Professor of Economic History
School of Economics, Fudan University
About Me
A Short Professional Biography
Dr. Nan Li (李楠) is Professor of economic history in the Department of Economics at Fudan University.
Dr. Li was born in Heilongjiang Province, where he received his B.A in economics from the University of Heilongjiang in 2004. After graduation, Dr. Li as an assistant researcher was employed by the Development Research Center for Heilongjiang Provincial Government. In 2008 and 2011, he obtained his M. Phil and Ph.D. in social science (economics) from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Division of Social Science, HKUST).
Dr. Li's primary research fields cover cliometrics, economic growth and development, economic analysis in history, the economic history of traditional China, and art finance.
Currently, Dr. Li’s researches include: estimating the effect of cultural (ethnic) diversity (measured by genetic distance) on economic and political development; the economic impact of family division (Fenjia) on wealth distribution in traditional China; the origin of civilization in China; the socio-economic implication of Tang-Song Transition in China; the long-term effect of historical shock (for example, civil war, disaster) on development; industrialization and labor market in modern China, and the political economy of modern China.
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