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1. Dodd, Mark Christopher. Intertemporal discounting as a risk factor for obesity: an economic approach.

Degree: 2011, University of Adelaide

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/66095

► Body weight outcomes, although mediated by genetic and biological factors, are determined to a large extent by lifestyle choices such as diet and exercise. These… (more)

▼ Body weight outcomes, although mediated by genetic and biological factors, are determined to a large extent by lifestyle choices such as diet and exercise. These choices involve a trade-off between immediate pleasure, and expected future wellbeing, since a large part of the health costs of weight gain occur in the future. Understanding of the complex issues around weight-related choices has been contributed to through research in various disciplines including psychology, economics and health research. This thesis contributes from an economic perspective, by focusing on the importance of intertemporal choices as an important determinant of body weight. To analyse the association between body weight and intertemporal choices, it is important to have an appropriate measure of the rate at which individuals discount future payoffs. This thesis compares various methodologies for eliciting discount rates, before developing a set of stated-preference questions to elicit discount rates that were included in the South Australian Health Omnibus Survey 2008. Based on theory and previous empirical findings, it is investigated whether the standard monetary questions, or questions framed in a health context, are more appropriate to use in the analysis of health outcomes. Evidence is shown of domain independence of the elicited discount rates, and the more standard monetary domain questions are shown to be more useful descriptors of discounting behaviour in the required contexts. Using the data obtained on individuals' heterogeneous rates of discounting, as well as the health and demographic data contained in the survey, analysis is conducted to determine if intertemporal discounting is an important risk factor for high body weight, after controlling for other demographic risk factors. There is also some investigation of how these relationships might differ across the relative weight distribution, and by BMI category. It is robustly shown that a high rate of intertemporal discounting in the monetary domain is a significant and quantitatively important risk factor for high body weight. Discounting behaviour may also be associated with smoking behaviour, and this could complicate the estimation of the relationship between discounting and body weight. Analysis is conducted first to show that the expected association between discounting and smoking behaviour is present, and then to understand how this relationship might bias the estimates of the association between discounting and body weight. Evidence is presented that shows that the estimated association between discounting and body weight is moderated by smoking behaviour, and thus the independent association between discounting and body weight may be higher than first estimated. Many of the estimation procedures used in this thesis abstract from the pathways of diet and exercise as is appropriate. Separate analysis investigates the joint determination of obesity, diet, and exercise, by estimating a Multivariate Probit system of equations using Maximum Simulated Likelihood. Evidence… Advisors/Committee Members: Findlay, Christopher Charles (advisor), School of Economics (school).

Subjects/Keywords: obesity; body weight; discounting; intertemporal choice

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Dodd, M. C. (2011). Intertemporal discounting as a risk factor for obesity: an economic approach. (Thesis). University of Adelaide. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2440/66095

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Dodd, Mark Christopher. “Intertemporal discounting as a risk factor for obesity: an economic approach.” 2011. Thesis, University of Adelaide. Accessed January 25, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/66095.

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Dodd, Mark Christopher. “Intertemporal discounting as a risk factor for obesity: an economic approach.” 2011. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

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Dodd MC. Intertemporal discounting as a risk factor for obesity: an economic approach. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Adelaide; 2011. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/66095.

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Dodd MC. Intertemporal discounting as a risk factor for obesity: an economic approach. [Thesis]. University of Adelaide; 2011. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/66095

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2. Vu, Kim Toan. International trade and firm productivity : evidence from Vietnam.

Degree: 2012, University of Adelaide

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/80539

► This thesis examines the link between trade liberalization and firm productivity in Vietnam. In the thesis, the relationship between exporting activity and firm productivity in… (more)

▼ This thesis examines the link between trade liberalization and firm productivity in Vietnam. In the thesis, the relationship between exporting activity and firm productivity in Vietnam is also examined. Chapter 2 gives an overview of Vietnam’s economy from the pre-reform period to the reform process that was introduced in 1986. Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 introduce the related theoretical and empirical literature. Chapter 5 examines the relationship between trade liberalization and firm productivity in Vietnam, using micro-level data of the Vietnamese manufacturing firms from 2000 to 2003. The results given in the study show that a decrease in output tariffs and input tariffs increases firm productivity in Vietnam, implying that trade liberalization has a positive impact on firm productivity levels and economic growth in Vietnam. The results given in the study are confirmed in both fixed-effects and first-differences models. The study also employs the instrumental variable method to control for the possible endogeneity between productivity and trade liberalization. Chapter 6 examines the relationship between the firm’s decision to export and firm-specific characteristics in Vietnam by using the Vietnamese manufacturing and services firm data. The study also examines the country-of-origin effects of foreign investment on a firm’s export decision. The empirical results given in this study support the evidence of the positive effects of firm productivity on a firm’s export decision, implying that the most productive firms self-select into export markets. Interestingly, the results show the negative effect of capital intensity on a firm’s export decision, consistent with the situation in Vietnam owing to Vietnam’s comparative advantage in labour-intensive sectors. Sunk entry costs are also an important determinant of the export decision for firms in Vietnam. In addition, foreign ownership status could have a positive effect on a firm’s decision to export, but the magnitude of the effect is different across countries of origin of foreign investment such as Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong (China), the top five sources of FDI in Vietnam. In Chapter 7, the study examines the effect of learning by exporting in both manufacturing and services sectors in Vietnam, allowing for the self-selection effects. To identify the learning effect, the study uses the propensity score matching techniques and differences-in-differences method. This methodology has the advantage of reducing heterogeneity between exporters and non-exporters and therefore allows the study to identify the learning effects from exporting. The findings given in the study indicate that the entry into export markets increases productivity growth and this expands as the firm continues to export. The effect of exporting on employment growth and profit growth, however, is less evident. Once the matching technique is used separately for each subsector, the effects of exporting on productivity growth are also less evident. Finally, Chapter 8 concludes the… Advisors/Committee Members: Findlay, Christopher Charles (advisor), School of Economics (school).

