More costly or more productive? measuring changes in competitiveness in manufacturing across regions in China

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 55, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 514-537

  Chen, Vivian W ^a   Wu, Harry X ^b   Van Ark, Bart ^c  

^a Conference Board ^*  (United States)

^b HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 68149114251     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2009.00329.x     Document Type: Article

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