Globalization and regional income inequality: Empirical evidence from within China

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-59

  Wan, Guanghua ^a   Lu, Ming ^b   Chen, Zhao ^b  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 33847419754     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2007.00217.x     Document Type: Review

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