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| Estrin, Andrew J.. |
| This paper tests the hypotheses that grain self-sufficiency policies and fiscal decentralization result in inefficiency in grain production in China. Households supply grain in order to comply with self-sufficiency policies rather than to maximize profits. This raises the possibility that grain production is inefficient - especially where the opportunity costs are high (Turner, Brandt, and Rozelle). In addition, fiscal decentralization results in inefficiency in low-income provinces where the small A multiple output distance function is used to derive expressions for a stochastic production frontier and economic inefficiency. Provincial level data for grain and rural industrial output are used in the analysis and local fiscal expenditures and... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: China grain efficiency; Agricultural and Food Policy; Productivity Analysis. |
| Ano: 1999 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21610 |
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| Carter, Colin A.; Estrin, Andrew J.. |
| This paper adds to the debate on the impact of market reforms versus structural reforms in explaining agricultural output growth in China. A multiple-output stochastic frontier and a technical inefficiency equation are estimated using provincial data on the rural economy from 1986 to 1995. Grain self-sufficiency policies and incomplete market reforms in the 1980s and 1990s led to allocative inefficiency. Agricultural disinvestment shrunk the production frontier and the fragmentation of land holdings reduced technical efficiency. China's rural economic reform is far from being complete. |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; O47; Q12; Q15. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11965 |
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