Analysis of China’s Agri-food Imports In an Extended Gravity Model

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorShakur S
dc.contributor.authorTang M
dc.contributor.authorNgo T
dc.coverage.spatialWashington, DC, USA
dc.description.abstractSince 2000, China has changed from a net exporter to a net importer of agri-food products to a point such that food security and agricultural trade balance are a major concern to Chinese authorities. This research estimated the effect of the ten explanatory variables that have impacted on China's accelerated food imports from 19 trading partners over 2000-2014. An extended gravity model that include economic, demographic, geographic factors and China's free trade agreements (FTAs) to 5 commodity groups separately, in addition to an aggregated data to allow a deeper understanding about the topic. Results from the research suggest that they all have varying but significant impacts on China’s agri-food imports. Agri-food imports to China are predicted to increase. For Chinese authorities to concentrate on own agricultural development and cost-effective trade with other
dc.identifier.elements-id419630
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10179/14240
dc.rightsThe Author(s)
dc.source2018 Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association
dc.subjectChina, Agri-food trade, Gravity model
dc.titleAnalysis of China’s Agri-food Imports In an Extended Gravity Model
dc.typeconference
pubs.confidentialFALSE
pubs.finish-date20/11/2018
pubs.notesNot known
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/Massey Business School
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/Massey Business School/School of Economics and Finance
pubs.start-date18/11/2018
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
(updated) Shakur, Tang and Thanh_China agrifood trade.pdf
Size:
579.35 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download
Collections
Conference Papers