The effects of telephone infrastructure on farmers’ agricultural outputs in China
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Article Title | The effects of telephone infrastructure on farmers’ agricultural outputs in China |
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ERA Journal ID | 18381 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Rahman, Mohammad Mafizur (Author) and Mamun, Shamsul Arifeen Khan (Author) |
Journal Title | Information Economics and Policy |
Journal Citation | 41, pp. 88-95 |
Number of Pages | 8 |
Year | 2017 |
Place of Publication | Netherlands |
ISSN | 0167-6245 |
1873-5975 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infoecopol.2017.06.005 |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167624516300440 |
Abstract | This paper examines the effect of farmers’ access to communication technologies (CTs) on farmers’ agri- cultural output at the aggregate level in the People’s Republic of China (P.R. China) based on panel data. The paper uses a dynamic Cobb–Douglas aggregate production function and the generalised method of moments (GMM) as estimation techniques to estimate the parameters of interests. The research find- ings are: the estimated effects (measured by elasticity) of teledensity on the provincial level agricultural output have been positive and statistically significant both in the short and long runs. In the long-run, the size of the effect is substantial: from 0.94 to 1.06. This implies that the agriculture sector of the P. R. China has some potentials to derive benefit from the use of CTs like telephone. Hence, the Chinese government should consider policy support to expand communication infrastructure for the farmers. |
Keywords | China; Cobb–Douglas production function; generalised method of moments; elasticity; panel data |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 380101. Agricultural economics |
440499. Development studies not elsewhere classified | |
380204. Panel data analysis | |
380199. Applied economics not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Commerce |
American International University, Bangladesh | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q4681/the-effects-of-telephone-infrastructure-on-farmers-agricultural-outputs-in-china
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