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Überproportionale Geldvermögensbildung und relativ sinkende Sachkapitalrendite / Increasing Share of Financial Assets and Decreasing Rate of Return to Capital
Behr, Andreas - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 220 (2000) 6, pp. 641-652
Zusammenfassung In dem Beitrag wird das in Deutschland beobachtbare Phänomen der im Vergleich zur Realvermögensbildung überproportionalen Geldvermögensbildung untersucht. Grundlage ist die Finanzierungsrechnung der Deutschen Bundesbank, die eine sektorale Analyse des...
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Best management practices adoption to mitigate non-point source pollution
Paudel, Krishna P.; Devkota, Nirmala; Tan, Ying - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 8 (2016) 4, pp. 534-552
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address the issues of correlated events and individual heterogeneity in multiple best management practices (BMPs) adoption. Design/methodology/approach The authors used survey data collected from broiler producers in Louisiana, USA. The authors estimated...
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Promise, problems and prospects: agri-biotech governance in China, India and Japan
Ma, Jen; Gilmour, Brad; Dang, Hugh - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 9 (2017) 3, pp. 453-475
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the potential of agri-biotech to play a role in meeting the world’s food, feed, fiber and fuel needs. Using case studies, policy developments in the key Asian countries of China, India and Japan are also scrutinized to determine the extent to...
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Adoption of genetically-modified seeds in Taiwan
Luh, Yir-Hueih; Jiang, Wun-Ji; Chien, Yu-Ning - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 6 (2014) 4, pp. 669-697
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present an integrated analysis of determining factors of farmers’ genetically modified (GM) technology adoption behavior, with a special emphasis on information acquisition, knowledge accumulation, product attributes and technology traits....
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Improving Chinese soybean meal demand estimation by addressing the non-commercial
Xing, Lei; Goldsmith, Peter - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 5 (2013) 4, pp. 543-566
Purpose – Two effects simultaneously shape the future soybean meal (SBM) demand in China: the income effect on meat consumption and the transition effect due to commercial feed usage in animal production. The income effect has been studied intensively in previous research and results in...
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Technical and cost efficiency of rural household apple production
Wang, Lijia; Huo, Xuexi; Kabir, Shajahan - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 5 (2013) 3, pp. 391-411
Purpose – At the center of apple production province in China, how to increase apple per unit yield and to improve apple production efficiency in Shaanxi become big issues. The objectives of this paper are to investigate the technical efficiency (TE) and cost efficiency (CE) of apple orchard...
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Effects of credit constraints on rural household technical efficiency
Zhao, Jianmei; J. Barry, Peter - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 6 (2014) 4, pp. 654-668
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effects of access to formal credit on rural household technical efficiency in China. Design/methodology/approach – Based on the rural household survey data in Weifang city, Shandong province in northern China, the authors apply recent...
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The value of a novel biotechnology
Brewin, Derek Gerald; Malla, Stavroula - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 9 (2017) 3, pp. 355-368
to generate private investment in China’s biotechnology industry, the potential impact in the Canadian canola sector … highlights the importance of continuing the investment in biotechnology, and the need for appropriate policies and regulations to … spur private investment. Social implications Biotechnology greatly improved the welfare of farmers in Canada. Much of the …
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Total-factor energy efficiency in China’s sugar manufacturing industry
Ru, Lei; Si, Wei - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 7 (2015) 3, pp. 360-373
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the total-factor energy efficiency (TFEE) in China’s sugar manufacturing industry using firm-level data from 2002/2003 to 2012/2013 crushing seasons, and further explore the determinants of TFEE. Design/methodology/approach – Modified data...
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Financial performance of small farm business households: the role of internet
Khanal, Aditya R.; Mishra, Ashok K. - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 8 (2016) 4, pp. 553-571
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of internet usage on financial performance of small farm business households in the USA. In particular, the authors want to assess the impact of internet usage on small farm businesses, where the owner’s main occupation is farming....
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