We examine how the system of “federalism, Chinese style” functions in the context of land allocation. China’s land laws …

Using household survey data from seven provinces in China, this study provides estimates of the price responsiveness of … simulate the impacts of structural change in China's livestock industry on feed grain trade. …

rapidly developing country, China. We find that the government encouraged local innovation by opening regions to more …Technology and innovation play an increasingly important role in the economic development of both developed and … innovation or imitation by developing a conceptual model and then empirically testing it using pesticide innovation data from a …

FUNDING SUPPORT: •National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant. No. 70973082 and No.71273179) •Trans Century …

higher-income consumers. Urbanization occurs sooner when rural or urban productivity is higher or transport costs are lower … achieves various thresholds of urbanization. Controlling for country fixed effects and neighbors' urbanization using spatial … techniques, we find that the date at which each cell passes each urbanization threshold is positively associated with its …

urbanization in this region. Despite development, traditional agriculture still predominates. Changes in land use were examined … increased it. Other measures of urbanization, such as proximity to a city or inter-state highway had no statistically … significant effect on farm practices. Keywords: Agricultural adaptation, rural development, off-farm income, urbanization, land …