This paper studies the impact of taxation on poverty and ex ante vulnerability of households in rural China based on national household survey data in 1988, 1995 and 2002. It has been confirmed that i) poverty and vulnerability have reduced significantly with a great deal of geographical...

Covers -- Editorial advisory board -- Guest editorial -- Economic impacts of commercializing insect-resistant GM maize in China -- The value of a novel biotechnology -- Scientists' attitudes toward agricultural GM technology development and GM food in China -- Attitudes toward GM...