Searching for the Parallel Growth of Cities in China

Urban Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2118-2135

  Chen, Zhihong ^a   Fu, Shihe ^b   Zhang, Dayong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; GROWTH THEORY; PARALLEL ECONOMY; POLICY STRATEGY;

CHINA;

EID: 84879826362     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098012470397     Document Type: Article

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