The choice of formal or informal finance: Evidence from Chengdu, China

China Economic Review

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 659-678

  Zhang, Guibin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

C42; E26; Formal and informal sectors; Informal economy; Informal finance; O17; Private businesses in China; R51

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349115843     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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