Korean expansion and decline from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century: A view suggested by Adam Smith

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 244-282

  Ho, Jun Seong ^a   Lewis, James B ^b   Han Rog, Kang ^c  

^a Academy of Korean Studies   (South Korea)

^b Oriental Institute   (United Kingdom)

^c WOLFSON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; COMMERCIALIZATION; ECONOMIC HISTORY; INFLATION; INVESTMENT INCENTIVE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; POPULATION DECLINE; PRODUCTIVITY; RURAL ECONOMY; SEVENTEENTH CENTURY; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA;

EID: 40449126774     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050708000089     Document Type: Article

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