China's limits to growth? The difference between absolute, relative and precautionary limits

Development and Change

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 255-271

  Ho, Peter ^a,b,c   Vermeer, Eduard B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Academic Board of the International Institute of Asian Studies   (Netherlands)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS;

EID: 33646031475     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0012-155X.2006.00477.x     Document Type: Article

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