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Meyer, Stefan; Yu, Xiaohua; Abler, David G. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011

Using Monte-Carlo simulation, , we compare the most popular demand systems including the LES, AIDS, BTL, QES, QUAIDS and AIDADS, and find that different models actually have different advantages in estimating different elasticities. Specifically, QES, AIDS and AIDADS models are the best in...

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Recent advances in finance for inclusive development: a survey

Asongu, Simplice; Lieven, De Moor - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2015

The policy debate has been shifting from the finance-growth nexus to the finance-inequality relationship. In the transition from Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), there has been an urgent policy challenge of putting some structure on recent advances in...

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The Enigmas of TFP in China: A meta-analysis

Tian, Xu; Yu, Xiaohua - In: China Economic Review 23 (2012) 2, pp. 396-414

This paper presents a meta-analysis of 5308 observations of total factor productivity growth (TFPG) in China from 150 … primary studies to provide some insightful explanations to the controversies about productivity growth in China in the current …; (4) regional disparities of TFPG are significant and specifically the TFPG in East China is higher than that in Central …

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The Demand for Nutrients in China

Tian, Xu; Yu, Xiaohua - In: Frontiers of Economics in China 8 (2013) 2, pp. 186-206

China is experiencing a nutritional transition accompanied by its rapid economic growth. However, the relationship …

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Contractual Arrangements of Traders in Chinese Wholesale Markets

Yu, Xiaohua; Abler, David G.; Zeng, Yinchu - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009

China. This study finds that market service and environment are very important for both contract choices and enforcement …

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The Demand for Nutrients in China: A Direct Approach

Tian, Xu; Yu, Xiaohua - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012

China is experiencing a nutrition transition which is coextensive with its rapid economic growth, and the most dramatic …

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Where have all the pigs gone? Inconsistencies in pork statistics in China

Yu, Xiaohua; Abler, David - In: China Economic Review 30 (2014) C, pp. 469-484

Official agricultural statistics for China are subject to major inconsistencies and have long been questioned by …

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Sino-African relations: a review and reconciliation of dominant schools of thought

Asongu, Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2014

We review about 100 papers on Sino-African relations published during the past 5 years for the most part, in order to put some structure on the existing strands. The literature is classified into dominant schools of thought, namely the: neocolonial or pessimistic; balance-development or...

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Sino-African relations: some solutions and strategies to the policy syndromes

Asongu, Simplice; Ssozi, John - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2015

eight main strands include, China: targeting nations with abundant natural resources; focusing on countries with bad … her operations and local businesses; exporting low quality products to Africa; and the emergence of China hindering Africa …

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Estimating the impact of transport efficiency on trade costs: Evidence from Chinese agricultural traders

Li, Zhigang; Yu, Xiaohua; Zeng, Yinchu - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2011

Using a unique survey data on agricultural traders in China in 2004, this study provides direct evidence on … within China are dominated by transport-related costs but not artificial barriers, approximated by tolls and fines; (2) Labor …

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