Research

Looking at new and different ways to analyze economic networks and how they connect individuals, families, merchants, groups, states, and cities together. How did these new ways of using credit shape society from the Early Modern Period to today?

Comparing interpersonal Peer-to-Peer lending, bills of exchange, and non-institutional networks for credit with the early modern financial institutions. Connecting global and local markets and the developments in Northern Italy, France, England, Netherlands, Germany, and Scandinavia.

Taking a broader perspective and comparative approach; I'm interested in how different systems of credit developed in other parts of the world. How do they compare, and did they try to solve the same problems? Looking at and comparing financial developments in Europe, Japan, China, and Korea.