Infrastructure Development and Economic Growth: An Explanation for Regional Disparities in China?

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 95-117

  Démurger, Sylvie ^a  

^a Fondation pour les études et les Recherches sur le Développement International   (France)

Author keywords

China; Economic growth; Infrastructure; Panel data; Regional inequalities

Indexed keywords

EID: 18044400835     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcec.2000.1693     Document Type: Article

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