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Does Urban Proximity Enhance Technical Efficiency in Agriculture? Evidence from China

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  • Chloé Duvivier Duvivier

    (CERDI - Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International - UdA - Université d'Auvergne - Clermont-Ferrand I - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

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This paper assesses whether cities enhance technical efficiency of nearby rural counties, by allowing for heterogeneous urban effects both by regions and by city type. An empirical application is demonstrated using the Chinese county-level agricultural data from 2005 to 2009. Cities are found to produce very significant spread effects on counties in Coastal provinces. Yet, spread effects are less significant in Central regions and not significant at all in the less developed regions of Western China. In addition, urban effects also vary across the urban hierarchy as we found that provincial-level cities have a deteriorating impact on technical efficiency, while lower-level cities enhance technical efficiency in most regions. Implications of these findings in terms of urban and regional planning are discussed.

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  • Chloé Duvivier Duvivier, 2012. "Does Urban Proximity Enhance Technical Efficiency in Agriculture? Evidence from China," Working Papers halshs-00552228, HAL.
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    Keywords

    urban proximity; Spread and backwash; regional heterogeneity; agricultural efficiency; China.; China;
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    JEL classification:

    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
    • Q10 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - General
    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
    • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products

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