Brandt, Loren; Ma, Debin; Rawski, Thomas - Department of Economics, University of Warwick - 2013
China’s long-term economic dynamics pose a formidable challenge to economic historians. The Qing Empire (1644-1911), the world’s largest national economy before 1800, experienced a tripling of population during the 17th and 18th centuries with no signs of diminishing per capita income. While...