Interprovincial Disparities in China: Output and Consumption, 1952-1987

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Previous articleNext article No AccessInterprovincial Disparities in China: Output and Consumption, 1952-1987Thomas P. LyonsThomas P. Lyons Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Economic Development and Cultural Change Volume 39, Number 3Apr., 1991 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/451887 Views: 9Total views on this site Citations: 106Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1991 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Lili Wang China’s new town movements since 1949: A state/space perspective, Progress in Planning 155 (Jan 2022): 100514.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.progress.2020.100514Masakatsu Suzuki Chinese Internal Migration and Income Disparity in 1980s and 1990s - A Two-area (Urban and Rural), Two-sector (Formal and Informal) Model Based on An Extended Gravity Formula, (Jun 2022): 337–366.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4501-3_17Takahiro Akita, Mitsuhiko Kataoka Measurement of Regional Inequality, (Jul 2022): 11–76.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2968-7_2Siu Wai Wong, Bo-sin Tang, Jinlong Liu, Ming Liang, Winky K.O. 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