results indicate that in China the credit risk of corporate bonds is relatively low and the corporate bonds are still …

performance in China. Design/methodology/approach – Based on a sample of non-financial listed companies in the Chinese stock … boards and corporate performance in China. Findings – The paper finds many busy boards in Chinese listed companies; compared … performance in China directly. The findings are also useful to regulation of limiting the numbers of independent directors seated …

farm production in a province of China. Design/methodology/approach – The analysis uses panel data for the years 2004 … force is 45, after which efficiency declines. Practical implications – Aging of China's rural labor force may affect … production efficiency for a developing country, as well as for China. The analysis uses a unique panel dataset that covers 24 …

decisions of group borrowers by highlighting the case of rural credit cooperatives (RCCs) in Guizhou province in Southwest China … conditions in rural China. Mechanisms such as threatening to withhold defaulters' future loans from RCCs failed to work. In … an attempt to empirically explore the determinants of repayment performance in group lending programs in China. The …

aims to make a measurement of agricultural bilateral trade costs of China. Design/methodology/approach – Based on Novy … model, this paper makes a measurement of agricultural bilateral trade costs before and after China joining the WTO (1995 …-2007). Findings – This paper finds that China's agricultural trade costs with its five major trade partners have not got a pronounced …

in China. Design/methodology/approach – Using detailed agricultural trade and production data during 1994-2009, the … effects. Findings – The authors find that China's agricultural trade has indeed generally developed along its widely believed … policy in China and elsewhere. …

Reviews the past, present and projected development of the social security system of China. …