China Agricultural Economic Review: Volume 9 Issue 1

Food expenditure responses to income/expenditure shocks in rural China

Qi Cui, Jikun Huang

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impacts of large income and expenditure shocks on household food expenditures and determines whether the impacts of large shocks differ…

Balancing food security and AMR: A review of economic literature on antimicrobial use in food animal production

Ziping Wu

The purpose of this paper is to focus on economics literature on antimicrobial and alternative uses in food animal production on its current state, its drivers, impacts and…

Profit efficiency analysis of rice production in Taiwan

Tsaiyu Chang, Daisuke Takahashi, Chih-Kuan Yang

The purpose of this paper is to analyze and compare the profit efficiency of custom and self-farming methods of rice production in Taiwan.

Can relationship bring more provision in rural public goods? Empirical evidence from rural China

Yuxin Wang, Qing Liu, Yanrui Wu, Huaqing Wu

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how different types of the village relationship influence different types of public goods provision in rural China.

Risk aversion in crop insurance program purchase decisions: Evidence from maize production areas in China

Kaiyu Lyu, Thomas J. Barré

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the aforementioned literature on the linkage between economic activity and human preference by estimating the cross-sectional…

An event study of the effects of regulatory changes on the food industry: The case of the Food Safety Law of China

Xingzhi Xiao, Yue Gao

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of China’s Food Safety Law on its food industry.

Income implications of political capital and agricultural land use in western China

Adam M. Komarek, Max Spoor, Shuyi Feng, Xiaoping Shi

The purpose of this paper is to explore the expansion of agricultural production into marginal lands, also known as “wasteland,” and examine the association between political…

Pushed out or pulled in? Participation in non-farm activities in rural China

Yuanxiang Liu

The purpose of this paper is to identify the determinants of China’s rural households’ non-farm participation. The authors pay special attention to the effect of potential income…

The impact of Wal-Mart Supercenters’ entry on incumbent supermarkets’ profit margins: A case study of fluid milk

Yuan Di, Rigoberto Lopez, Xiaoou Liu

The purpose of this paper is to quantify the impact of Wal-Mart Supercenters (WMSs) on supermarkets’ profit margins using fluid milk in the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area in…

Chinese consumers’ willingness-to-pay for safety label on tomato: evidence from choice experiments

Shijiu Yin, Mo Chen, Yingjun Xu, Yusheng Chen

Unlike some developed countries, Chinese food safety certification system is multi-level including organic/green/hazard-free certifications. The purpose of this paper is to assess…

Development Economics: The Role of Agriculture in Development

Jianqing Ruan