Regional decentralization and fiscal incentives: Federalism, Chinese style

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 9-10, 2005, Pages 1719-1742

  Jin, Hehui ^a   Qian, Yingyi ^b   Weingast, Barry R ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic development; Federalism; Fiscal incentives; Local government; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 23244445989     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2004.11.008     Document Type: Article

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