Subjects/Keywords: international trade; productivity; Vietnam

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Vu, K. T. (2012). International trade and firm productivity : evidence from Vietnam. (Thesis). University of Adelaide. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2440/80539

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Vu, Kim Toan. “International trade and firm productivity : evidence from Vietnam.” 2012. Thesis, University of Adelaide. Accessed January 25, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/80539.

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Vu, Kim Toan. “International trade and firm productivity : evidence from Vietnam.” 2012. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

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Vu KT. International trade and firm productivity : evidence from Vietnam. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Adelaide; 2012. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/80539.

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Vu KT. International trade and firm productivity : evidence from Vietnam. [Thesis]. University of Adelaide; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/80539

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3. Lu, Wenxi. Essays on trade and export development.

Degree: 2017, University of Adelaide

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/115167

► The dynamics between industrial development and export activities have been the interest of research for the past two decades, especially those related to services activities… (more)

▼ The dynamics between industrial development and export activities have been the interest of research for the past two decades, especially those related to services activities and global value chain activities. This thesis contributes to the literature by examining the relationships between industrial upgrading, the similarity of countries’ exports, and the economic development of countries. The thesis also explores the factors that promote export upgrading and policy barriers in services trade across different economies. The thesis is organized as follows. Chapter 1 provides the motivation for the thesis. Chapter 2 highlights the literature on export activities (export similarity index and export quality index) foreign direct investment (FDI), and services activities in global economic development. Chapter 3 investigates the links between export similarity and bilateral FDI of Japan and host countries, exploring in particular how multinational activities (FDI) could increase the export activities of domestic countries. The empirical analysis is conducted using a panel data of 70 countries based on SITC (Standard International Trade Classification) 4- and 5-digit products. The results suggest that: (1) outward FDI from Japan increases export similarity between host and source countries, however, inward FDI to Japan shows no evidence of promoting similarity; (2) bilateral FDI positively promotes similarity in the manufactured exports, but to a lesser extent in primary sector exports; and (3) geographic distances and differences in per capita income have significant negative effects on export similarity. In Chapter 4, the empirical framework is developed to study the impact of policy restrictions on services trade across countries. Recent studies highlight that services are essential for manufacturing productivity improvement and economic development. This chapter examines the relationship between policy restrictions (measured by the services trade restrictiveness index (STRI)) and services trade across countries using data from UN Comtrade. A log-linear gravity model is developed to explain variations in bilateral services-trade volumes. The main results show that: (1) a 1% percent increase in the overall STRI leads to a 0.3% decrease in bilateral services trade and around 0.04% decrease in services export; and (2) both goods-trade networks and merchandise exports similarity have statistically significant and positive influences on services trade. In Chapter 5, the determinants of variations in export quality across countries are investigated. The study empirically examines the dynamic pattern of export upgrading and its main influencers based on a panel framework. The results imply that service imports, FDI inflows and the level of per capita income have positive effects on export quality growth. The last chapter, Chapter 6, provides the policy discussion and conclusion of the thesis, as well as discussing how the study could be extended as part of further research in this area. Advisors/Committee Members: Findlay, Christopher Charles (advisor), Sim, Nicholas Cheng Siang (advisor), Thangavelu, Shandre (advisor), School of Economics (school).

Subjects/Keywords: trade; export similarity; export quality

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Lu, W. (2017). Essays on trade and export development. (Thesis). University of Adelaide. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2440/115167

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Lu, Wenxi. “Essays on trade and export development.” 2017. Thesis, University of Adelaide. Accessed January 25, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/115167.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Lu, Wenxi. “Essays on trade and export development.” 2017. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

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Lu W. Essays on trade and export development. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Adelaide; 2017. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/115167.

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Lu W. Essays on trade and export development. [Thesis]. University of Adelaide; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/115167

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4. Girsang, Aritta Gracia Lily. Trade remedy: a stumbling block for ASEAN economic integration?.

Degree: 2018, University of Adelaide

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/113352

► This thesis investigates ASEAN’s use of trade remedy instruments and their impact on trade and liberalisation efforts. With the growing number of trade remedy cases… (more)

▼ This thesis investigates ASEAN’s use of trade remedy instruments and their impact on trade and liberalisation efforts. With the growing number of trade remedy cases worldwide, ASEAN member countries are exposed as targets of anti-dumping (AD), subsidy and countervailing measures, and safeguards. They are also new users, primarily of Anti-dumping. Focusing on AD, this thesis presents the landscape, implementation and application, and effects of trade remedy instruments in the South East Asian region. Under the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA), ASEAN members are permitted to use trade remedy instruments as stipulated in agreements of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Although the use of trade remedy instruments are sometimes seen as contrary to the WTO’s most favoured nation (MFN) principle, their use is permitted in exceptional circumstances. How does the decision to make AD – a trade limiting policy – readily available for ASEAN members affect industries, trade flow and integration efforts with the establishment of ASEAN Economic Community in 2015 and goals of becoming a more integrated region?. This thesis examines three main questions as an indication of trade liberalisation and integration efforts: (1) What motivates ASEAN member countries in initiating AD investigations? (2) How does AD affect trade? and (3) Does AD contribute to the reduction of tariffs? This thesis utilises ASEAN trade remedy, imports and applied tariffs data from 1995 to 2012. To investigate the motivation behind the use of AD, this thesis uses binomial probability to look at whether AD use is triggered by strategic or economic motives. An econometric model is applied to Indonesian import data to find evidence of the investigation, trade diversion and destruction effects on trade flows. The relationship between average applied MFN tariffs and the use of AD is estimated to identify its contribution to liberalisation. The results reveal that, for ASEAN members, the use of AD is driven more by strategic motivations. In the case of Indonesia, AD use does halt the movement of import products when AD duty is imposed at least from the named countries in the case, but this effect is offset by the diversion of trade to non-named countries. The analysis of this thesis also found evidence of the AD’s contribution to the reduction of average applied MFN tariffs, particularly so for the reduction of applied tariffs at the product level. Furthermore, for ASEAN, it was found that the contribution of the use of the AD instrument is more significant for countries with lower GDP per capita than for countries with higher GDP per capita. Advisors/Committee Members: Findlay, Christopher Charles (advisor), Wilson, Keith (advisor), Kaufmann, Uwe (advisor), Institute for International Trade (school).

