Assessing the incentives in regional city-to-city cooperation: A case study of Jiangyin-Jingjiang Industrial Park of Jiangsu Province in the Yangtze River Delta region

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-69

  Chan, Roger C K ^a   Xian, Shi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Jiangyin Jingjiang Industrial Park; Political added value; Regional city to city cooperation; Urban competitiveness; Yangtze River Delta region

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); COMPETITIVENESS; DECENTRALIZATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN ECONOMY;

CHINA; JIANGSU; JIANGYIN; YANGTZE DELTA;

EID: 84859386403     PISSN: 13607456     EISSN: 14678373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8373.2012.01475.x     Document Type: Article

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