Urban infrastructure financing and economic performance in China

Urban Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 648-667

  Wu, Weiping ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; fiscal decentralization; public investment; urban economic performance; urban infrastructure

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FINANCIAL SERVICES; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; INVESTMENT; URBAN ECONOMY;

CHINA;

EID: 78650626581     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.31.5.648     Document Type: Article

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