The Review of Economics and Statistics Vol. 96 No. 4 2014
The Legacies of Forced Freedom: China's Treaty Ports
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.
- DOI
- 10.1162/rest_a_00458
- Volume
- 96
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 596-608
- Language
- en
- Sources
- openalex crossref