Plantation Mortgage-Backed Securities: Evidence from Surinam in the Eighteenth Century
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Published:2023-08-31
Issue:3
Volume:83
Page:874-911
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ISSN:0022-0507
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Container-title:The Journal of Economic History
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language:en
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Short-container-title:J. Econ. Hist.
Author:
de Jong Abe,Kooijmans Tim,Koudijs Peter
Abstract
In the second half of the eighteenth century, Dutch bankers channeled investors’ funds to sugar and coffee plantations in the Caribbean, Surinam in particular. Agency problems between plantation owners, bankers, and investors led to an arrangement called negotiaties. Bankers oversaw plantations’ cash flows and placed mortgage debt with investors. We demonstrate how this securitization arrangement worked using market-wide data and detailed records from banker F. W. Hudig. During the boom, debt contracts and their securitization were an effective solution for planters, bankers, and investors. However, the market crashed after an oversupply of credit. This led to inefficient restructuring due to debt overhang.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous),Economics and Econometrics,History
Cited by
1 articles.
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