Convergence of China's regional incomes: 1952-1997

China Economic Review

Volumn 12, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 243-258

  Zhang, Zongyi ^a,b   Liu, Aying ^c   Yao, Shujie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C22; China; Convergence; Gini coefficient; R12; R58; Regional per capita income; Time series

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000682809     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1043-951X(01)00053-0     Document Type: Article

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