Central versus local states: Which matters more in affecting China's urban growth?

Land Use Policy

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 487-496

  Zhang, Qian ^a   Wallace, Jeremy ^b   Deng, Xiangzheng ^c   Seto, Karen C ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Central local government linkages; Fiscal transfers; Multi level model; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM; FISCAL POLICY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; LOCAL ECONOMY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN GROWTH; URBANIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84892151264     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.12.015     Document Type: Article

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