Strategic interaction in local governments’ industrial land supply: Evidence from China

Urban Studies

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1328-1346

  Huang, Zhonghua ^a   Du, Xuejun ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; industrial land leasing price; local government; spatial panel data model; strategic interaction

Indexed keywords

COST ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; LOCAL ECONOMY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PANEL DATA; RESOURCE USE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECONOMY;

CHINA;

EID: 85016256893     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098016664691     Document Type: Article

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