Towards a system of open cities in China: Home prices, FDI flows and air quality in 35 major cities

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Zheng, Siqi ^a   Kahn, Matthew E ^b,c   Liu, Hongyu ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; China; FDI; Quality of life; Urban growth

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CAPITAL FLOW; DATA SET; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; HOUSING MARKET; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; PANEL DATA; POPULATION GROWTH; PRICE DYNAMICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 71849102701     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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