Regional inequality in China: A case study of Zhejiang province

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 44-60

  Wei, Yehua Dennis ^a   Ye, Xinyue ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Regional inequality; Wenzhou model

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; REGIONAL ECONOMY; REGIONAL PATTERN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 1342269068     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0040-747X.2004.00292.x     Document Type: Article

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