Subjects/Keywords: trade remedy; anti-dumping; subsidy; safeguards; ASEAN; economic integration; trade liberalisation

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Girsang, A. G. L. (2018). Trade remedy: a stumbling block for ASEAN economic integration?. (Thesis). University of Adelaide. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2440/113352

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Girsang, Aritta Gracia Lily. “Trade remedy: a stumbling block for ASEAN economic integration?.” 2018. Thesis, University of Adelaide. Accessed January 25, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/113352.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Girsang, Aritta Gracia Lily. “Trade remedy: a stumbling block for ASEAN economic integration?.” 2018. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Girsang AGL. Trade remedy: a stumbling block for ASEAN economic integration?. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Adelaide; 2018. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/113352.

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Girsang AGL. Trade remedy: a stumbling block for ASEAN economic integration?. [Thesis]. University of Adelaide; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/113352

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University of Adelaide

5. Peiris Mendis, Lakmini Priyanga. How can the global food security challenges be addressed in a multilateral trading system?.

Degree: 2017, University of Adelaide

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/114027

► Eradicating hunger and meeting food security expectations remain global goals. In the multilateral trading system (MTS) they can only be met through cooperation among countries… (more)

▼ Eradicating hunger and meeting food security expectations remain global goals. In the multilateral trading system (MTS) they can only be met through cooperation among countries in the form of international trade. Yet a number of trade-related incidents have eroded confidence in the capacity of the MTS to address food security issues. The research question here is “How can global food security challenges be addressed in a MTS?” The main focus is on the role of the World Trade Organization (WTO), but the research also covers its interaction with other organisations and the context in which it operates, that is, the MTS. The study covers four topics: • What is food security? • Does the WTO have a mandate and the capability to contribute to food security? • What policy measures are used to address food security issues and are they effective? • What significant changes in the context of the debate complicate or ease the quest for a consensus on how to respond to food security challenges? The method used was to collect information on the views of delegates, researchers and officials, by an online survey and from interviews, and to analyse the data using different tools. Views on “What is food security?” were grouped according to combinations of ‘orientations’ and ‘dimensions’. The former refers to a focus on people, trade or resources. The latter refers to availability, accessibility, stability and utilisation. Views on the nature of food security, while apparently showing a systematic variation by the frequency of responses, were not found to differ significantly in statistical terms over the development levels of the respondents’ countries. Lack of progress on food security issues in the WTO is therefore not caused primarily by a lack of a common understanding of the concept. A majority view was that the WTO mandate on food security is limited, although the less developed economies supported the counterview. Respondents also confirmed that WTO rules are inadequate in addressing food security issues. Lack of policy space was an issue for the least-developed and developing countries; inadequacy in disciplining trade-distortive measures was also a concern for the developing, developed and research/official groups; and lack of transparency was especially undesirable for the developed and least-developed countries. Import/export restrictions and subsidies (including domestic support) are widely used policy instruments for food security goals, despite their trade-distortive aspects. However, respondents had mixed views about the effectiveness of these policies, especially in the context of the inadequacy of rules to discipline them. The lack of case law through the dispute settlement system is compounding that issue. The food crisis of 2006–2008 raised the profile of food security but other dynamics have made it difficult to reach a consensus for change. These include greater diversity in the interests of the developing group as a whole, the shift in the negotiating positions of emerging developing countries, and protectionist… Advisors/Committee Members: Findlay, Christopher Charles (advisor), Wilson, Keith (advisor), Zuo, Alec (advisor), Institute for International Trade (school).

Subjects/Keywords: food security; Multilateral Trading System (MTS); World Trade Organization (WTO); Agreement on Agriculture (AoA); export restrictions; subsidies; dispute settlement system

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Peiris Mendis, L. P. (2017). How can the global food security challenges be addressed in a multilateral trading system?. (Thesis). University of Adelaide. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2440/114027

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Peiris Mendis, Lakmini Priyanga. “How can the global food security challenges be addressed in a multilateral trading system?.” 2017. Thesis, University of Adelaide. Accessed January 25, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/114027.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Peiris Mendis, Lakmini Priyanga. “How can the global food security challenges be addressed in a multilateral trading system?.” 2017. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Peiris Mendis LP. How can the global food security challenges be addressed in a multilateral trading system?. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Adelaide; 2017. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/114027.

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Peiris Mendis LP. How can the global food security challenges be addressed in a multilateral trading system?. [Thesis]. University of Adelaide; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/114027

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6. He, Xiaobo. Essays on transportation infrastructure, urbanisation and economic growth: evidence from China.

Degree: 2013, University of Adelaide

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/83294

► China’s spectacular economic growth during the reform era from 1978 to 2008 has captivated much attention both in academia and in the policy arena. This… (more)

