Sources of investment inefficiency: The case of fixed-asset investment in China

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 94-105

  Qin, Duo ^a   Song, Haiyan ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Over investment; Soft budget constraint

Indexed keywords

FISCAL POLICY; INVESTMENT; MODELING; PANEL DATA; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 67349089073     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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