Brakes on chinese development: Institutional causes of a growth slowdown

Journal of Economic Issues

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 599-622

  Hodgson, Geoffrey ^a   Huang, Kainan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; corporate law; demography; development; institutions; land tenure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884634629     PISSN: 00213624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/JEI0021-3624470301     Document Type: Article

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