Elections, fiscal reform and public goods provision in rural China

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 583-611

  Luo, Renfu ^a,b   Zhang, Linxiu ^a   Huang, Jikun ^a   Rozelle, Scott ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Giannini Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiscal reform; Governance; Public goods investment; Rural China

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548172241     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2007.03.008     Document Type: Article

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