Knowledge capital and spillover on regional economic growth: Evidence from China

China Economic Review

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 594-604

  KUO, Chun Chien ^a   YANG, Chih Hai ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF BUSINESS   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

China; Growth; O18; O33; O40; R D; Spillover; Technology import

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349153020     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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