Intra-provincial inequalities and economic growth in China

Economic Systems

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 237-258

  Gravier Rymaszewska, Joanna ^a   Tyrowicz, Joanna ^b,c   Kochanowicz, Jacek ^b,d  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis   (Italy)

^d CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

China; Economic growth; Inequality; Theil index

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954538401     PISSN: 09393625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecosys.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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