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THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY OF THE RENAISSANCE: THE ADVENT OF PRINTING AND FINANCIAL INTEGRATION IN CENTRAL EUROPE
This paper examines the role of the advent of printing in explaining financial integration in Central Europe until 1520. It finds that printing promoted financial integration because it triggered a fall in the costs of transmitting information, assisted the functioning of the Holy Roman Empire in major centres and significantly increased the financial importance of human capital.