China's infrastructure investment boom and local debt crisis

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 686-711

  Tsui, Kai ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese political economy; infrastructure boom; land management system; leveraging; local financing platforms; structural imbalances

Indexed keywords

DEBT CRISIS; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; INVESTMENT LOCATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLITICAL ECONOMY; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 82955207629     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1539-7216.52.5.686     Document Type: Article

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