The evolution of an industrial cluster in China

China Economic Review

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 456-469

  Fleisher, Belton ^a,b,c   Hu, Dinghuan ^d   McGuire, William ^a   Zhang, Xiaobo ^e,f  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^c China Academy of Agricultural Sciences ^*

^d China Academy of Agricultural Sciences   (China)

^e INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Factor and product markets; Firm organization and market structure; Industrialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953138645     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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