Direct foreign investment and inter-regional economic disparity in China

International Journal of Social Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 2-4, 1998, Pages 424-447

  Sun, Haishun ^a   Chai, Joseph ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Economic conditions; Economy; Foreign investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008963724     PISSN: 03068293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03068299810193687     Document Type: Article

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