Mr Merton has described how Osaka's Dojima rice market offered forward contracts in the 17th century and organised futures trading by the 18th century.

默顿先生曾描述过大阪的堂岛米市(Dojima rice market)如何在17世纪提供远期合约，并于18世纪组织了期货交易。

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