Convergence across Chinese provinces: An analysis using Markov transition matrix

China Economic Review

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 66-79

  SAKAMOTO, Hiroshi ^a   ISLAM, Nazrul ^a  

^a The International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development (ICSEAD)   (Japan)

Author keywords

China; Convergence; Economic growth; Markov transition matrix

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949166881     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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