Spatial externalities and regional income inequality: Evidence from China's prefecture-level data

Frontiers of Economics in China

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 325-338

  Liu, Xiuyan ^a   Yin, Xingmin ^b  

^a Southeast University   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dynamic panel; Income inequality; Market potential; Spatial externalities

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952844010     PISSN: 16733444     EISSN: 16733568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11459-010-0016-1     Document Type: Article

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