1研讨論文
The Origin of the State: Land Productivity or Appropriability?
2主講人
胡天霖（中經管2021級碩士生）
3時間
5月13日18:30-21:30
4線下地址
學術會堂712
5點評老師
王忏、明洋
6活動對象
韦德体育bevictor、金融學院學生
7論文簡介
The conventional theory about the origin of the state is that the adoption of farming increased land productivity, which led to the production of food surplus. This surplus was a prerequisite for the emergence of tax-levying elites and, eventually, states. We challenge this theory and propose that hierarchy arose as a result of the shift to dependence on appropriable cereal grains. Our empirical investigation, utilizing multiple data sets spanning several millennia, demonstrates a causal effect of the cultivation of cereals on hierarchy, without finding a similar effect for land productivity. We further support our claims with several case studies.
8主辦單位
韦德体育bevictor、金融學院聯合主辦
