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Clean development mechanism in North‐South trade
Ping Lo, Chu - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 4 (2012) 4, pp. 485-498
world pollution if clean development mechanism (CDM) is generously undertaken and if the CDM devotes considerable real … and Taylor's model to argue that the technique effect stems from an increasing in pollution taxes and in international … – While world pollution is jointly determined by the composition and technique effects, in contrast to literature, open trade …
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From backyard to commercial hog production
Huang, Weiming; Qiao, Fangbin; Liu, Huaiju; Jia, Xiangping - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 8 (2016) 1, pp. 22-36
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of structural changes in hog production manure management practices. Design/methodology/approach – The data used in this study are obtained from a large-scale nationwide hog producers’ survey in rural China conducted by the...
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Clean development mechanism in North-South trade
Lo, Chu Ping - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 4 (2012) 4, pp. 485-498
world pollution if clean development mechanism (CDM) is generously undertaken and if the CDM devotes considerable real … and Taylor's model to argue that the technique effect stems from an increasing in pollution taxes and in international … – While world pollution is jointly determined by the composition and technique effects, in contrast to literature, open trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010593207
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Chemical fertilizer use efficiency and its determinants in China's farming sector: Implications for environmental protection
Wu, Yanrui - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 3 (2011) 2, pp. 117-130
Purpose – The objective of this paper is to examine chemical fertilizer use efficiency at the household level and provide an assessment of the causes of efficiency variation. Design/methodology/approach – A stochastic frontier production function approach is employed to estimate fertilizer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319735
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Agricultural growth dynamics and decision mechanism in Chinese provinces: 1988-2008
Yu, Kang; Xin, Xiangfei; Nuetah, J. Alexander; Guo, Ping - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 3 (2011) 2, pp. 150-170
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to perform an investigative analysis of the distribution of agricultural growth in China and the evolution of the decision mechanism. Design/methodology/approach – The kernel density estimation method was used to investigate the distribution of...
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Agriculture and the Wealth of Nations: 2010 CAER-IFPRI annual conference summary
Guo, Pei; Liu, Xiangqi; Ma, Ling - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 3 (2011) 2, pp. 266-271
/methodology/approach – The conference theme was “Agriculture and the Wealth of Nations”, aiming to explore the importance of agriculture as well … as the relationship and interaction between agriculture and the whole economy. The attendees from 14 countries discussed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319739
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Examining changes in fresh fruit and vegetable consumption over time and across regions in urban China
Liu, Kang Ernest; Chang, Hung-Hao; Chern, Wen S. - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 3 (2011) 3, pp. 276-296
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to fill a knowledge gap by examining the changes in fruit and vegetable consumption of Chinese households. Design/methodology/approach – Using 1993 and 2001 household survey data from three selected provinces in China, the authors estimated a quantile...
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Specialty products, rural livelihoods and agricultural marketing reforms in China
Brown, Colin; Waldron, Scott; Longworth, John - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 3 (2011) 2, pp. 224-244
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to apply a market efficiency theoretical framework to analyse and postulate solutions to the challenges confronting China in engaging smallholders in higher value, specialty, agricultural product markets. A marketing experiment/trial to test these ideas...
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Impact of financial liberalization on agricultural growth: a case study of Pakistan
Hye, Qazi Muhammad Adnan; Wizarat, Shahida - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 3 (2011) 2, pp. 191-209
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a financial liberalization index (FLI) and evaluate its impact on agricultural growth. Design/methodology/approach – The study uses the autoregressive distributed lag approach to determine the long run and short coefficients. Findings – The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319746
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The impact of remittance income on rural households in China
Snyder, Steve; Chern, Wen S. - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 1 (2009) 1, pp. 38-57
Purpose – The objective of this paper is to evaluate the impact of remittance income on rural households in China. Design/methodology/approach – Using data from a large survey of farming households in three Chinese provinces, the impacts of remittances and other types of income on...
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