Fleisher, Belton M.; Li, Haizheng; Zhao, Min Qiang - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
We study the dispersion in rates of provincial economic- and TFP growth in China. Our results show that regional growth … patterns can be understood as a function of several interrelated factors, which include investment in physical capital, human … capital, and infrastructure capital; the infusion of new technology and its regional spread; and market reforms, with a major …