New evidence about regional income divergence in China

China Economic Review

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 293-309

  LAU, Chi Keung Marco ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China Regional Conditional and Unconditional Income Convergence; ESTAR; Panel Non linear Unit Root Test

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952323049     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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