Calculating China’s Historical Economic Aggregate: A GDP-centered Overview

TY - JOUR

T1 - Calculating China’s Historical Economic Aggregate: A GDP-centered Overview

AU - XU, Yi

AU - Ni, Yuping

AU - van Leeuwen, Bas

N1 - Please note this is a translated version of: Zhongguo Lishi Shiqi Jingji Zongliang Guzhi Yanjiu: Yi GDP De Cesuan Wei Zhongxin Ni, Y., Xu, Y. & van Leeuwen, B. 2015 In : Zhongguo Shehui Kexue (Social Science in China). 5, p. 187-202 15 p.

PY - 2016

Y1 - 2016

N2 - Since the 1990s, thanks to the concerted efforts of domestic and international scholars, the research on China’s historical GDP that began in the 1930s has received widespread attention, and is becoming a widely discussed issue at the forefront of research on world economic history. At the same time, several scholars at home and abroad have also voiced a call for more theoretical and empirical reflection within this line of research. Diversification of methods, systematic reconstruction of historical data, and international comparisonsrepresent three emerging trends in future research on this subject. By encouraging and leading these trends, Chinese scholars can assume a greater role in international research on economic history.

AB - Since the 1990s, thanks to the concerted efforts of domestic and international scholars, the research on China’s historical GDP that began in the 1930s has received widespread attention, and is becoming a widely discussed issue at the forefront of research on world economic history. At the same time, several scholars at home and abroad have also voiced a call for more theoretical and empirical reflection within this line of research. Diversification of methods, systematic reconstruction of historical data, and international comparisonsrepresent three emerging trends in future research on this subject. By encouraging and leading these trends, Chinese scholars can assume a greater role in international research on economic history.

KW - China

KW - GDP

KW - Historiography

U2 - 10.1080/02529203.2016.1241494

DO - 10.1080/02529203.2016.1241494

M3 - Article

SN - 0252-9203

VL - 37

SP - 56

EP - 75

JO - Social Sciences in China

JF - Social Sciences in China

IS - 4

ER -