The Legacies of Forced Freedom: China's Treaty Ports

2014/08/23 by Ruixue Jia · 3 citations
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Social Sciences · #Economic Zones and Regional Development #China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance #Historical Economic and Social Studies

paper · doi:10.1162/rest_a_00458

Abstract

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.

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