China's land market auctions: Evidence of corruption?

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 488-521

  Cai, Hongbin ^a   Henderson, J Vernon ^b,c   Zhang, Qinghua ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84889691175     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: 17562171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1756-2171.12028     Document Type: Article

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