Income and social inequality in China: Impact on consumption and shopping patterns

International Journal of Social Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 370-384

  Wong, Grace Khei Mie ^a   Yu, Lu ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

China; Consumers; Inequality; Shopping

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645438525     PISSN: 03068293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03068290210423514     Document Type: Article

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