▼ China’s spectacular economic growth during the reform era from 1978 to 2008 has captivated much attention both in academia and in the policy arena. This thesis looks at this period of Chinese economic reforms and the consequences for China’s economic growth, urbanisation, and income inequality, in which transportation infrastructure plays a pivotal role. Among many contributors to the economic growth in China, as measured by GDP per capita growth, recent studies shed light on the importance of transportation infrastructure. Therefore, a comprehensive understanding of the function of transportation infrastructure in the context of China and an accurate quantification of its contribution are desired. Accompanying the GDP per capita growth, China also experienced a rapid process of urbanisation during 1978–2008. However, whether the GDP per capita growth causes urbanisation is not yet clear. After the accession to the WTO in 2001, China became an important player in world trade. For example, China’s exports increased from USD 0.27 trillion in 2001 to USD 1.43 trillion in 2008, which has resulted in massive income growth nation-wide. However, the income has been unequally distributed among wage earners. Since urban wage earners are more likely to work in exporting sectors, it is important to analyse the impact of accessibility to international markets, as measured by length of current transport routes from origin city to its nearest major seaport, on income inequality in urban China. This thesis explores three major areas and improves upon existing methodology. First, it delineates the effect of changes in the density of transportation infrastructure, as measured by length of highways and railroads per square kilometre, on short-run and long-run GDP per capita growth. Second, it explores the causal impact of annual GDP per capita growth on urbanisation. Third, it quantifies the impact of market access on urban income inequality. Methodologically, this thesis contributes to the literature in terms of providing several identification strategies to pin down endogeneity issues, for instance, reverse causality, measurement errors, and omitted variable bias. This thesis estimates the short-run (annual) causal effects of changes in the density of transportation infrastructure on economic growth. Using province-level data (1985–2008), this thesis finds that improvement of transportation infrastructure has been statistically significant in raising annual GDP growth per capita. During 1985–2008, on average, a one standard deviation increase in the density of transportation infrastructure accounted for a 6–8.3 percentage point increase in annual GDP per capita growth. This short-run effect is highly robust to a battery of sensitivity tests in magnitude and statistical significance, which confirms previous findings in the literature. This thesis further quantifies the causal impact of changes in the density of transportation infrastructure on long-run GDP per capita growth, i.e. over a 15-year period. Based on provincial data… Advisors/Committee Members: Findlay, Christopher Charles (advisor), Sim, Nicholas Cheng Siang (advisor), School of Economics (school).

Subjects/Keywords: transportation infrastructure; urbanisation; economic growth; instrumental variables; China

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He, X. (2013). Essays on transportation infrastructure, urbanisation and economic growth: evidence from China. (Thesis). University of Adelaide. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2440/83294

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

He, Xiaobo. “Essays on transportation infrastructure, urbanisation and economic growth: evidence from China.” 2013. Thesis, University of Adelaide. Accessed January 25, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/83294.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

He, Xiaobo. “Essays on transportation infrastructure, urbanisation and economic growth: evidence from China.” 2013. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

He X. Essays on transportation infrastructure, urbanisation and economic growth: evidence from China. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Adelaide; 2013. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/83294.

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He X. Essays on transportation infrastructure, urbanisation and economic growth: evidence from China. [Thesis]. University of Adelaide; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/83294

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7. Otumawu-Apreku, Kofi. Matters of management, sustainability, and efficiency: essays in fisheries.

Degree: 2013, University of Adelaide

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/83828

► This thesis addresses three main issues in fisheries management: monitoring and enforcement; profit efficiency; and factors determining profit efficiency. The overall objective is to provide… (more)

▼ This thesis addresses three main issues in fisheries management: monitoring and enforcement; profit efficiency; and factors determining profit efficiency. The overall objective is to provide broad theoretical and empirical analysis of fisheries management issues that seek to address sustainability and efficiency questions in the industry. The first issue investigated is whether monitoring and enforcement, as management policy instruments, can lower illegal harvesting and therefore preserve fish stocks. Using a game theoretic approach the strategic interaction between management and fishers, in the presence of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU), is examined. Results of the analysis show that equilibrium compliance strategies of fishers affect stocks over time. It is further observed that increasing the cost of engaging in illegal activities, through punishment, may be sound economic policy. The second issue examined is efficiency in the South Australian Rock Lobster Fishery. To do this a new approach, in the context of fisheries, is used to overcome the small sample sizes and negative profit challenges inherent in fisheries. Specifically, the Nerlovian and Directional Distance Function methods are used to decompose profits of the fisheries into technical and allocative efficiencies. In addition, the meta-frontier efficiency technique is used to compare the Northern and Southern Zones, the two fisheries in the South Australian Rock Lobster Fishery. Results show that profit inefficiency in this fishery can be largely attributed to allocative inefficiency. Further, it is observed that there is significant variability between efficiency levels in the Northern and Southern Zones. The final issue considered is the natural question of what factors, besides technical and allocative inefficiency, may possibly explain profit inefficiencies in the South Australian Rock Lobster Fishery. To answer this question we investigate the effects of incorporating a fixed input on equilibrium profits and biomass. We first set up a theoretical model with an input that is fixed in the short-run (vessel size) but that can be used with a variable input at sub-optimal capacity. We use this model to get predictions for the impact on profits of exogenous changes in biomass, output price and vessel size. These give us interesting theoretical insights into why it is important to incorporate fixed inputs into profit analysis. We then conduct an empirical investigation to gain an understanding of the effects of these non-discretionary factors on profit efficiency. In particular, we apply a truncated regression with bootstrap methodology to data on individual firm profit efficiency from the South Australian Rock Lobster Fishery. We find empirical support for our predictions that increased biomass and smaller vessel length are associated with higher profits. An additional empirical result is that individual quota management is positively associated with profit efficiency. Advisors/Committee Members: McWhinnie, Stephanie Faye (advisor), Kvasov, Dmitriy (advisor), Findlay, Christopher Charles (advisor), School of Economics (school).

Subjects/Keywords: violation; compliance; game-theoretic efficiency; Nerlovian; truncation; bootstrap

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Otumawu-Apreku, K. (2013). Matters of management, sustainability, and efficiency: essays in fisheries. (Thesis). University of Adelaide. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2440/83828

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Otumawu-Apreku, Kofi. “Matters of management, sustainability, and efficiency: essays in fisheries.” 2013. Thesis, University of Adelaide. Accessed January 25, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/83828.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Otumawu-Apreku, Kofi. “Matters of management, sustainability, and efficiency: essays in fisheries.” 2013. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Otumawu-Apreku K. Matters of management, sustainability, and efficiency: essays in fisheries. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Adelaide; 2013. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/83828.

