Keywords
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