Economics of Letters

Communication, information, and economic networks in the Early Modern world, Text analysis, NLP

PROJECT

Saminiati Merchant-Banker Correspondence

I initiated and promoted this project in collaboration with the Bocconi Historical Archives. It digitized and transcribed the correspondence of the Saminiati merchant family, making thousands of early modern letters searchable for research on trade, information, and merchant networks.

View Project: Bocconi

Seminar: Invito_Bocconi_Saminiati_12aprile2024.pdf

PAPERS

Quantifying Trade from Renaissance Merchant Letters, Fabio Gatti
Cliodynamics, 2024 (Quantifying Trade from Renaissance Merchant Letters)

The Trade Effects of the Plague: The Saminiati and Guasconi Bank of Florence (1626–1634), Fabio Gatti, Robert J.R. Elliott, Eric Strobl (RaR at European Review of Economic History, older version: (EHES_271.pdf)

Language, Religion and Trade: Frauds and Reputation Costs in Early Modern Times, Fabio Gatti & Donato Masciandaro (RaR at Business History)

Text Analysis Methods for Historical Letters: The Case of Michelangelo Buonarroti
Fabio Gatti & Joel Huesler (RaR at Digital Scholarship for the Humanities), older version: (EHES_279.pdf)