<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Local officials play active and important roles in the high-quality agricultural development process in China. In this study, the DEA-SBM model was used to measure the level of agricultural quality development in China, and Tobit regression was conducted to analyze the impacts of officials on agricultural quality development in China. The results showed that between 1997 and 2016, the agricultural GTFP exhibited a downward trend before following an upward trend in China. The personal characteristics of officials had important effects on the development of agricultural quality. In different development stages, officials had diverse effects on agricultural quality development.</p></abstract>

Local officials play active and important roles in the high-quality agricultural development process in China. In this study, the DEA-SBM model was used to measure the level of agricultural quality development in China, and Tobit regression was conducted to analyze the impacts of officials on agricultural quality development in China. The results showed that between 1997 and 2016, the agricultural GTFP exhibited a downward trend before following an upward trend in China. The personal characteristics of officials had important effects on the development of agricultural quality. In different development stages, officials had diverse effects on agricultural quality development.

Characteristics of Local Officials and High Quality Development of Chinese Agriculture - Evidence from Chinese Governors and Secretaries of the Provincial Party Committee

Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Science

Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences

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Local officials play active and important roles in the high-quality agricultural development process in China. In this study, the DEA-SBM model was used to...

Characteristics of Local Officials and High Quality Development of Chinese Agriculture - Evidence from Chinese Governors and Secretaries of the Provincial Party Committee

Published Online: Aug 12, 2020

Page range: 543 - 556

Received: Feb 27, 2020

Accepted: May 10, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amns.2020.2.00019

Keywords
DEA-SBM model, High-quality agricultural development, Local official, Personal characteristic, Tobit regression

© 2020 Yechen Cui et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Characteristics of Local Officials and High Quality Development of Chinese Agriculture - Evidence from Chinese Governors and Secretaries of the Provincial Party Committee

Published Online: Aug 12, 2020

Page range: 543 - 556

Received: Feb 27, 2020

Accepted: May 10, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amns.2020.2.00019

KeywordsDEA-SBM model, High-quality agricultural development, Local official, Personal characteristic, Tobit regression

© 2020 Yechen Cui et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
DEA-SBM model, High-quality agricultural development, Local official, Personal characteristic, Tobit regression