The Impact of the Subsidy Policy on Total Factor Productivity: An Empirical Analysis of China's Cotton Production

This paper develops one model to explore the relationship between the subsidy policy and the agricultural total factor productivity (TFP). It indicates that the agricultural TFP will be lower after the subsidy policy is implemented and there exists a negative relation between the subsidy and TFP, if...

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Main Authors: Yanwen Tan, Jianbo Guan, Hamid Reza Karimi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/248537