Is China entering a high food price era?: A summary of CAER-IFPRI 2011 Annual...
AbstractPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide readers with the main findings and conclusions of papers presented at the 2011 CAER-IFPRI International Conference held under the theme “Is...
View ArticleWho has the final say?: Market power versus price discovery in China's sugar...
AbstractPurpose – There is a distinct separation of price discovery from pricing power in China's sugar spot and futures markets. The purpose of this paper is to identify the reasons and provide...
View ArticleNetwork strength, transaction-specific investments, inter-personal trust, and...
AbstractPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of network strength, transaction-specific investments and inter-personal trust on business relationship satisfaction for...
View ArticleWhy do farmers quit from grain production in China? Causes and implications
AbstractPurpose – The number of farms engaged in grain production in China has been declining in recent years. Limited efforts have been devoted to examine why producers quit from grain production and...
View ArticleReforms, WTO, arbitrage efficiency and integration between the China-US...
AbstractPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a new approach to market analysis, and test how the China-US soybean market integration and arbitrage efficiency have changed across...
View ArticleEvidence of rational addiction to carbonated soft drinks?
AbstractPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to apply the Becker-Murphy theory of rational addiction to the case of carbonated soft drinks. The research aims to reveal the rational addiction evidence...
View ArticlePrice transmission market power and industry technology: a note
AbstractPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a theoretical model of price transmission from the farm to the retail sector, allowing not only for an interaction between oligopoly power,...
View ArticleRural people's perception of income adequacy in China
AbstractPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate rural people's perception of income adequacy in order to understand how it is affected by income in the county where the respondent lives,...
View ArticleDISAGGREGATED CONSUMER PRICES AND OIL PRICE PASS-THROUGH: EVIDENCE FROM MALAYSIA
AbstractPurpose - The present paper analyzes the oil price pass-through into consumer price inflation for a developing country, Malaysia. The focus is on whether aggregate consumer prices and different...
View ArticleChina’s Soybean Product Imports: An Analysis of Price Effects using a...
AbstractPurpose - The primary objective of this paper is to estimate China's demand for imported soybeans and soybean oil from both country-of-origin and product form...
View ArticlePesticide use and farmer’s health in China’s rice production
AbstractPurpose - The objective of this study is trying to document and examine the impacts of pesticide use on farmer’s health. Different from previous studies, we are not only going to focus on the...
View ArticleInvestigating Agricultural Productivity Improvements in Transition Economies
AbstractPurpose - This paper aims to conduct intercountry analysis of agricultural productivity growth in transition countries in Asia and Europe. This paper pays particular attention to the magnitude...
View ArticleDid Agricultural Technological Changes Affect China’s Regional Disparity?
AbstractPurpose - China’s agricultural sector has developed very rapidly in the past 30 years and agricultural technological progress is deemed one of the most substantial factors leading to its rapid...
View ArticleHousehold Engel Curve Analysis for Food, Beijing, China
AbstractPurpose - This paper analyzes the income sensitivity of food consumption in Beijing, China, using an original household survey data set collected by the Chinese Academy of Sciences....
View ArticleDisaggregated consumer prices and oil price pass-through: evidence from Malaysia
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to analyze the oil price pass-through into consumer price inflation for a developing country: Malaysia. The focus is on whether aggregate consumer prices...
View ArticleChina's soybean product imports: an analysis of price effects using a...
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to estimate China's demand for imported soybeans and soybean oil from both country-of-origin and product form perspectives. Design/methodology/approach– A...
View ArticleClean development mechanism in North-South trade
AbstractPurpose– There is great conflict between some developed countries and developing countries regarding attitudes toward reducing global warming (e.g. the USA vs China). The aim of this paper is...
View ArticlePesticide use and farmers' health in China's rice production
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this study is trying to document and examine the impacts of pesticide use on farmers' health. Different from previous studies, the paper is not only going to focus on...
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