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/s10887-025-09258-22023
Journal article
Trading Favours through the Revolving Door: Evidence from China's Primary Land Market∗
DOI: 10.1093/ej/ueac0602022
Journal article
Surname distance and technology diffusion: the case of the adoption of maize in late imperial China
DOI: 10.1007/s10887-022-09207-32022
Journal article
On the Origins and Persistent Effects of the World’s First Meritocratic Institution
DOI: 10.1057/s41294-022-00201-72022
Journal article
War shocks, migration, and historical spatial development in China
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2021.1037182022
Book Chapter
The Economic Impact of the West
DOI: 10.1017/9781108348485.0122022
Book Chapter
The Economic Impact of the West: A Reappraisal
RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS
2022
Book Chapter
The Political Economy of China's Great Leap Famine
DOI: 10.1017/9781108348485.0192021
Journal article
Malthus Goes to China: The Effect of Positive Checks on Grain Market Development, 1736-1910
DOI: 10.1017/S00220507210004372021
Journal article
Social Mobility in Late Imperial China: Reconsidering the “Ladder of Success” Hypothesis
DOI: 10.1177/0097700420914529