China Agricultural Economic Review: Volume 16 Issue 3

Can we design food taxes to reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions in China? A perspective from animal protein intake of low-income populations

Jiao Chen, Dingqiang Sun, Funing Zhong, Yanjun Ren, Lei Li

Studies on developed economies showed that imposing taxes on animal-based foods could effectively reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions (AGHGEs), while this taxation may…

How does COVID-19 distort the impact of information interventions on low-carbon diet transitions: a case of dairy consumption in China

Li Zhou, Zifan Su, Lei Lei, Zheng Wei

This paper examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on low-carbon consumption of dairy products through informational interventions. The empirical findings seek to enlighten…

How do digital media strengthen the role of social networks in promoting farmers' adoption of climate change mitigation measures?

Qiqi Liu, Tingwu Yan

This paper investigates the ways digital media applications in rural areas have transformed the influence of social networks (SN) on farmers' adoption of various climate change…

Multidimensional relative poverty alleviation of the targeted microcredit in rural China: a gendered perspective

Benjian Wu, Linyi Niu, Ruiqi Tan, Haibo Zhu

This study explores whether targeted microcredit can effectively alleviate households’ multidimensional relative poverty (MdRP) in rural China in the new era following the poverty…

Digital economy and China's agricultural exports: based on trade cost and market competition effect

Yuchen Liu, Yinguo Dong, Weiwen Qian

The purpose of this study is to explore the effect and mechanism of the digital economy’s influence on the binary margin of agricultural exports.

Grain price support policy and the distortion of market price

Yanwen Tan, Ruixue Yue, Liru Chen, Congxi Li, Kevin Z. Chen

This paper aims to examine whether China's grain price support policy has distorted the grain market price.

From pixels to production: the impact of digital finance on the industrial fabric of rural China

Yifeng Zhang, Min-Xuan Ji

The aim of this study is to discern the role of digital finance in driving rural industrial integration and revitalization. Specifically, it intends to shed light on how the deep…

Does unstable off-farm employment cause stagnant farmland rent-out in rural China?

Yueming Cao, Dongjie Zhou, Yunli Bai

This paper aims to examine the impacts of unstable off-farm employment on the probability and stability of farmland rent-out and explore its mechanisms.

Urbanization and economic growth in China: empirical evidence based on a SIVQR approach

Vardges Hovhannisyan, Serhat Asci

We seek to quantify the relationship between urbanization and economic growth in China using recent advances in econometric techniques.

The synergy effect of agricultural dual-scale management on farmers' income: evidence from rural China

Guanqiu Yin, Xia Xu, Huilan Piao, Jie Lyu

This study aims to estimate the synergy effect of agricultural dual-scale management (ADM) on farmers' total household income, its heterogeneous effects and its mechanisms.