THE LEGACIES OF FORCED FREEDOM: CHINA'S TREATY PORTS

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Jia, Ruixue
• 署名单位: Stockholm University
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6535
• DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00458
• 发表日期: 2014-10
• 页码: 596-608
• 关键词: institutions; HISTORY; finance

摘要

This paper investigates the long-run development of China's treaty ports from the mid-eighteenth century until today. Focusing on a sample of prefectures on the coast or on the Yangtze River, I document the dynamic development paths of treaty ports and their neighbors in alternate phases of closedness and openness. I also provide suggestive evidence on migration and sector-wise growth to understand the advantage of treaty ports in the long run.