Returns to research and development in Chinese industry: Evidence from state-owned enterprises in Beijing

China Economic Review

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 86-107

  Hu, Albert Guangzhou ^a   Jefferson, Gary H ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese industrial enterprises; Productivity; Profitability; Returns to R D

Indexed keywords

EID: 1242277308     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1043-951X(03)00028-2     Document Type: Article

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