Regional output spillovers in China: Estimates from a VAR model

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 101-122

  Groenewold, Nicolaas ^a   Guoping, Lee ^b   Anping, Chen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Regional growth; Regional spillovers

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; ECONOMIC POLICY; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33947686637     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2007.00112.x     Document Type: Article

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