Interjurisdictional competition for FDI: The case of China's "development zone fever"

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 145-159

  Zhang, Junfu ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

All pay auction; Development zone; Interjurisdictional competition

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; INVESTMENT INCENTIVE; INVESTMENT LOCATION; TAX SYSTEM;

CHINA;

EID: 79651472827     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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