Rising regional inequality in China: Policy regimes and structural changes

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 245-259

  Ho, Chun Yu ^a   Li, Dan ^a,b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Regional inequality; Structural break; Unit root

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC HISTORY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RANDOM WALK METHOD; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; STRUCTURAL CHANGE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 49949110288     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2008.00171.x     Document Type: Article

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