Transport Infrastructure, Spatial Clusters and Regional Economic Growth in China

Transport Reviews

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-28

  Yu, Nannan ^a,b   de Jong, Martin ^a,b   Storm, Servaas ^b   Mi, Jianing ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

CHINA;

EID: 84857654790     PISSN: 01441647     EISSN: 14645327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01441647.2011.603104     Document Type: Review

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