Japan and the Great Divergence, 730-1874
Japan and the Great Divergence, 730-1874
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日本与大分流，730-1874 年
DOI：
10.1016/j.eeh.2018.11.005
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发表时间：
2019
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通讯作者：
Masanori Takashima
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作者：
Jean-Pascal Bassino;Stephen Broadberry;Kyoji Fukao;Bishnupriya Gupta;Masanori Takashima
尽管日本是第一个实现现代经济增长的亚洲经济体，但在大分化的辩论中，日本受到的关注相对较少。新的估计表明，尽管在730-1874年期间，人均国内生产总值水平仍低于西北欧的水平，但日本在1868年之前经历了正趋势增长，与中国和印度经历的负趋势增长形成对比，导致亚洲内部出现了小分歧。然而，日本的经济增长仍然比西北欧慢，因此日本一直落后，直到明治初期的制度改革之后。因此，当亚洲最具活力的部分落后于欧洲最具活力的部分时，大分化就发生了。
Despite being the first Asian economy to achieve modern economic growth, Japan has received relatively little attention in the Great Divergence debate. New estimates suggest that although the level of GDP per capita remained below the level of northwest Europe throughout the period 730–1874, Japan experienced positive trend growth before 1868, in contrast to the negative trend growth experienced in China and India, leading to a Little Divergence within Asia. However, growth in Japan remained slower than in northwest Europe so that Japan continued to fall behind until after the institutional reforms of the early Meiji period. The Great Divergence thus occurred as the most dynamic part of Asia fell behind the most dynamic part of Europe.