Identifying the Flypaper Effect in the Presence of Spatial Dependence: Evidence from Education in China's Counties

Growth and Change

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 93-110

  Yu, Yihua ^a   Wang, Jing ^b   Tian, Xi ^c  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b CHONGQING TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; ECONOMETRICS; EDUCATION; EXPENDITURE; FISCAL POLICY; FISCAL REFORM; INCOME; LOCAL GOVERNMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84960482639     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: 14682257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/grow.12113     Document Type: Article

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