Telecommunications infrastructure and regional income convergence in China: Panel data approaches

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 843-861

  Ding, Lei ^a   Haynes, Kingsley E ^b   Liu, Yanchun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION NETWORK; CONVERGENCE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; PANEL DATA; REGIONAL ECONOMY; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 54049147868     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-007-0188-5     Document Type: Article

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