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Financing China’s unprecedented infrastructure boom: the evolution of capital structure from 1978 to 2015

Jerry Zhirong ZhaoHubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA, China Institute for Urban Governance, Shanghai Jiaotong University, ChinaView further author information
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Guocan SuSchool of Economics, Xiamen University, Xiamen, ChinaView further author information
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Dan LiSchool of Public Administration, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, ChinaView further author information
Pages 581-589 | Published online: 21 Jun 2019

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