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Otumawu-Apreku K. Matters of management, sustainability, and efficiency: essays in fisheries. [Thesis]. University of Adelaide; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/83828

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University of Adelaide

8. Du, Kai. Efficiency gains and deregulation policies: evidence from bank level data.

Degree: 2013, University of Adelaide

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/84128

► This thesis uses bank level data from developing countries and emerging economies and the data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach to provide empirical evidence on the… (more)

▼ This thesis uses bank level data from developing countries and emerging economies and the data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach to provide empirical evidence on the impact of deregulation policies in the banking industry on the banks’ efficiency. Since the banking industry in China is the largest and most complex among the developing countries and in transition from a centrally planned to a market economy, its transition process and the development of the banking industry is analysed first in order to provide the background information for the following econometric analyses and the thesis. To gather the empirical evidence from China’s banking industry on the correlation between the World Trade Organization (WTO) accession and efficiency gains by commercial banks, this thesis evaluates the efficiency of Chinese banks over the period 2000–09 (this is referred to as the adapting phase of the WTO accession). During this period of time, the restrictions on the foreign banks were removed gradually. The evolution of banks’ efficiency is computed by the DEA approach combined with the bootstrapping technique. All commercial banks are broken down into four groups: (1) all banks in China; (2) domestic banks; (3) private banks; and (4) city banks. Since the categories are mutually exclusive, the empirical results reveal that the efficiency of the banks in China’s banking industry increased over this period. In terms of profit maximising, city banks were the least efficient banks and the catch-up effect was highly significant in this group, since their efficiency increased dramatically compared with other banks. However, the empirical evidence from the Chinese banking industry cannot identify the efficiency effect from removing restrictions on banks in the market. In order to identify the efficiency impacts from different kind of deregulation policies, first, the impact of the deregulation policies to remove the restrictions on foreign banks and domestic banks are explored in six Asian banking industries over the period 1997–2006, namely China (data for mainland China and Taiwan presented separately), India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan and Thailand. In the first stage of the two-stage DEA model, the output direction DEA is employed for the selected countries to compute the efficiency of the banks. In the second stage, the estimated DEA score is regressed on the indices of the restrictions in the market. The values of indices are taken from Dinh (2008). The main reason to select her indices is that these indices are used to estimate the restrictions on foreign banks and domestic banks in the given market. The expectation is that the deregulation policies to remove the restrictions on foreign or domestic banks will lead to efficiency gains in the markets. In order to overcome the reverse causality issue between the dependent variable (the estimated DEA score) and the independent variable (restriction indices), the two-step first-difference regression model is used and bank efficiency in the previous period is included in the… Advisors/Committee Members: Findlay, Christopher Charles (advisor), Pomfret, Richard William Thomas (advisor), Sim, Nicholas Cheng Siang (advisor), School of Economics (school).

Subjects/Keywords: financial deregulation policies; bank efficiency; data envelopment analysis

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Du, K. (2013). Efficiency gains and deregulation policies: evidence from bank level data. (Thesis). University of Adelaide. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2440/84128

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Du, Kai. “Efficiency gains and deregulation policies: evidence from bank level data.” 2013. Thesis, University of Adelaide. Accessed January 25, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/84128.

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Du, Kai. “Efficiency gains and deregulation policies: evidence from bank level data.” 2013. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

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Du K. Efficiency gains and deregulation policies: evidence from bank level data. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Adelaide; 2013. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/84128.

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Du K. Efficiency gains and deregulation policies: evidence from bank level data. [Thesis]. University of Adelaide; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/84128

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9. Kaufmann, Uwe. Determinants and impacts of rules of origin in Australia’s free trade agreements.

Degree: 2014, University of Adelaide

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/85232

► This thesis investigates the determination of the rates of utilisation of Australian free trade agreements (FTAs). The topic is important and interesting because the utilisation… (more)

▼ This thesis investigates the determination of the rates of utilisation of Australian free trade agreements (FTAs). The topic is important and interesting because the utilisation rates show the usage of the agreements by traders. Low utilisation rates imply that trade agreements fail in their objective. Following a review of relevant literature, the study presents data on the utilisation rates of Australia’s preferential trade agreements (PTAs) over the time frame of 2000-9. This work requires some care in the definition of the utilisation rate, a matter which is discussed in detail in the presentation of this part of the empirical work. It is found that utilisation rates vary a lot. The variations appear to be related to low preferential tariff margins and the degree to which there are strict rules of origin (ROO). These rules are associated with FTAs to manage the problem of trade deflection (TD). The ROO schemes of five Australian FTAs are investigated and a ROO restrictiveness index is developed and applied to these five Australian trade agreements. The main findings are that all five ROO regimes differ significantly between the agreements, indicating that ROO are negotiated according to criteria beyond their role in managing TD. A question of interest therefore arises about the set of important determinants of ROO. One hypothesis in the literature is that more restrictive ROO are negotiated in tariff lines with relatively high preferential margins. To examine and test this hypothesis in detail, a political economy (PE) model is applied. PE and TD factors are taken into account in a test of the relative importance of these different factors. The results confirm that TD concerns in form of potential transshipment are reflected by ROO design; however this is the case only for the Australian agreements with its developing country partners. The results also show that more restrictive ROO are negotiated in tariff lines with high applied tariff rates and for commodities where a potential import penetration may occur. The higher the potential competition in the form of trade penetration and the higher market access in the form of low preferential tariff rats, the more restrictive are the negotiated ROO. Therefore, these results suggest that ROO are used as both a trade protection and as a tariff substitution tool. The research then returns to the question of the impact of ROO on the utilisation rates and trade development in Australia’s FTAs. An equation is estimated in which the relationship and impact of ROO and preferential tariff margins on the utilisation rates is tested. To avoid endogeneity between tariff rates and ROO as identified in this thesis, the study employs the instrumental variable method by using the results of the determinants of ROO as an instrument. Two main hypotheses are examined, namely (1) do more restrictive ROO increase trade costs and with that lower the application of preferential treatment in form of utilisation rates, and (2) do preferential tariff margins serve as an incentive to apply… Advisors/Committee Members: Findlay, Christopher Charles (advisor), School of Economics (school).

