Purpose: In this study, the authors examined demand-side credit in rural China with the aims of understanding attribute preferences and the willingness of farmers to pay for credit. Design/methodology/approach: The authors implemented an in-the-field discrete choice experiment (DCE) using a...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the economic relationship with recent changes in China’s land use policy and rural development through innovation and entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach: The first issue of economic importance is in understanding the market value...

Purpose – Based on a survey of 897 farm households, the purpose of this paper is to build a framework using cluster analysis to explain how farmers make decisions on joining group guarantee, and analyzes factors influencing their decisions using multinomial and binary Logit regressions....