Genetic distance and income difference: Evidence from changes in China's cross-strait relations

Economics Letters

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 255-258

  Bai, Ying ^a   Kung, James Kai Sing ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Genetic distance; Income difference

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651087321     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2010.11.027     Document Type: Article

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