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El microcrédito antes de las cooperativas: pósitos y crédito público agrario en España en vísperas de la Gran Guerra

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  • Juan Carmona

    (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)

  • James Simpson

    (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)

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The economic development literature has highlighted the importance of microcredit institutions in providing cheap credit to farmers in poor countries or regions. In the Spanish case, the pósitos, village grain banks found throughout most of the country, played this role for centuries. This article, using government reports of 1912 to 1914, not only attempts to measure the success of these village organizations, but also the problems to adapt them to the needs of modern agriculture. We show that the pósitos could be very important at the local level, restricting the development of cooperatives, but that they could not take deposits, and lacked an organizational structure to create networks or federations.

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  • Juan Carmona & James Simpson, 2019. "El microcrédito antes de las cooperativas: pósitos y crédito público agrario en España en vísperas de la Gran Guerra," Historia Agraria. Revista de Agricultura e Historia Rural, Sociedad Española de Historia Agraria, issue 77, pages 169-199, april.
    • Handle: RePEc:seh:journl:y:2019:i:77:m:april:p:169-199
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    Keywords

    pósitos; ruralcredit; creditcooperatives; Spain;
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    JEL classification:

    • H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
    • N23 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions - - - Europe: Pre-1913
    • N24 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions - - - Europe: 1913-
    • N54 - Economic History - - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment and Extractive Industries - - - Europe: 1913-

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