The driving forces behind China's growth

Economics of Transition

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-124

  Herrerias, Maria Jesus ^a   Orts, Vicente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Capital accumulation; China; Growth; Openness; R D

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; CAPITAL FORMATION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC POLICY; EXPENDITURE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HUMAN CAPITAL; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

CHINA;

EID: 78650158220     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: 14680351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0351.2010.00399.x     Document Type: Article

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