MORRIS SILVER is Professor of Economics and Chairman of the Economics Department, City College of the City University of New York./e Professor Silver has published extensively on economic issues, including three books on economics in the Ancient World.

• AcknowledgmentsAuthor's NotesTranscriptions and PhoneticsSymbolsReferencesChronological TableIntroductionStructural Characteristics of the Ancient EconomyGods as Inputs and Outputs of the Ancient EconomyAdaptations of Markets and Hierarchical Relationships to Transaction CostsWho Were the Entrepreneurs? The Problem of "Public" EnterpriseCommercial Transport, Gains from Trade, Storage, and Diffusion of New TechnologyMarkets in the Ancient Near East: The Challenge of the EvidenceThe Existence of MarketsThe Credibility of MarketsThe Response to Changes in Economic Incentives and Public PolicyNew Markets and Land ConsolidationChanges in Economic Policy and OrganizationConcluding RemarksSelected BibliographyIndex

MORRIS SILVER is Professor of Economics and Chairman of the Economics Department, City College of the City University of New York./e Professor Silver has published extensively on economic issues, including three books on economics in the Ancient World.

• AcknowledgmentsAuthor's NotesTranscriptions and PhoneticsSymbolsReferencesChronological TableIntroductionStructural Characteristics of the Ancient EconomyGods as Inputs and Outputs of the Ancient EconomyAdaptations of Markets and Hierarchical Relationships to Transaction CostsWho Were the Entrepreneurs? The Problem of "Public" EnterpriseCommercial Transport, Gains from Trade, Storage, and Diffusion of New TechnologyMarkets in the Ancient Near East: The Challenge of the EvidenceThe Existence of MarketsThe Credibility of MarketsThe Response to Changes in Economic Incentives and Public PolicyNew Markets and Land ConsolidationChanges in Economic Policy and OrganizationConcluding RemarksSelected BibliographyIndex

MORRIS SILVER is Professor of Economics and Chairman of the Economics Department, City College of the City University of New York./e Professor Silver has published extensively on economic issues, including three books on economics in the Ancient World.

• AcknowledgmentsAuthor's NotesTranscriptions and PhoneticsSymbolsReferencesChronological TableIntroductionStructural Characteristics of the Ancient EconomyGods as Inputs and Outputs of the Ancient EconomyAdaptations of Markets and Hierarchical Relationships to Transaction CostsWho Were the Entrepreneurs? The Problem of "Public" EnterpriseCommercial Transport, Gains from Trade, Storage, and Diffusion of New TechnologyMarkets in the Ancient Near East: The Challenge of the EvidenceThe Existence of MarketsThe Credibility of MarketsThe Response to Changes in Economic Incentives and Public PolicyNew Markets and Land ConsolidationChanges in Economic Policy and OrganizationConcluding RemarksSelected BibliographyIndex