County-level agricultural production efficiency in China: A spatial analysis

China's Agricultural Development: Challenges and Prospects

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 152-172

  Chen, Zhuo ^a   Huffman, Wallace E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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