What attracts foreign direct investment in China's real estate development?

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 267-293

  He, Canfei ^a   Wang, Junsong ^a   Cheng, Shaoming ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIALIZATION; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; HOUSING MARKET; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 79952036670     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-009-0341-4     Document Type: Article

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