Using panel data of 83 counties observed from 2000 to 2015, the marginal abatement cost (MAC) of soil erosion is accurately evaluated by directional distance function with convex expectile regression. Besides, we further explore how the external variables affect shadow prices and the choice of...

Agri-environmental-climate schemes provide payments for ecosystem services by compensating farmers to implement management actions or obtain ecological results. To compare farmer preferences for action-based schemes, result-based schemes, or a hybrid, we conduct a discrete choice experiment in a...

Mitigating the environmental impact of agriculture is a major issue in negotiations on the future of the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy. Organic farming is commonly put forward in these discussions as a promising way to reduce the negative environmental impact of agriculture....

Urban-rural medical insurance integration aims to raise the medical insurance reimbursements for rural residents and ultimately improve their health. Using China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) from 2010 to 2018, we employ a time-varying difference-in-differences (DID) model to identify the impact...

The present study aims to measure the technical efficiency and establish core factors affecting rice production in Cambodia. A four-year dataset generated from the central government document 'Profile on Economics and Social' of 25 entire provinces between 2012 and 2015 and the stochastic...

As the world's seventh largest wine producer (OIV, 2017), China plays a significant role in the world's wine industry. Classified as neither New or Old World it was recently classified into a "New, New World Category" (CNCCEF, 2009 Lawrence, 2016). This paper presents an overview of the Chinese...