Corruption, anti-corruption, and inter-county income disparity in China

Social Science Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 435-448

  Wu, Yiping ^a   Zhu, Jiangnan ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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EID: 80053095603     PISSN: 03623319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soscij.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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