China Agricultural Economic Review: Volume 3 Issue 2

Chemical fertilizer use efficiency and its determinants in China's farming sector: Implications for environmental protection

Yanrui Wu

The 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 Sharbono

With 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 Guo

The 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 Liu

The 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 Wizarat

The 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 Ju

The 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 Longworth

The 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 Lo

The 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 Ma

The 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…