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A Growth-Focused Spatial Econometric Model of Agricultural Land Development in the Northeast
Hailu, Yohannes G.; Brown, Cheryl - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2005
Using county data for West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, estimation of a system of simultaneous equations shows that population growth, higher taxes, high farmland value, and high initial per capita income accelerate farmland development, but return on farmland, government assistance to...
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Re-invigorating Private Sector Investment: A Private Sector Assessment in Fiji
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013
This private sector assessment reviews Fiji’s private sector environment in 2006–2012, against recommendations made in ADB’s 2005 Promise Unfulfilled: Private Sector Assessment for Fiji. While fiji has made considerable reform progress in a number of areas (including tax reforms,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010890139
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The population census of China
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Social Housing Policies in Latin America and Singapore: Lessons for China
Sandilands, Roger - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012
This paper addresses the challenges facing China in accelerating the pace of rural-urban migration as part of its on … lessons for China are offered from the different urbanisation experiences of Latin America (especially Colombia) and Singapore. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010879021
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Industrial Agglomeration of Chinese Food Processing
Wang, Miao; Goldsmith, Peter - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
employs a unique natural experiment where some provincial governments in China liberalized migration policies for highly … provincial level employment data from the China Labor Statistical Yearbook. This paper found strong evidence that the HEHS labor … pool affected the location decision of food processing firms in China. The result supports recent literature that the food …
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The Influence of Dining Location on Adult Overweight and Obesity in Urban China
Wahl, Thomas I. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
believed to have significant effect on the rise of obesity in China. This paper analyses Body Mass Index (BMI) and overweight … issue of adults 18 years and above in urban China with respect to food eating locations and other socio-economic and …
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Sex Imbalance, Marriage Competition, and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from rural China
Yuan, Yan; Rong, Zhao; Xu, Lihe - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012
imbalance influences the venturing at the household level in China. We find that households with a son in more sex …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010881194
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Cost of Adaptation to Rising Coastal Water Levels for PRC, Japan, and the Republic of Korea
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013
People’s Republic of China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea. This study is part of the technical assistance Economics of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884932
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Modernizing Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures to Facilitate Trade in Agricultural and Food Products: Report on the Development of an SPS Plan for the CAREC Countries
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013
China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Uzbekistan. The study involved a wide-ranging assessment of current …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884935
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Broadening the Investor Base for Local Currency Bonds in the ASEAN+2 Countries
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013
People’s Republic of China (PRC), Japan, and the Republic of Korea—collectively known as ASEAN+3—to promote the development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884947