Money and monetary system in China in the 19th-20th century: an overview

Debin Ma

Economic History Working Papers from London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History

Abstract: This article provides an historical overview on the development of Chinese money and monetary regimes between about 1800 and 1950. It develops a simple conceptual framework based on the relative costs of assessing the inherent value of the currencies of different denomination. Based on this framework, I develop a historical narrative that ties important political and institutional changes with the evolving structural changes in the Chinese monetary regime marked by the vicissitudes in the use of copper, silver currencies and paper money in both the private and public financial sectors from the Opium War in mid-19th century to the end of the Civil War in the 1950s.

JEL-codes: E42 E52 N15 N95 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24 pages
Date: 2012-01
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