Subjects/Keywords: rules of origin; utilization of free trade agreements; utilization rates; preferential trade; restrictiveness index

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Kaufmann, U. (2014). Determinants and impacts of rules of origin in Australia’s free trade agreements. (Thesis). University of Adelaide. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2440/85232

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Kaufmann, Uwe. “Determinants and impacts of rules of origin in Australia’s free trade agreements.” 2014. Thesis, University of Adelaide. Accessed January 25, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/85232.

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Kaufmann, Uwe. “Determinants and impacts of rules of origin in Australia’s free trade agreements.” 2014. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Kaufmann U. Determinants and impacts of rules of origin in Australia’s free trade agreements. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Adelaide; 2014. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/85232.

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Kaufmann U. Determinants and impacts of rules of origin in Australia’s free trade agreements. [Thesis]. University of Adelaide; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/85232

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10. Ahmed, Sharmina. Agricultural land tenancy in rural Bangladesh : productivity impact and process of contract choice.

Degree: 2012, University of Adelaide

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/80232

► Land is a prime factor of production for an agricultural country like Bangladesh and access to land has been the major source of livelihood of… (more)

▼ Land is a prime factor of production for an agricultural country like Bangladesh and access to land has been the major source of livelihood of farmers living in rural Bangladesh. However, access to land is governed by informal tenure arrangements which in turn affect the productivity of the farm. This thesis looks at the consequences of different contract choices relating to land tenancy arrangements in rural Bangladesh. It consists of three core chapters (Chapter 4, 5 and 6) which include: an analysis of the productivity impacts of sharecropping; an examination of the conditions under which a sharecropping contract is chosen over a fixed-rent contract; and an examination of sources of incentives whereby particular types of tenants end up contracting with particular types of landlords or choosing particular crop practices. Empirical investigations presented in this thesis add to our understanding of the nature of contructual relationships within agricultural land tenancy markets. The first academic contribution of this thesis lies in the comparison of conventional and non-conventional econometric methodologies. Particular emphasis is given to the problems of sample-selection bias and endogeneity in the contract choice that very often plague the estimation results. It is important to have an appropriate measure which controls for the biases in the econometric analysis that arise from the observability problem of certain theoretically important factors such as risk preferences, moral hazard problem which affect impact of tenure arrangements, participation decision as well as motivation for matching. This is crucial because how much certain characteristics affect the contract choice system can provide information about the functioning of a micro-economy. The works discussed herein are mostly econometric analysis, although the thesis has attempted to locate the most relevant theoretical models to explain the econometric outcomes in each chapter. The literature review chapter (Chapter 3) also has a detail explanation of the revelant theoretical models. A two-year household-level panel data set of rice farmers from rural Bangladesh is used to illustrate different corollaries of tenancy contracts. The first core chapter (Chapter 4) attempts to analyse the impact of sharecropping compared with that of owner cultivation. It illustrates the productivity differentials with special focus on the hypothesis of ‘Marshallian ineffciency’,i.e. lower efficiency on sharecropped as compared to owned plots. The main contribution of this chapter is the use of a unique regression model to evaluate the potential impact of adoption of sharecropping measured by the impact on the household’s output. A household’s decision to enter into a crop-share contract is endogenous and may affect his productivity. Therefore, a simultaneous equation model with endogenous switching regression is developed. This method enables us to estimate the causal impact of choosing sharecropping and helps to capture the treatment-effect of sharecropping by controlling… Advisors/Committee Members: Findlay, Christopher Charles (advisor), Baryshnikova, Nadezhda (advisor), School of Economics (school).

Subjects/Keywords: agriculture; sharecropping; tenancy market; self-selection; risk sharing; threat of eviction

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Ahmed, S. (2012). Agricultural land tenancy in rural Bangladesh : productivity impact and process of contract choice. (Thesis). University of Adelaide. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2440/80232

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Ahmed, Sharmina. “Agricultural land tenancy in rural Bangladesh : productivity impact and process of contract choice.” 2012. Thesis, University of Adelaide. Accessed January 25, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/80232.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Ahmed, Sharmina. “Agricultural land tenancy in rural Bangladesh : productivity impact and process of contract choice.” 2012. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Ahmed S. Agricultural land tenancy in rural Bangladesh : productivity impact and process of contract choice. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Adelaide; 2012. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/80232.

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Ahmed S. Agricultural land tenancy in rural Bangladesh : productivity impact and process of contract choice. [Thesis]. University of Adelaide; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/80232

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11. Zhou, Guanqi. The regulatory regime of food safety in China: a systemic not accidental failure.

Degree: 2016, University of Adelaide

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/100197

► During the previous decade from 2004 to 2013, people in China witnessed both skyrocketing number of food safety crises, and aggregating regulatory initiatives attempting to… (more)

