Accounting for the Fall of Silver? Western exchange banking practice, 1870-1910

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24K04974
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Review Section	Basic Section 07070:Economic history-related
Research Institution	Hokkaido University
Principal Investigator	Schiltz Michael 北海道大学, メディア・コミュニケーション研究院, 准教授 (50624582)
Project Period (FY)	2024-04-01 – 2029-03-31
Project Status	Granted (Fiscal Year 2024)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000) Fiscal Year 2028: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000) Fiscal Year 2027: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000) Fiscal Year 2026: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000) Fiscal Year 2025: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000) Fiscal Year 2024: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Keywords	financial history / banking history / actuarial science
Outline of Research at the Start	The project proceeds proceed ‘forensically’ or in an ‘archeological fashion’: it attempts to reconstruct the contracts and workflows for mitigating newly created risk(s). The archival component of this project is substantial.