S. 8. 3. – Maritime Capitalism: Colonial Companies of Investment, 1600-1800

Chair/Discussant: Cátia Antunes (Leiden University)

• Giorgio Tosco (European University Institute) – Companies of convenience
• Gijs Dreijer (University of Exeter) – State, private trade and foreign aid: the case of the Ostend Company (1715-1735)
• Tomás de Albuquerque (Instituto de Economia e Gestão, University of Lisbon) – The Portuguese financial market in the eighteenth century. The investment portfolios of their investors