Rebel on the Canal: Disrupted Trade Access and Social Conflict in China, 1650–1911
Rebel on the Canal: Disrupted Trade Access and Social Conflict in China, 1650–1911
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American Economic Association
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This paper examines the effects of the abandonment of China’s Grand Canal—the world’s largest and oldest artificial waterway—which served as a disruption to regional trade access. Using an original dataset covering 575 counties over 262 years, we show that the canal’s abandonment contributed to the social turmoil that engulfed North China in the ni...
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Rebel on the Canal: Disrupted Trade Access and Social Conflict in China, 1650–1911
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TN_cdi_crossref_primary_10_1257_aer_20201283
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_crossref_primary_10_1257_aer_20201283
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0002-8282
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1944-7981
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10.1257/aer.20201283
