Productivity and agglomeration economies in Chinese cities

Comparative Economic Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 284-301

  Xu, Zelai ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b China Africa Development Fund   (China)

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EID: 68449101068     PISSN: 08887233     EISSN: 14783320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ces.2008.43     Document Type: Conference Paper

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