The relative contributions of location and preferential policies in China’s regional development: Being in the right place and having the right incentives

China Economic Review

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 444-465

  Demurger, Sylvie ^a   Sachs, Jeffrey D ^b   Woo, Wing Thye ^c   Bao, Shuming ^d   Chang, Gene ^e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

China s regional growth pattern; China s western region development strategy; Economic geography; Preferential policies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036891275     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1043-951X(02)00102-5     Document Type: Article

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