In this paper, we use China’s 1986-2008 data to make an empirical analysis on the interrelationship between trade openness, economic growth and the structural change of labor-intensive industries by using simultaneous equation models and a VAR model. Our empirical study leads to the three...

The kiwifruit industry is one of the dominant agricultural industries in Sichuan province．A kiwifruit industrial zone with Cangxi county，Dujiangyan city，Shifang city，Pengzhou city，Pujiang county，Qionglai city and Dayi county as the core；An county，Beichuan...

Domestic CHP (combined heat and power) generation is one new application of the ORC (organic Rankine cycle). An environment temperature fluctuation of 40 °C through the year is common in many areas, where the consumer's demand on heat follows a seasonal cycle. In no demand periods the ORC...

type="main" xml:lang="en" <title type="main">Abstract</title> <p>Many equity-linked life insurance products offer the possibility to surrender policies prematurely. Secondary markets for policies with surrender guarantees influence both policyholders and insurers. We show that secondary markets lead to a gap in policy value...</p>

In recent years, Millettia specisoa Champ has attracted extensive attention because of its high medicinal and edible value. This paper will summarize the composition and application of Millettia specisoa Champ, analyze the advantages and existing problems in developing Millettia specisoa Champ...

Planting density is of great significance in adjusting the population structure of rice, increasing yield and reducing the cost. And suitable planting density can not only bring the yield potential of rice population into full play, obtain the maximum grain yield per unit area, but save labor,...

Agricultural pollution has become the dominant source of water pollution in China and the carbon reduction in agricultural aspect is pressing. Based on list analysis method, the COD, TN and TP in agriculture in 28 provinces in China from 1995 to 2010 were evaluated and compared. By dint of...

Recently some studies have been carried out on RCCI (reactivity controlled compression ignition) engines; however, they routinely used the “one factor at a time” approach, which may neglect interactions among the manipulated factors. This paper reports the use of a more effective approach...

As markets become more globalized, they have also become governed by an increasingly complex array of public and private regulation. This volume investigates the changing landscape of food governance. In so doing, the contributions to his volume provide insights into broader analytical issues...

This paper develops a perfectly general non-linear Uncovered Interest Parity, UIP, framework with foreign exchange (fx) market inefficiency. The latter means that there is always some “unexploited profit” which tends to generate a negative value for Fama's beta coefficient. However, as ID...