摘要
明清商帮的兴起是16世纪以来中国商业史上里程碑式的事件,但目前学界对于明清商帮兴起的定量研究仍是空白。本文首次构建了1368—1840年间明清商帮县级层面的截面数据,考察了地方宗族、科举及宗族竞争对于明清商帮兴起的影响,研究结果表明,在控制了人口密度、人均田赋、盗乱、交通及其他相关变量后,地方宗族的发达程度对明清商帮的兴起具有显著正效应,而当地的科举文化倾向于削弱宗族的正效应。本文还进一步发现,地方宗族之间的竞争也对明清商帮的兴起产生了重要影响。
The rise of Ming-Qing guilds stands out as one of the most notable milestones in the history of Chinese commerce and merchants, but quantitative analyses of Ming-Qing guilds are still rare. Employing a unique cross-section county level dataset, this paper studies the effect of local lineage on the rise of Ming-Qing guilds during 1368-1840. We find that counties where lineage organizations are more widespread have a higher probability of the rise of guilds, and this result remains robust after including a set of control variables such as population density, land tax per capita, social unrest, transportation and other county characteristics. However, the positive effect of local lineage on the rise of Ming-Qing guilds tends to be weakened by local keju culture. Additionally, we find that the competition among local lineage organizations plays a positive role in the rise of Ming-Qing guilds.
作者
吴琦
周黎安
刘蓝予
Wu Qi;Zhou Li an;Liu Lanyu
出处
《中国经济史研究》
CSSCI
北大核心
2019年第5期139-158,共20页
Researches in Chinese Economic History
关键词
明清商帮
宗族
宗族竞争
科举
Lineage
Lineage Competition
Keju
Ming-Qing Guild
