Fiscal decentralization and revenue/expenditure disparities in China

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 744-766

  Wang, Enru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; expenditure; fiscal decentralization; fiscal disparity; fiscal system; regional inequality; revenue; scale; Shandong Province

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL-LOCAL RELATIONS; DECENTRALIZATION; EXPENDITURE; FISCAL REFORM; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 78650764396     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1539-7216.51.6.744     Document Type: Article

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