▼ During the previous decade from 2004 to 2013, people in China witnessed both skyrocketing number of food safety crises, and aggregating regulatory initiatives attempting to control these crises. Indeed, numerous food safety crises promoted intuitional reforms and innovations, together with adoption of complex rules and legislation within the regulatory regime of food safety, multiple cycles of “crisis—regulatory efforts”, however, still indicated the systematic incapacity of the food safety regime to tackle with crises. Therefore, the fundamental research problem that structures this thesis is to understand the causes of this systemic failure in the “social foundations” for the regulatory governance of food safety. The thesis locates the proximate causes of the regulatory failure of food safety regime in China in the regulatory segmentation of the regime. This thesis is supported by the differential impacts of the food regulatory regime on various consumer groups. Through compartmentalised regulatory arrangements, the regulatory segmentation reduced the political incentives for enforcement and compliance of food safety regulations, directly leading to unbalanced distribution of regulatory incentives and resource in which the benefits of the food safety regime were felt mostly by well-connected and affluent consumer groups. Conversely it impacted adversely on poorer and vulnerable consumer groups. Such uneven food safety level has further been intensified through a compound of emerging factors in China: politicised social stratification, deepening economic liberalisation, modernisation of the food industry, food trade, and growing food chain and demand. This thesis analyses how this system of regulatory segmentation has been historically embedded into the food safety regime in China, and how it has further been stabilised and institutionalised over time. Based on the theoretical framework construction and historical review, the thesis explains how this segmented food safety regime has been delivering benefits and burdens among different sectors of population, unevenly unfortunately, through analysing different aspects of food safety management. A key contribution of this thesis is to identify and locate the social foundation for this segmented regulatory system, which in turn helps to explain the systemic failure of the food safety regime in China. Advisors/Committee Members: Tubilewicz, Czeslaw (advisor), Jayasuriya, Kanishka (advisor), Findlay, Christopher Charles (advisor), School of Social Sciences (school).

Subjects/Keywords: food safety; regulatory regime; systemic failure; China

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Zhou, G. (2016). The regulatory regime of food safety in China: a systemic not accidental failure. (Thesis). University of Adelaide. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2440/100197

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Zhou, Guanqi. “The regulatory regime of food safety in China: a systemic not accidental failure.” 2016. Thesis, University of Adelaide. Accessed January 25, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/100197.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Zhou, Guanqi. “The regulatory regime of food safety in China: a systemic not accidental failure.” 2016. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Zhou G. The regulatory regime of food safety in China: a systemic not accidental failure. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Adelaide; 2016. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/100197.

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Zhou G. The regulatory regime of food safety in China: a systemic not accidental failure. [Thesis]. University of Adelaide; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/100197

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12. Treewanchai, Sinad. Essays on economics of school and residential choices.

Degree: 2014, University of Adelaide

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/84677

► This thesis studies school and residential choices when private schooling is available and attending a public school is free of charge but requires a residence… (more)

▼ This thesis studies school and residential choices when private schooling is available and attending a public school is free of charge but requires a residence in the school attendance zone. Each of the three chapters focuses on different issues. The first chapter develops a model of competition between neighbourhood (public) schools and private schools. A model is presented in which a school’s quality is determined by the average ability of the student body. Private schools set their own tuition and admission policies to attract particular types of students. All schools are equally effective in providing any given school quality. The theoretical results show that in equilibrium private schools cream skim relatively richer and higher ability students and produce higher school qualities than public schools even though neighbourhood schools also generate segregation among public school students. A policy implication is that price subsidisation to private schooling would intensify the cream-skimming problem in this environment. This is likely to worsen the welfare of students who are left in the public sector as public schools lose relatively higher ability students to the private sector. The second chapter argues, by developing a simple multiple jurisdiction model, that price subsidisation for private education can be a Pareto improving policy if (i) school quality is measured by levels of educational services, (ii) private education is more costly per unit, (iii) the level of educational services of public schools within a jurisdiction is determined by majority voting of the residents, and (iv) the housing capacities of jurisdictions cannot accommodate perfect segregation among heterogeneous households. The third chapter studies school and residential choices when there are frictions in housing markets and agents only value school quality during the early stages of their lives. An overlapping-generation model is developed to explain the relocation of agents across frictional housing markets due to different valuation and quality of local amenities such as public schools. There exist steady-state equilibria in which young agents who value school quality and live in a location with a low-quality public school have a potential to move to another location with a better public school. With frictions, some of such young agents who are willing to relocate get stuck in the low-quality school location and obtain relatively low life-time utility. The equilibria exist under sufficiently high differences in public school qualities across locations. For individuals, the benefits of moving into a good school location are not only derived from school quality but also from the resale value of the house once school services are no longer valued. Equilibria exist in which increasing the quality of the low-quality school improves the total welfare but affects agents across locations differently. In addition, when relatively good quality private schools are available, the young house buyers are better off while some old house owners are… Advisors/Committee Members: Wong, Jacob (advisor), Findlay, Christopher Charles (advisor), Oak, Mandar (advisor), Chesnokova, Tatyana (advisor), School of Economics (school).

Subjects/Keywords: public schooling; private schooling; student segregation; residential choice; housing frictions

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Treewanchai, S. (2014). Essays on economics of school and residential choices. (Thesis). University of Adelaide. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2440/84677

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Treewanchai, Sinad. “Essays on economics of school and residential choices.” 2014. Thesis, University of Adelaide. Accessed January 25, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/84677.

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Treewanchai, Sinad. “Essays on economics of school and residential choices.” 2014. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Treewanchai S. Essays on economics of school and residential choices. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Adelaide; 2014. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/84677.

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Treewanchai S. Essays on economics of school and residential choices. [Thesis]. University of Adelaide; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/84677

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13. Huang, Kaixing. Essays on the economic impacts of climate change on agriculture and adaptation.

Degree: 2016, University of Adelaide

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/103462

► The thesis studies the potential economic impacts of climate change on agricultural production and estimates to what extent adaptations can help to offset the potential… (more)

