About the Quantitative History Webinar Series
The Quantitative History (QH) Webinar Series provides researchers, teachers, and students with an online intellectual platform to stay up to date with the latest research in the field. It promotes the dissemination of research findings and the interdisciplinary use of quantitative methods in historical research. Now entering its seventh year, the QH Webinar Series is co-organised by the Centre for Quantitative History at HKU Business School and the International Society for Quantitative History, in partnership with the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences. The series is substantially supported by the Areas of Excellence (AoE) Scheme of the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (Project No. AoE/B-704/22-R).
Doctoral Research Webinar: Internal Trade Barriers and Financial Development: Evidence from China
In this Quantitative History Webinar, Wanda Wang of HKU Business School will present research on whether goods-market integration can expand finance.
一九三三 1933, A Year of No Significance
在本次量化歷史網上講座中，王慶將介紹本研究的出發點、主要方法以及主要發現，從存量視角重新審視 1933 年中國的社會經濟格局，為理解中國的現代化進程提供新的經驗證據與分析思路。
Doctoral Research Webinar: The War vs. Productivity Channel: How New Technology Led to Complex Societies in Neolithic China
In this Quantitative History Webinar, Senhao Hu of the HKU examines how ground-stone technology contributed to the rise of complex societies during the Neolithic.
Doctoral Research Webinar | 明代田賦數據的結構與性質——以「加耗」為中心 The Structure and Nature of Land Tax Data in Ming China: The Case of Surcharges
廈門大學歷史與文化遺產學院博士研究生龐毅通過計算加耗率，更清晰地闡述明代田賦數據的結構與性質，以及恢復地方政府的實際稅額。
Gold and Trade: An Empirical Simulation Approach
In this Quantitative History Webinar, Rui Esteves will show that the trade networks strongly shaped monetary choices: countries tended to adopt the regimes of their main trading partners, using a dynamic social network model. By contrast, the evidence provides little support for the classic gravity-model claim that shared regimes substantially increased trade.
Drivers of Agricultural Growth in British India
In this Quantitative History webinar, Maanik Nath will discuss how canal irrigation effects remained positive throughout the colonial period and were especially pronounced in arid areas.