dc.contributor.author | Shakur S | |
dc.contributor.author | Tang M | |
dc.contributor.author | Ngo T | |
dc.coverage.spatial | Washington, DC, USA | |
dc.description.abstract | Since 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.rights | The Author(s) | |
dc.source | 2018 Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association | |
dc.subject | China, Agri-food trade, Gravity model | |
dc.title | Analysis of China’s Agri-food Imports In an Extended Gravity Model | |
dc.type | conference | |
dc.identifier.elements-id | 419630 | |
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 | |
dc.identifier.harvested | Massey_Dark | |
pubs.notes | Not known | |
pubs.confidential | false | |
pubs.finish-date | 2018-11-20 | |
pubs.start-date | 2018-11-18 | |