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Capital Markets in China and Britain, 18th and 19th Century: Evidence from Grain Prices

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  • Wolfgang Keller
  • Carol H. Shiue
  • Xin Wang

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Based on the most comprehensive grain prices available, we employ a storage model to estimate consistent interest rates and compare capital market development in Britain and China. Interest rates for Britain were lower than China’s on average by about three percentage points from 1770 to 1860. Regional capital market integration in the Yangzi Delta comes close to the British average at distances below 200 kilometers, but at larger distances interest rate correlations in Britain are twice those of the Delta, and three or more times as high as elsewhere in China. Overall, our results suggest capital market divergence at an early date.

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  • Wolfgang Keller & Carol H. Shiue & Xin Wang, 2015. "Capital Markets in China and Britain, 18th and 19th Century: Evidence from Grain Prices," NBER Working Papers 21349, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    • Handle: RePEc:nbr:nberwo:21349
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    1. Ishizu, Mina, 2021. "Metropolitan financial agents and the emergence of inter-regional financial linkages in England and Japan, 1760-1860," Economic History Working Papers 110963, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History.
    2. Ishizu, Mina, 2021. "Metropolitan financial agents and the emergence of inter-regional financial linkages in England and Japan, 1760-1860," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 110963, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.

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    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
    • N10 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - General, International, or Comparative
    • N13 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - Europe: Pre-1913
    • N25 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions - - - Asia including Middle East
    • O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General

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