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Dr

John Tang

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer
social sciences
business & economics
economics
history of social sciences
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history
arts & humanities
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meiji japan
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Dr

John Tang

 
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Dr

John Tang

 

John Tang is a senior lecturer in economics at the University of Melbourne. He has a PhD in economics from the University of California, Berkeley and a BA in economics from Northwestern University.

His research interests covers economic history, international trade, and applied microeconomics topics, with a focus on the Japanese economy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Tang currently is on the editorial board of the Journal of Economic History and previously directed the Centre for Economic History at the Australian National University..

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 12 most recent scholarly works by John Tang.

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Give and Take: Poverty and the Status Order in Early Modern Japan. By Maren A. Ehlers. Cambridge: Harvard University Asia Center, 2018. Pp xiv, 351. $49.95, hardcover.

John P Tang

Journal article  |  2019  |  The Journal of Economic History

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Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism and Progress. By Steven Pinker. London: Allen Lane, 2018. Pp. xvii, 556. £25, hardcover.

John P Tang

Journal article  |  2019  |  The Journal of Economic History

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Upstart industrialization and exports: Evidence from Japan, 1880-1910

CM Meissner, JP Tang

Journal article  |  2018  |  The Journal of Economic History

Between 1880 and 1910, Japanese exports increased in volume, changed composition, and shifted from leading industrialized countrie..

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THE ENGINE AND THE REAPER: INDUSTRIALIZATION AND MORTALITY IN LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY JAPAN

John P Tang

Journal article  |  2017  |  Journal of Health Economics

Economic development improves long-run health outcomes through access to medical treatment, sanitation, and higher income. Short r..

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Taxes and the Choice of Organizational Form in Late Nineteenth Century Japan

Kazuki Onji, John P Tang

Journal article  |  2017  |  The Journal of Economic History

How do changes to taxation policy affect the organizational choices of firms? Using historical firm data constructed from Japanese..

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A TALE OF TWO SICS: JAPANESE AND AMERICAN INDUSTRIALISATION IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

John P Tang

Journal article  |  2016  |  Australian Economic History Review

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Regional Inequality and Industrial Structure in Japan: 1874-2008

John P Tang

Journal article  |  2016  |  Economic Record

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Pollution havens and the trade in toxic chemicals: Evidence from US trade flows

John P Tang

Journal article  |  2015  |  Ecological Economics

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Railroad Expansion and Industrialization: Evidence from Meiji Japan

John P Tang

Journal article  |  2014  |  The Journal of Economic History

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Financial intermediation and late development in Meiji Japan, 1868 to 1912

J Tang

Journal article  |  2013  |  Financial History Review

Was nineteenth-century Japan an example of finance-led growth? Using a new panel data set of firms from the Meiji period (1868–191..

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Technological leadership and late development: evidence from Meiji Japan, 1868-1912

John P Tang

Journal article  |  2011  |  The Economic History Review

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The yellow non-pareil: Industrialization and the making of modern Japan

JP Tang

Journal article  |  2009  |  The Journal of Economic History

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Scholarly Works

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Applied Economics
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Credentials

Positions

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer

Economics

Education

Doctorate of Philosophy

University of California

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