| 来源类型 | Discussion paper
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| 规范类型 | 论文
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| 来源ID | DP15090
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| DP15090 China's Foreign Trade and Investment, 1800 - 1950 |
| Wolfgang Keller
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| 发表日期 | 2020-07-23
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| 出版年 | 2020
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| 语种 | 英语
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| 摘要 | The First Opium War (1840-42) was a watershed in the history of China. In its aftermath Britain and other countries forced open new ports to foreign trade through international treaties. Chinese institutions of trade were abolished and re-organized under Western management, Western legal institutions were introduced in China in form of courts and legal practices, and foreigners in China were tried according to the laws of their country of origin (extraterritoriality). To better understand the implications of these changes during the Treaty Port Era (1842-1943), we begin by discussing the attitudes towards foreign trade before 1840 for both China and the West. Drawing on information from the foreign-led Chinese Maritime Customs organization, we provide a synopsis of China’s foreign trade and investment both in terms of patterns and volumes. The paper highlights the link between foreign and domestic trade as well as the important role of new, previously not traded goods for welfare. Employing several outcome measures, we show that Western influence generated significant benefits to China’s economy, and the results suggest that the geographic scope of these benefits reached into areas far beyond the treaty ports. |
| 主题 | Development Economics
; Economic History
; International Trade and Regional Economics
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| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp15090-0
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| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物
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| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/544046
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GB/T 7714 |
Wolfgang Keller. DP15090 China's Foreign Trade and Investment, 1800 - 1950. 2020.
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