Resource abundance and regional development in China

Economics of Transition

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-29

  Zhang, Xiaobo ^a   Xing, Li ^b   Fan, Shenggen ^a,b   Luo, Xiaopeng ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)   (United States)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Dutch disease; Property rights; Regional inequality; Resource curse

Indexed keywords

DUTCH DISEASE; NATURAL RESOURCE; PROPERTY RIGHTS; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 37549039384     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: 14680351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0351.2007.00318.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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