Purpose – Maize production in China is exposed to pronounced yield risks, in particular weather risk, which is one of … Northern Plains of China. Design/methodology/approach – Data are based on the Statistical Yearbook of China and the Chinese …

recent data from Zhouzhi, a mountainous county in rural western China. Findings – The paper shows that human capital, social … this paper and its application in China provide insights into theory and empirical analysis of agricultural households …

recent data from Zhouzhi, a mountainous county in rural western China. Findings – The paper shows that human capital, social … this paper and its application in China provide insights into theory and empirical analysis of agricultural households …

Purpose – Informal credit markets are very active in many developing countries, including China. Informal financial … China by providing a bigger and complete picture.  …

decisions of group borrowers by highlighting the case of rural credit cooperatives (RCCs) in Guizhou province in Southwest China … conditions in rural China. Mechanisms such as threatening to withhold defaulters' future loans from RCCs failed to work. In … an attempt to empirically explore the determinants of repayment performance in group lending programs in China. The …

Purpose – Informal credit markets are very active in many developing countries, including China. Informal financial … China by providing a bigger and complete picture. …