Productivity growth and structural change in Chinese manufacturing, 1980-2002

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 841-874

  Wang, Lili ^a   Szirmai, Adam ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNU MERIT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRM OWNERSHIP; FIRM SIZE; GROWTH RATE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MANUFACTURING; PRODUCTIVITY; STRUCTURAL CHANGE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 49149094150     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtn020     Document Type: Article

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