| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w29182 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 29182 |
| Eclipses and the Memory of Revolutions: Evidence from China | |
| Meng Miao; Jacopo Ponticelli; Yi Shao | |
| 发表日期 | 2021-09-13 |
| 出版年 | 2021 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | Why are certain communities more prone to anti-government protests than others? Do past rebellions lead to more protests today? We study the historical roots of anti-government protests using the experience of China. We document that counties with higher incidence of peasant uprisings against local government officials during the Qing dynasty period (1644-1912) have a higher incidence of anti-government protests in present-day China. To generate plausibly exogenous variation in the incidence of past protests, we exploit differences in the visibility and magnitude of solar eclipses during the Qing dynasty period. In the Confucian tradition, solar eclipses are considered a negative divine signal on the legitimacy of the ruler, facilitating the coordination of protest actions. We test this mechanism using detailed data on the timing and location of anti-government rebellions extracted from local chronicles. Counties within the totality zone of a solar eclipse were significantly more likely to experience a rebellion in the eclipse year. The persistent effect of past protests is stronger in counties with temples and memorials celebrating early anti-Qing leaders. Differences in historical memories of past protests affect communities’ reaction to current grievances against local governments. Communities with such memories are more likely to protest in response to higher levels of air pollution. |
| 主题 | Microeconomics ; Welfare and Collective Choice ; History ; Labor and Health History |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w29182 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/586892 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Meng Miao,Jacopo Ponticelli,Yi Shao. Eclipses and the Memory of Revolutions: Evidence from China. 2021. |
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