China to test the predictions in both a linear probability model and a duration analysis. Our empirical findings support the …

industry also resulted in a large amount of Bt cotton varieties that bypassed China's biosafety regulations. This study shows …

China. Design/methodology/approach – Based on a panel data from 2000 and 2008, the authors constructed econometric models to …

Purpose – This paper seeks to understand the evolution of financial intermediation in the course of China's economic … collaborators from a 1998 survey of financial institutions, enterprises, and government officials in southern China. Findings … – Based on an empirical investigation of rural financial reforms, it is argued that China's two-decade long financial reform …

Purpose – This paper aims to explain why the quality of infrastructure projects in rural China differs from village to …/methodology/approach – Using primary data collected by the authors on three types of infrastructure projects in villages across China, they created …

The main goal of the paper is to address the impact of the WTO on China's agricultural sector. To accomplish this goal … we address two sets of issues. First, we seek to provide measures of the distortions in China's agricultural sector at a … the agricultural sector's major commodities using a new methodology to account for grain quality differences within China …

Concerned about national food self-sufficiency and rural household incomes, in 2004 China decided to reverse its … to China’s food economy, there has been little household level survey-based research that has sought to understand the … nature of China’s subsidy programs from the viewpoint of the farmer. Using data from two sets of household-based surveys …

Agriculture made major contributions to China’s growth and poverty reduction, but the literature has rarely focused on …

China, like many other countries, is promoting the development of liquid biofuel, including bioethanol and biodiesel … policies. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of current liquid biofuel development in China, related government …-depth fieldwork and a thorough literature review. The assessment shows that the prevailing concern on food security has pushed China …