in China and the evolution of the decision mechanism. Design/methodology/approach – The kernel density estimation method … was used to investigate the distribution of agricultural growth in China using 1988-2008 panel data of the 29 provinces on … the mainland. A nonparametric income distribution approach was employed to decompose China's agricultural output growth …

develops a Bivariate Probit model with adjusted sample selection bias to analyze Chinese farmers' sequential decision …

provide a decision framework for crop insurance companies to make optimal decisions regarding the purchases of crop … reinsurance. This information and framework may also be useful for crop insurance firms in China when considering crop reinsurance …. Originality/value – The paper provides a general decision framework for optimally ceding risks to reinsurance. While this paper …

provide a decision framework for crop insurance companies to make optimal decisions regarding the purchases of crop … reinsurance. This information and framework may also be useful for crop insurance firms in China when considering crop reinsurance …. Originality/value – The paper provides a general decision framework for optimally ceding risks to reinsurance. While this paper …

in China and the evolution of the decision mechanism. Design/methodology/approach – The kernel density estimation method … was used to investigate the distribution of agricultural growth in China using 1988‐2008 panel data of the 29 provinces on … the mainland. A nonparametric income distribution approach was employed to decompose China's agricultural output growth …

develops a Bivariate Probit model with adjusted sample selection bias to analyze Chinese farmers' sequential decision …

Purpose: The need for a universal rural pension system has been heightened by demographic changes in rural China …, China’s Government introduced the New Rural Social Pension Program (NRSPP) in 2009, a voluntary and highly subsidized … authors examine whether the NRSPP affects the labor supply of the elderly population in China. Design …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate dynamic food demand in urban China, with use of a complete … DLES in the first stage and a LA/DAIDS in the second stage. Employing provincial aggregate data (1995-2010) from the China … urban household surveys, The authors estimated the demand elasticities for primary food products in urban China. Findings …