Mallory Hope
Biographic Data
| ID | 5877958 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mallory Hope |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mallory |
| FAMILY NAME | Hope |
| SIGNATURE | HOPE M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
H. Spencer Banzhaf, Pricing the Priceless
For many citizens and humanistic scholars, an economist’s perspective can be a grating intrusion into the public conversation about environmental degradation and climate change. Many of us who would like to see humans live more lightly on this earth find it difficult to fully embrace economists as allies because it seems that a deep philosophical difference separates us. Economists seem to perceive value only where it can be translated into dolla…
Introduction
This article introduces the various articles in this forum. It first sets the scene by showing why the maritime sector forms an excellent case study to investigate risk and uncertainty in the premodern world. Second, it problematises from a historical perspective both Frank Knight's and Douglass North's approaches to risk and uncertainty, arguing that notwithstanding the lack of data, premodern commerce could properly assess both risk and uncerta…
Coda
This coda takes stock of the articles in the forum and subsequently draws some lessons from the articles on the question of how to deal with risk and uncertainty in the present. It argues that looking at how risk and uncertainty were perceived and dealt with in the early modern world allows one to envisage new solutions to deal with the major problems facing human society today, such as climate change
Risk and Uncertainty in France's Atlantic Slave Trade
In the eighteenth century, about 12% of Atlantic slave-trading voyages organized under the French flag ended in shipwreck, condemnation of the vessel by Admiralty authorities, capture by privateers or pirates, or with the enslaved men and women on board taking control of the ship. During this period, a commercial solution was available to insulate slave traders from the financial losses that shipwreck, capture, and revolts represented to them: ma…
Risk and Uncertainty in France's Atlantic Slave Trade
In the eighteenth century, about 12% of Atlantic slave-trading voyages organized under the French flag ended in shipwreck, condemnation of the vessel by Admiralty authorities, capture by privateers or pirates, or with the enslaved men and women on board taking control of the ship. During this period, a commercial solution was available to insulate slave traders from the financial losses that shipwreck, capture, and revolts represented to them: ma…
Introduction
This article introduces the various articles in this forum. It first sets the scene by showing why the maritime sector forms an excellent case study to investigate risk and uncertainty in the premodern world. Second, it problematises from a historical perspective both Frank Knight's and Douglass North's approaches to risk and uncertainty, arguing that notwithstanding the lack of data, premodern commerce could properly assess both risk and uncerta…
Coda
This coda takes stock of the articles in the forum and subsequently draws some lessons from the articles on the question of how to deal with risk and uncertainty in the present. It argues that looking at how risk and uncertainty were perceived and dealt with in the early modern world allows one to envisage new solutions to deal with the major problems facing human society today, such as climate change
Risk and Uncertainty in France's Atlantic Slave Trade
In the eighteenth century, about 12% of Atlantic slave-trading voyages organized under the French flag ended in shipwreck, condemnation of the vessel by Admiralty authorities, capture by privateers or pirates, or with the enslaved men and women on board taking control of the ship. During this period, a commercial solution was available to insulate slave traders from the financial losses that shipwreck, capture, and revolts represented to them: ma…
H. Spencer Banzhaf, Pricing the Priceless
For many citizens and humanistic scholars, an economist’s perspective can be a grating intrusion into the public conversation about environmental degradation and climate change. Many of us who would like to see humans live more lightly on this earth find it difficult to fully embrace economists as allies because it seems that a deep philosophical difference separates us. Economists seem to perceive value only where it can be translated into dolla…
Economics (3 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Actuarial science (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Historical Economic and Social Studies (2 works) · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Artificial Intelligence (1 works)