Balancing act: Economic incentives, administrative restrictions, and urban land expansion in China

China Economic Review

Volumn 36, Issue , 2015, Pages 184-197

  Feng, Juan ^a   Lichtenberg, Erik ^b   Ding, Chengri ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Decentralization; Dynamic balance policy; Farmland preservation; Fiscal federalism; Land allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943247691     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2015.09.004     Document Type: Article

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