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100			_aCao, Yiming and Chen, Shuo _936398
245			_aRebel on the canal: Disrupted trade access and social conflict in China, 1650–1911
260			_aThe American Economic Review
300			_a112(5), May, 2022: p.1555-1590
520			_aThis paper examines the effects of the abandonment of China's Grand Canal—the world's largest and oldest artificial waterway—which served as a disruption to regional trade access. Using an original dataset covering 575 counties over 262 years, we show that the canal's abandonment contributed to the social turmoil that engulfed North China in the nineteenth century. Counties along the canal experienced an additional 117 percent increase in rebelliousness after the canal's closure relative to their non-canal counterparts. Our findings highlight the important role that continued access to trade routes plays in reducing conflict. – Reproduced
650			_aDisrupted trade, Social conflict, China _936399
773			_aThe American Economic Review
906			_aSOCIAL CONFLICTS
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