Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth in China

2000/10/01 by Justin Yifu Lin, Justin Yifu Lin, Zhiqiang Liu · 811 citations
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Social Sciences · #Bureaucracy #China #Decentralization #Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth #Local Government Finance and Decentralization #Political science #Politics #Taxation and Compliance Studies #Zhàng

paper · doi:10.1086/452488

published in Economic Development and Cultural Change 49(1), 1-21 (University of Chicago Press)

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