Structural changes in the economy of Hong Kong since 1997

China Review

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-29

  Meyer, David R ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

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