Production Efficiency in Domesday England, 1086

This fascinating study uses Domesday book data and Management Science methods to examine manorial production efficiency in Medieval Essex in 1086. This book reveals unexpected facts about economic history.

List of contents

1. Introduction and Background
2. Measuring Efficiency
3. Algebraic Methods
4. Efficiency Analysis of Domesday Essex Lay Estates
5. An Alternative Non-Frontier Efficiency Analysis
6. Extensions, Comparisons and Conclusions

About the author

John McDonald

Summary

This fascinating study uses Domesday book data and Management Science methods to examine manorial production efficiency in Medieval Essex in 1086. This book reveals unexpected facts about economic history, and is a remarkable contribution to economic history and medieval studies. It will be of great interest to economists, management scientists, medievalists and anyone involved with Domesday studies.

Product details

• Authors: John Mcdonald
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.02.1998
• EAN: 9780415161879
• ISBN: 978-0-415-16187-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Weight: 630 g
• Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; England, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, Economic history, CE period up to c 1500, British & Irish history, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval