Evaluating China's road to prosperity: A new economic geography approach

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 580-594

  Roberts, Mark ^a   Deichmann, Uwe ^b   Fingleton, Bernard ^a   Shi, Tuo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Economic geography; Transport infrastructure

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; INCOME; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

CHINA;

EID: 84858415869     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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