Policy and politics behind Shanghai's Free Trade Zone Program

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 34, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-6

  Wan, Zheng ^a,b   Zhang, Yang ^a   Wang, Xuefeng ^a   Chen, Jihong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI MARITIME UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Container ports; Free Trade Zone; Governance; Reforms; Shanghai

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; COMMODITY; CURRENCY; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOGISTICS; PORT TRADE; REFORM PROCESS; SHIPPING;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 84887713898     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2013.10.015     Document Type: Article

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