Bureaucratic integration and regional specialization in China

China Economic Review

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 308-319

  BAI, Chong En ^a   TAO, Zhigang ^b   TONG, Yueting Sarah ^c  

^a Tsinghua University   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bureaucratic integration; Foreign competition; Local protectionism; Regional specialization; Stage of development

Indexed keywords

EID: 42649100278     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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