The role of law in China's economic development

China's Great Economic Transformation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 375-428

  Clarke, Donald ^a   Murrell, Peter ^b   Whiting, Susan ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511754234.012     Document Type: Chapter

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