...Shi Zheng; Pei Xu; Zhigang Wang Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify factors that affect farm acceptance of the new seeds. This paper develops a Bivariate Probit model with adjusted sample selection bias to analyze Chinese farmers' sequential decision‐making process in their adoption...

... trading. This high rate is resulted from the fact that CFA distributed the questionnaires mainly to enterprises currently participating in hedging. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 China Futures markets Decision making Hedging Hedge ratio Heckman model With the development...

... as the incorporation of the difference between inputs, agricultural labor‐scale change, technical change, and efficiency change. That is: Equation 9 Kang Yu can be contacted at: yukang888@163.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 China Agriculture Economic growth Decision making Income...

... of W is a mixed distribution with a probability mass of Pr(X>5) at W^(j)=b₇^(j), for j=1, 2, 3. That is: Equation 2 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Crops Insurance Reinsurance Decision making United States...