Efficiency gains from regionalization: Economic development in China revisited

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 141-154

  Byrnes, Patricia E ^a   Storbeck, James E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China cities; Data envelopment analysis; Economic development; Measuring gains from regional development; Multi unit efficiency

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC POLICY; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; POLICY ANALYSIS; REGIONALIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 0034025717     PISSN: 00380121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0121(99)00022-1     Document Type: Article

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