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When are Cities Engines of Growth in China? Spread and Backwash Effects across the Urban Hierarchy

Anping Chen School of Economics, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, Guangdong Province, China E-mail: [email protected]Correspondence[email protected]
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Mark D. Partridge Swank Chair in Rural–Urban Policy, AED Economics, The Ohio State University, 2120 Fyffe Road, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA E-mail: [email protected]
Pages 1313-1331 | Received 01 Aug 2010, Published online: 31 Aug 2011

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