The coast-noncoast income gap, productivity, and regional economic policy in China

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 220-236

  Fleisher, Belton M ^a   Chen, Jian ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0001610724     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcec.1997.1462     Document Type: Article

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