For national unity: The political logic of fiscal transfer in China

Nationalism Democracy and National Integration in China

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 221-246

  Wang, Shaoguang ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 84917316645     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203404294     Document Type: Chapter

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