From one to many central plans: drug advertising inspections and intra-national protectionism in China

This paper provides the first micro-level evidence for the existence and patterns of intra-national protectionism in China. We demonstrate that drug advertising inspections are used by provincial governments to discriminate against firms from outside the province. We further reveal systematic patter...

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Main Authors: Eberhardt, Markus, Wang, Zheng, Yu, Zhihong
Format: Article
Published: Elsevier 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32143/