Purpose – The paper aims to measure the effects of market liberalization on Chinese farmers' crop planting decisions. Design/methodology/approach – The effects are measured using a censored, two‐stage, least‐square regression. Findings – The results show that the effects of market...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the adverse selection in participation in the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme (NRCMS), as well as in outpatient and inpatient service utilization, in Chaoyang, Beijing, China. Design/methodology/approach – Probit model is established to...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of distribution channels on demand for apparel, home textiles, and other textiles (including shoes) in urban China. Design/methodology/approach – The estimation procedure used in this study is implemented in three steps: first,...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine rice attributes that are valued by the urban consumers of Cambodia and identifies the factors that influence consumers’ decisions on a set of rice attributes. Design/methodology/approach: The study uses incomplete ranking choice data, gathered...

Purpose: Because of the increasing differential between farm and retail prices, the study proposes to investigate the extent of market power in the rice value chain of Bangladesh using advanced econometric techniques. Design/methodology/approach: Using a Stochastic Frontier Estimation approach...