Cluster-based industrialization in China: Financing and performance

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 112-123

  Long, Cheryl ^a   Zhang, Xiaobo ^b  

^a Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Clustering; Export; Finance; Industrialization; Productivity

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EXPORT; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LABOR DIVISION; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

CHINA;

EID: 79954995131     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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