This book explores new frontiers in the research of economic growth and
industrial reconstruction, analyzing economic growth and transitions in
industrial structure in East Asia with a variety of data. First, the
effects of demographic change on trade openness is analyzed empirically
using the panel data of APEC countries. Second, the determinant of wage
and housing costs are estimated using survey data collected from peasant
workers in China. Third, the determinants of conquests among nomads in
or near China and dynasties from world history are analyzed empirically
using data regarding dynasties. Fourth, critiques on Emmanuel's unequal
exchange theory are investigated based on the profit data in the world.
This book is highly recommended for readers who would like to obtain a
new idea about economic development in terms of industrial structure.