China's regional agricultural productivity growth in 1985-2007: A multilateral comparison

Agricultural Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 241-251

  Wang, Sun Ling ^a   Tuan, Francis ^b   Gale, Fred ^a   Somwaru, Agapi ^c   Hansen, James ^a  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c East Asia Economic Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

China agricultural policy; China agricultural productivity; Multilateral comparison; T rnqvist Thiel (TT) index; Total factor productivity (TFP)

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; COASTAL ZONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH MODELING; LABOR; MULTILATERAL TRADE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

CHINA;

EID: 84874556288     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/agec.12008     Document Type: Article

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