Commercialization as exogenous shocks: The effect of the soybean trade and migration in Manchurian villages, 1895-1934

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 568-589

  Kung, James Kai sing ^a   Li, Nan ^a,b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Commercialization; Manchuria; Migration; Socioeconomic welfare; Soybean trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855912223     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: 10902457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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