This paper estimates the effect of access to transportation networks on regional economic outcomes in China over a …

region. The post-World War II paradigm for economic development in the region was destroyed by the crisis and a new more Sino …-centric configuration has begun to unfold. Ron Bevacqua argues that Japan created a very successful model of development that was based on …

Factor-endowment based trade with the leading economy helps to explain the differing development performances of the …

fact that China has succeeded therefore should lead us to question our textbook doctrines of development. Much of this … paper is presented as a comparative study of India, China and, briefly, other Asian nations. …

and human development, as pioneered by Japan, South Korea, and China. In a democratic system, which India has great reason …

period 1550–1630. We add evidence from Japan and China from the early modern period until 1800 to obtain a human capital …