Does grassroots democracy reduce income inequality in China?

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 10-11, 2008, Pages 2182-2198

  Shen, Yan ^a   Yao, Yang ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dynamic panel model; Grassroots democracy; Income distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 53549102728     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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