Fundamental causes of inland-coastal income inequality in post-reform China

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 181-206

  Hao, Rui ^a,b   Wei, Zheng ^c  

^a CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b Grace China   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLOBALIZATION; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; PANEL DATA; SPILLOVER EFFECT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 77954083336     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-008-0281-4     Document Type: Article

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