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量化歷史網上講座系列 - 高利貸中的市場機制：以滿鐵調查為中心 Usury and Markets: Evidence from the surveys conducted by the South Manchuria Railway Company

Join us live on Zoom for the first Quantitative History Webinar in 2021! Unlike many short-lived financial innovations, lending for high interest, or usury, as a notorious financial transaction shows remarkable resilience throughout human history. This leads to some interesting questions regarding the nature and logic of usury and its socioeconomic impact. Dr. Zhan Lin of RUC explores these issues using the Mantetsu/Mǎntiě dataset.

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