▼ The thesis studies the potential economic impacts of climate change on agricultural production and estimates to what extent adaptations can help to offset the potential damages of climate change on agricultural profits. The thesis consists of three journal-style articles. Chapter 1 is the introduction. Chapter 2 is the article “Why do econometric studies disagree on the effect of warming on agricultural output? A meta-analysis”. This article conducts a meta-analysis based on 130 primary econometric studies to better understand the conflict among the existing estimates of warming on agriculture. We find that differences in the latitude of the study sample, the temperature measure that was used, the econometric approach that was applied, and publication biases can explain why the primary studies disagree. We also find that this disagreement can be reduced if the primary studies use a yearly temperature measure and adopt the hedonic modelling approach, as in doing so, they will tend to produce estimates with a similar but previously supported view that warming will lead to positive effects on agriculture in the high latitudes and negative effects in the low latitudes. Chapter 3 is an article “How large is the potential economic benefit of agricultural adaptation to climate change? Evidence from the United States”. Based on the meta-analysis of Chapter 2, this article argues that studies of climate change impacts on agricultural profits using panel data typically do not take account of adaptations over time by farmers, and those that do tend to use the standard hedonic approach which is potentially biased. As an alternative, this chapter develops a panel framework that includes farmer adaptation. When tested with United States data, this study finds that the negative impact of expected climate change on farm profits by 2100 is only one-third as large once likely adaptation by farmers is taken into account. Chapter 4 is the third article “The potential benefits of agricultural adaptation to warming in China in the long run”. Based on a panel of household survey data from a large sample in rural China, the article adopts the panel approach proposed in Chapter 3 to estimate the potential benefits of adaptation and to identify the determinants of farmers’ adaptation capability. The empirical results suggest that, for various model settings and climate change scenarios, long-run adaptations should mitigate one-third to one-half of the damages of warming on crop profits by the end of this century. These findings support the basic argument of the hedonic approach that omitting long-run adaptations will dramatically overestimate the potential damage of climate change. The chapter also finds that household-level capital intensity and farmland size have significant effects on farmers’ adaptive capacities. Advisors/Committee Members: Findlay, Christopher Charles (advisor), Anderson, Kym (advisor), Umberger, Wendy Jeanne (advisor), Wong, Jacob (advisor), School of Economics (school).

Subjects/Keywords: climate change; impact; adaptation

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Huang, K. (2016). Essays on the economic impacts of climate change on agriculture and adaptation. (Thesis). University of Adelaide. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2440/103462

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Huang, Kaixing. “Essays on the economic impacts of climate change on agriculture and adaptation.” 2016. Thesis, University of Adelaide. Accessed January 25, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/103462.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Huang, Kaixing. “Essays on the economic impacts of climate change on agriculture and adaptation.” 2016. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

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Huang K. Essays on the economic impacts of climate change on agriculture and adaptation. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Adelaide; 2016. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/103462.

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Huang K. Essays on the economic impacts of climate change on agriculture and adaptation. [Thesis]. University of Adelaide; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/103462

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14. Lin, Faqin. Export premium, productivity, trade openness and wage inequality in China : empirical evidence from firm-level data.

Degree: 2012, University of Adelaide

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/79427

► This thesis uses Chinese firm-level data to investigate the relationships between the export premium, firm productivity and wage inequality. Using Chinese annual survey data for… (more)

▼ This thesis uses Chinese firm-level data to investigate the relationships between the export premium, firm productivity and wage inequality. Using Chinese annual survey data for all state-owned firms and other non-state-owned firms with sales on mainland China over 5 million RMB, the author finds that there is a series of premiums for exporters compared with non-exporters. On average, exporters pay higher wages, produce more, sell more, add more value, employ more labour, have higher capital intensity, and have higher productivity (based on 1999-2003 data). Firms with relatively high export values will also be relatively more productive. Quantile results show that the premium decreases with the increase of the quantile. In addition, the export premium declines over time and across the industries, provinces and ownership types, and the higher the export intensity, the lower the export premium. The thesis further investigates the question: what determines the export premium – the selection effect or learning-by-exporting effect? First, the author uses the Olley and Pakes (1996) method to control both selection and simultaneity bias to estimate the reliable firm productivity. Then the author tests the self-selection and learning-by-exporting effects both parametrically and non-parametrically. The author finds both strong self-selection and learning-by-exporting effects at the aggregate level. The higher the productivity the firm has today, the easier for the firm to export tomorrow. The learning-by-exporting effect is the most significant in the second yearafter exporting. However, at the more disaggregated level, no significant learning effect is found within sectors and within middle and western provinces. A significant learning effect is found in eastern provinces. The learning-by-exporting effect across different ownership types is not robust to different testing methods. In addition, the author uses Chinese privately-owned firm-level survey data to investigate the heterogeneous export premium associated with different levels of trade. Firms engaged in international trade have higher premiums than firms which trade only across province borders. Firms which trade across province borders have higher premiums than firms that only trade within their province. Furthermore, export premium deviation between international trade and interprovincial trade is much smaller compared with the export premium deviation between interprovincial trade and inter-county trade. This finding implies that compared with the inter-county premium, the premium at interprovincial level is similar to the premium at the international level (though the former is actually less than the latter). The export premium caused by the self-selection effect can reflect the trade cost and it tells that trading goods across provincial borders within China is as onerous as crossing national borders. The next question to consider is whether engaging in international trade causes the wage inequality between firms to increase? To find out the answer, the author… Advisors/Committee Members: Findlay, Christopher Charles (advisor), Pomfret, Richard William Thomas (advisor), Chesnokova, Tatyana (advisor), Sim, Nicholas Cheng Siang (advisor), School of Economics (school).

Subjects/Keywords: export premium; productivity; self-selection effect; learning-by-exporting effect; matching; intensive margin; extensive margin; wage inequality

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Lin, F. (2012). Export premium, productivity, trade openness and wage inequality in China : empirical evidence from firm-level data. (Thesis). University of Adelaide. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2440/79427

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Lin, Faqin. “Export premium, productivity, trade openness and wage inequality in China : empirical evidence from firm-level data.” 2012. Thesis, University of Adelaide. Accessed January 25, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/79427.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Lin, Faqin. “Export premium, productivity, trade openness and wage inequality in China : empirical evidence from firm-level data.” 2012. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Lin F. Export premium, productivity, trade openness and wage inequality in China : empirical evidence from firm-level data. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Adelaide; 2012. [cited 2021 Jan 25]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/79427.

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Council of Science Editors:

Lin F. Export premium, productivity, trade openness and wage inequality in China : empirical evidence from firm-level data. [Thesis]. University of Adelaide; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/79427

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