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Email

james.kung@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Griffin Chair in Economic History
Department of Economics
Education
Doctorate (Research)
University of Cambridge
Bachelors Degree
University of Guelph
ORCID

0000-0001-9733-8638

Prof James Kung

Griffin Chair in Economic History
Department of Economics

59 Scholarly works
0 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Overseas students, ideology, and the fall of dynastic China
    DOI: 10.1007/s10887-025-09258-2
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Trading Favours through the Revolving Door: Evidence from China's Primary Land Market∗
    DOI: 10.1093/ej/ueac060
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Surname distance and technology diffusion: the case of the adoption of maize in late imperial China
    DOI: 10.1007/s10887-022-09207-3
  • 2022

    Journal article

    On the Origins and Persistent Effects of the World’s First Meritocratic Institution
    DOI: 10.1057/s41294-022-00201-7
  • 2022

    Journal article

    War shocks, migration, and historical spatial development in China
    DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2021.103718
  • 2022

    Book Chapter

    The Economic Impact of the West
    DOI: 10.1017/9781108348485.012
  • 2022

    Book Chapter

    The Economic Impact of the West: A Reappraisal
James Kung

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2022

    Book Chapter

    The Political Economy of China's Great Leap Famine
    DOI: 10.1017/9781108348485.019
  • 2021

    Journal article

    Malthus Goes to China: The Effect of Positive Checks on Grain Market Development, 1736-1910
    DOI: 10.1017/S0022050721000437
  • 2021

    Journal article

    Social Mobility in Late Imperial China: Reconsidering the “Ladder of Success” Hypothesis
    DOI: 10.1177/0097700420914529

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