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Explaining the regional disparities in China: a case study of Guangdong province.

Lau Lai Man. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 96-100). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgements --- p.iii / Chapter Chapter One --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Motivation and Issues --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Contributions --- p.4 / Chapter Chapter Two --- Overview of Guangdong --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1 --- Geography --- p.7 / Chapter 2.2 --- Openness --- p.9 / Chapter 2.3 --- Fiscal Decentralization --- p.13 / Chapter Chapter Three --- Literature Review --- p.18 / Chapter 3.1 --- Literature on Economic Growth and Interregional Disparities --- p.18 / Chapter 3.2 --- Literature on Inter-regional Disparities in China --- p.23 / Chapter Chapter Four --- Methodology --- p.27 / Chapter 4.1 --- Two concepts of convergence --- p.27 / Chapter 4.2 --- Growth Equation --- p.33 / Chapter Chapter Five --- Estimation Issues --- p.39 / Chapter 5.1 --- Panel Data Estimation --- p.39 / Chapter 5.2 --- Other Econometric Issues --- p.43 / Chapter Chapter Six --- Estimation Results --- p.47 / Chapter 6.1 --- σ-convergence --- p.47 / Chapter 6.2 --- Unconditional β-Convergence --- p.49 / Chapter 6.3 --- Estimation of the Growth Equation and Conditional β-Convergence --- p.50 / Chapter 6.4 --- Summary and Interpretation of Major Findings --- p.58 / Chapter 6.5 --- Guangdong's Intra-provincial Disparities in Light of the Empirical Results --- p.61 / Chapter Chapter Seven --- Conclusion and Policy Implications --- p.64 / Chapter 7.1 --- Summary of Salient Findings --- p.64 / Chapter 7.2 --- Policy Implications --- p.65 / Appendix I --- p.71 / Appendix II --- p.73 / Appendix III --- p.75 / Tables --- p.78 / Figures --- p.91 / Bibliography --- p.96

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_324800
Date January 2004
ContributorsLau, Lai Man., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Economics.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, vii, 100 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
CoverageGuangdong Sheng (China)
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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