Modern Chinese banking networks during the Republican Era

Hong Shen and the Modern Mediasphere in Republican-Era China: An Introduction

“Management Structure and Bank Performance: An Empirical Examination of the early Republican Chinese Banking Industry.”

This paper investigates the relationship between bank performance and management structure in Shanghai between 1912 and 1937. The data come from the Shanghai's Municipal Archives and the Center for Research of Chinese Business History. Using panel data econometric technique, the analysis finds that management structure does little to explain bank performance. Rather, factors such as bank asset ...

The Seasonality of Banking Failures During The Late National Banking Era∗

In this paper, we consider a model in which spatial separation and limited communication create a transactions role for currency, and in which aggregate uncertainty associated with agents’ patterns of movement, creates a role for banks and allows the possibility of banking failures. We show that banks provide complete insurance in states of the world where there are no banking failures and that...

Tracks of ancient cosmetics in the modern era of cosmetics

Cosmetics is as old as the history of human being. It has been present in human life since the times of the most ancient civilizations. Perfumery is one of the oldest branches of cosmetics. Valerian perfumes found from the Pharaohs’ pyramids, had maintained their aroma. Coriander, Mace oil, cardamom, cinnamon, and juniper were also the favorite materials used for perfumery in ancient Egyptian c...

Unearthing the nation: modern geology and nationalism in Republican China.