Colonial Institutions and Cross-Cultural Trade
Repartimiento Credit and Indigenous Production of Cochineal in Eighteenth-Century Oaxaca, Mexico
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10102730 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeremy Baskes (0009-0009-9347-8049, Ohio Wesleyan University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 186-210 |
| Publication date | 2005-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Economic History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0507 • E-ISSN: 1471-6372 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022050705050072 |
| OpenAlex | W2158674906 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 21 |
Colonial societies exhibit peculiar institutions frequently attributed to the unequal and exploitative nature of the relations between colonizer and colonized. Repartimiento has been depicted as a coercive system of production and consumption designed by Spaniards to draw reluctant Amerindians into the market. An examination of repartimiento through the lens of New Institutional Economics provides an alternative understanding of this credit system. Characteristics of the repartimiento most often identified as exploitative are better explained as institutional adaptations designed to facilitate contract enforcement and economize on transaction costs in this cross-cultural trade. Consequently, this peculiar colonial institution served to expand trade
Colonialism · Consumption (sociology · Economics · Enforcement · Indigenous · Institution · Political science · Production (economics · Social science · Sociology · Transaction cost · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Ecology · Finance · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Latin American history and culture · Law
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2026 (19) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |