contribute to Chinese urbanization. Finally, we show that better institutions in Concessions facilitated the emergence of modern …

This paper studies the persistent impact of good institutions on economic development in China. By exploiting a British …-driven institutional switch in part of China's customs stations in 1902, I find that counties that were more affected by the British … customs institutions are also better developed today. Moreover, I show that the institutional switch was exogenous to the pre …

This paper studies the persistent impact of good institutions on economic development in China. By exploiting a British …-driven institutional switch in part of China's customs stations in 1902, I find that counties that were more affected by the British … customs institutions are also better developed today. Moreover, I show that the institutional switch was exogenous to the pre …

contribute to Chinese urbanization. Finally, we show that better institutions in Concessions facilitated the emergence of modern …