Incremental reform and distortions in China's product and factor markets

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 279-299

  Zhang, Xiaobo ^c   Tan, Kong Yam ^a,b  

^a World Bank Loan Project Office Chinese Academy of Forestry   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC REFORM; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HOUSING MARKET; LABOR MARKET; RENT SEEKING; RENTAL SECTOR;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34547880003     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: 1564698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhm002     Document Type: Article

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