New evidence on the role of regional clusters and convergence in China (1952-2008)

China Economic Review

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1120-1133

  Herrerias, M J ^a   Ordonez J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^c a joint workplace of Charles University and the Economics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chinese regions; Club convergence; Endogenous unit root test

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867647034     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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