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Great Chinese Famine: a standalone construct

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Great ChineseFamine1 CONSTRUCTGreat Chinese FamineMENG · ECONOMIC HISTORY

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Economic history

the 1959 to 1961 famine in China, traced here to a rigid grain procurement system that could not adjust to local harvests.

In economic history, Great Chinese Famine refers to the 1959 to 1961 famine in China, traced here to a rigid grain procurement system that could not adjust to local harvests. This meaning comes from Meng (2015) in The Review of Economic Studies.[1]

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References

  1. Meng, X., Qian, N., & Yared, P. (2015). The Institutional Causes of China's Great Famine, 1959–1961. The Review of Economic Studies, 82(4), 1568-1611. https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdv016

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