Regional Economic Disparity, Financial Disparity, and National Economic Growth: Evidence from China

Review of Development Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 342-358

  Lee, Bong Soo ^a   Peng, Jiangang ^b   Li, Guanzheng ^c   He, Jing ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c China Merchants Bank   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FINANCIAL MARKET; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; NATIONAL ECONOMY; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

CHINA;

EID: 84859911167     PISSN: 13636669     EISSN: 14679361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9361.2012.00666.x     Document Type: Article

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