Why is Chinese provincial output diverging?

Journal of Asian Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 333-344

  Westerlund, Joakim ^a   Edgerton, David L ^b   Opper, Sonja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

C33; China; Common factor; O53; Output convergence; Panel unit root tests; R11

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953124621     PISSN: 10490078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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