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Chemical fertilizer use efficiency and its determinants in China's farming sector: Implications for environmental protection
Yanrui WuThe objective of this paper is to examine chemical fertilizer use efficiency at the household level and provide an assessment of the causes of efficiency variation.
What is keeping the poor out of college?: Enrollment rates, educational barriers and college matriculation in China
Xiaobing Wang, Chengfang Liu, Linxiu Zhang, Renfu Luo, Thomas Glauben, Yaojiang Shi, Scott Rozelle, Brian SharbonoWith the rise in the opportunity to go to college, the purpose of this paper is to identify if China's rural poor are being excluded from the university system, and if so, why.
Agricultural growth dynamics and decision mechanism in Chinese provinces: 1988‐2008
Kang Yu, Xiangfei Xin, J. Alexander Nuetah, Ping GuoThe purpose of this paper is to perform an investigative analysis of the distribution of agricultural growth in China and the evolution of the decision mechanism.
Dynamics of retail pricing: a case study of fluid milk
Xinkai Zhu, Xiaoou LiuThe purpose of this paper is to present a new model to empirically analyze retail pricing dynamics led by the competition between retailers, using fluid milk markets of three US…
Impact of financial liberalization on agricultural growth: a case study of Pakistan
Qazi Muhammad Adnan Hye, Shahida WizaratThe purpose of this paper is to develop a financial liberalization index (FLI) and evaluate its impact on agricultural growth.
County‐level fiscal strait and resolutions in China
Dan Luo, Ronghua JuThe purpose of the paper is to examine China's county‐level fiscal difficulties. A large portion of China's counties (county‐level cities) have to run with the shortage of…
Specialty products, rural livelihoods and agricultural marketing reforms in China
Colin Brown, Scott Waldron, John LongworthThe purpose of this paper is to apply a market efficiency theoretical framework to analyse and postulate solutions to the challenges confronting China in engaging smallholders in…
Balancing nutrition, luxury, and time constraints in food preparation choices
Sanae Tashiro, Chu‐Ping LoThe purpose of this paper is to examine how nutritional concerns, luxurious tastes, and the value of time affect time allocation decisions for food preparation.
Agriculture and the Wealth of Nations: 2010 CAER‐IFPRI annual conference summary
Pei Guo, Xiangqi Liu, Ling MaThe purpose of this paper is to summarize the China Agricultural Economic Review (CAER)'s second annual conference, which was organized by the CAER editorial office and…
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1756-137XOnline date, start – end:
2009Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr Fu Qin
- Dr Jikun Huang
- Dr Kevin Z Chen
- Dr Weiming Tian
- Prof Daniel Sumner
- Prof Xian Xin
- Prof Holly Wang