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Globalization, internal migration, and public goods provision in emerging economies
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Globalization can introduce new employment opportunities to emerging economies in multinational corporations and exporting firms. Who is best positioned to benefit, and what are the political consequences for “left behind” areas? We argue that primarily advantaged groups seize these opportunities through internal migration toward centers of ...
Benjamin Helms, Junghyun Lim
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Pacific Northwest Forum: The Chinese in the Frontier Northwest, January-April 1993, Second Series, Vol. 6, No. 1 [PDF]
, 1993 This issue of The Pacific Northwest Forum contains the following articles: The Chinese in the Frontier Northwest, by J. William T. YoungsThe Chinese in the Frontier Northwest: A SamplerThreads of Silk and Steel: The Chinese and the Building of the ...
Eastern Washington University
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Permanent Defensive Structures of Khingan Tunnel: Design and Construction
Научный диалогThis study explores the history of the fortification defense system of the Khingan Tunnel on the Chinese Eastern Railway during the years 1914–1918. The relevance of this research is underscored by the lack of specialized works addressing the history of ...
R. S. Avilov
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Managing agency business groups, elite directors, and the rubber boom, 1897–1913
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract We identify a new organizational form, the Managing Agency Business Group (MABG), demonstrating how agency houses used interlocking directorships to build groups on the basis of commercial and plantation expertise to access finance on London stock markets and local capital markets in the pre‐1914 rubber boom.
David Higgins, Steven Toms
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Settler Sociology: Eugenic Responses to Imperial Crises in the 20th Century
Sociology Lens, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the twentieth century, academic concerns about changes in the racial demographics of the United States emanated from the potential crisis of settler colonial decline. In their references to previous empires, stories of contact between people groups, and changes in demographics, settler scholars worked to provide solutions to the ever ...
Heidi Nicholls
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, 2015 This thesis explores the evolution of Soviet diplomatic policies with respect to the disputed ownership of the Chinese Eastern Railway, and the responses of the three Chinese political authorities in Beijing, Guangzhou and Fengtian from 1917 to 1925.
Cheng, Yiwei
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The Harbin Polytechnic Institute as a center of Russian science and education in China (1920-1950s)
RUDN Journal of Russian History, 2019 This article analyzes the activities of the largest university in China in the 1920 to 1940s - the Harbin Polytechnic Institute (HPI), established by Russian emigrants to maintain the Chinese Eastern railway (CER).
Zoya S. Bocharova, Maria V. Krotova
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When Infrastructure Pushes Residents Out: High‐Speed Rail and Tourism Outflows
Journal of Regional Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines the impact of high‐speed rail (HSR) connectivity on both inbound and outbound tourism inflows. Leveraging the opening of a new HSR line connecting a northern Spanish region with mainland Spain, we employ a triple difference‐in‐differences design combined with inverse probability weighting (IPW) to evaluate the causal effect
David Boto‐García +2 more
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Forest Exploitation on the Chinese Eastern Railway in North Manchuria [PDF]
, 1993 本論文は, 満州森林開発構造の研究の一環として, 北浦の森林開発構造を明らかにしようとしたものである。1879年, ロシアは満州を横断する東清鉄道の建設に着工し, それと同時に鉄道沿線において本格的に森林開発を展開し始め, ロシア資本による森林開発を行った。1920年までの森林開発は主として東清鉄道のために原材料・エネルギーを供給したので, 北満材の殆どが北満圏内で消費された。しかし, 1920年以降, 北満材は南満市場圏に進出し, それまでに南満主要市場に圧倒的にシェアを占めていた鴨緑江材を圧迫し ...
岩井, 吉彌, 蘇, 雲山
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Digital Roots or Digital Routes? Broadband Expansion and the Rural‐Urban Migration in China
Population and Development Review, EarlyView.Abstract This study investigates how broadband internet affects rural–urban migration in China using the Universal Broadband and Telecommunication Services pilot program launched in 2015 as a quasi‐experimental setting. Analyzing China Household Finance Survey data (2013–2021) with difference‐in‐differences estimation, we find that improved internet ...
Shuang Ma, Ren Mu
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