What role does the real estate-construction sector play in China's regional economy?

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 839-857

  Ren, Honghao ^a   Folmer, Henk ^a,b   Van der Vlist, Arno J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

C67; D57; L74; R15

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LAND MARKET; REGIONAL ECONOMY; URBANIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84901312430     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-014-0613-5     Document Type: Article

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