A drive up the capital coast? Contributions to post-reform growth across Chinese provinces

Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 569-594

  Henderson, Daniel J ^a   Tochkov, Kiril ^b   Badunenko, Oleg ^c  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY VIADRINA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Convergence; Data Envelopment Analysis; Growth; Nonparametric

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548271501     PISSN: 01640704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmacro.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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