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A Summary and Beyond

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This short chapter mainly provides a summary of the major results from the studies contained in this book. It also highlights new contributions these studies have attempted to make to the growth literature concerning China’s economy.

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Jiang, Y. (2014). A Summary and Beyond. In: Openness, Economic Growth and Regional Disparities. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40666-9_15

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