Does deeper integration enhance spatial advantages? Market access and wage growth in China

International Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 23, Issue , 2012, Pages 59-74

  Kamal, Fariha ^a   Lovely, Mary E ^a   Ouyang, Puman ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Market access; New economic geography; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858283172     PISSN: 10590560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2011.10.006     Document Type: Article

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