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Political governance and urban systems: A persistent shock on population distribution from capital relocation in ancient China Publish information Ming Lu, Haijun Ou, Yuejun Zhong, 2024, “Political Governance and Urban System: A Persistent Shock on Population Distribution from Capital Relocation in Ancient China,” Regional Science and Urban Economics, Vol (108), September, 104034. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0166046224000656 Abstract This paper exploits a quasi-natural experiment with the exogenous shock of capital relocation in ancient China from Nanjing to Beijing in 1421 CE during the Ming Dynasty, to investigate the relationship between political governance and urban systems. We constructed a unique historical panel dataset that measures population distributions among Chinese counties spanning over centuries. Using a difference-in-differences identification strategy, our results reveal that after the capital relocation, the effect of localities' dis
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