No razor's EDGE: Reexamining alwyn young's evidence for increasing interprovincial trade barriers in China

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 599-616

  Holz, Carsten A ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 70349217120     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.91.3.599     Document Type: Article

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