Policy reform and productivity change in Chinese agriculture: A distance function approach

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-79

  Brummer B ^a   Glauben, T ^b   Lu, W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Leibniz Insititut of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe   (Germany)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Distance function; Policy reform; Productivity growth

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; POLICY REFORM; PRODUCTIVITY; SELF SUFFICIENCY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 33646191347     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2005.04.009     Document Type: Article

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