) in Miyun county, in northern China, by testing the existence of adverse selection. Design/methodology/approach – The …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate contract farming in China, using vegetable production as a case … farming allowing different types of contracts in China. The scenarios include cases without contracts, with fixed price … popular situation in China. Each of the cases is also considered under the situation whether default is possible.  …

economy‐wide impacts of different types of public spending in China. A particular focus is placed on their impacts on food … types of public spending in China. The effects of increased agricultural subsidies, agricultural R&D, and irrigation are … simulated by using China DCGE model. Findings – The results show that public spending has significant impact on food production …

China. Design/methodology/approach – Based on a panel data from 2000 and 2008, the authors constructed econometric models to …

. Box‐Cox transformed double‐hurdle models were estimated. The data were collected in 2007 in Beijing China by the authors … (UHIE) survey data conducted by National Bureau of Statistics of China. The UHIE data were extensively used in previous … studies on food consumption in China, but are believed to significantly underestimate food away from home consumption.  …

rural China, its trend and geographical distribution. Determinants or drivers of changes in the size of middle class are … middle class in rural China. Findings – Major findings include: in 2007, as many as 398 million rural residents or almost 54 … percent of China's rural population belonged to the middle class; the size estimate of China's rural middle class based on …

Purpose – Investigating the characteristics of the transformation of China's agricultural growth and the institutional … reforms during the whole transition period in the 1980s will help to understand China's economic and agricultural reform and … questions: Has China's agricultural output experienced a structural break toward a more stable state? When did the break point …

Medical Scheme (NRCMS), as well as in outpatient and inpatient service utilization, in Chaoyang, Beijing, China. Design … study to empirically test the adverse selection in China's medical insurance market from the perspective of two different …