Natural Resources, Institutional Quality, and Economic Growth in China

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 323-343

  Ji, Kan ^a   Magnus, Jan R ^a   Wang, Wendun ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

China; Economic growth; Functional effect; Institutional quality; Natural resource curse; Policy change; Resource abundance

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; NATURAL RESOURCES; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CHINA; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; FUNCTIONAL EFFECT; INSTITUTIONAL QUALITIES; NATURAL RESOURCE CURSE; POLICY CHANGES; RESOURCE ABUNDANCE;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 84877094942     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: 15731502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-013-9673-8     Document Type: Article

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