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Financing Affordable Housing Through Compulsory Saving: The Two-Decade Experience of Housing Provident Fund in China

Jie ChenSchool of Public Economics and Administration, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SHUFE), Shanghai, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Lan DengUrban & Regional Planning, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USAView further author information
Pages 937-958 | Received 04 Jun 2013, Accepted 16 Apr 2014, Published online: 12 Jun 2014

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