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Does cooperative membership improve household welfare? Evidence from apple farmers in China by Ma, Wanglin, Abdulai, Awudu

“…•We examine the impact of cooperative membership on household welfare.•We use cross-sectional data collected from apple farmers in China.•Endogenous switching…”
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Agricultural Cooperatives and Investment in Organic Soil Amendments and Chemical Fertilizer in China by Ma, Wanglin, Abdulai, Awudu, Goetz, Renan

“…In this article, we develop a dynamic model to show how membership in agricultural cooperatives influences smallholder farmers' decisions to invest in organic…”
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The effect of cooperative membership on agricultural technology adoption in Sichuan, China by Zhang, Shemei, Sun, Zhanli, Ma, Wanglin, Valentinov, Vladislav

“…Farmer cooperatives may promote technology adoption in agricultural production, which, in turn, increases crop productivity and farmers' income. However,…”
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Agricultural cooperative membership and technical efficiency of apple farmers in China: An analysis accounting for selectivity bias by Ma, Wanglin, Renwick, Alan, Yuan, Peng, Ratna, Nazmun

“…•Cooperatives could promote efficient usage of production inputs among members.•We examine the impact of cooperative membership on technical efficiency.•Our…”
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Smartphone use and income growth in rural China: empirical results and policy implications by Ma, Wanglin, Grafton, R. Quentin, Renwick, Alan

“…The diffusion of mobile information and communication technologies (ICTs) has important implications for rural economic development. Many studies have…”
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The relationship between smartphone use and subjective well-being in rural China by Nie, Peng, Ma, Wanglin, Sousa-Poza, Alfonso

“…Due to the popularization of the Internet in rural China, mobile Internet use has become an essential part of rural residents’ lives and work. No studies,…”
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The economic impacts of agricultural cooperatives on smallholder farmers in rural China by Ma, Wanglin, Abdulai, Awudu

“…This paper examines the impacts of agricultural cooperative membership on output price, gross income, farm profit, and return on investment (ROI) utilizing a…”
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Effects of sustainable agricultural practices on farm income and food security in northern Ghana by Setsoafia, Edinam Dope, Ma, Wanglin, Renwick, Alan

“…The adoption of sustainable agricultural practices (SAPs) has been recommended by many experts and international institutions to address food security and…”
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Off-farm work, smartphone use and household income: Evidence from rural China by Ma, Wanglin, Renwick, Alan, Nie, Peng, Tang, Jianjun, Cai, Rong

“…In theory, off-farm work, by raising household incomes, can have a direct impact on smartphone use among rural residents and the use of these smartphones in…”
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ICT adoption and tourism consumption among rural residents in China by Zhu, Zhongkun, Ma, Wanglin, Leng, Chenxin

“…Little is known about the tourism consumption of the rural population in developing and emerging countries. This note fills the gap by investigating how…”
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Agricultural mechanization and cropland abandonment in rural China by Ma, Wanglin, Zhu, Zhongkun, Zhou, Xiaoshi

“…This study examines the impacts of the adoption of three mechanized farming strategies (no-mechanized, semi-mechanized, and full-mechanized farming) on…”
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Can mechanized pesticide application help reduce pesticide use and increase crop yield? Evidence from rice farmers in Jiangsu province, China by Li, Junpeng, Vatsa, Puneet, Ma, Wanglin

“…This study is devoted to analyzing the effects of outsourcing machinery-intensive farming activities vis-à-vis using mechanized equipment in-house on pesticide…”
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Risk preference, trust, and willingness-to-accept subsidies for pro-environmental production: an investigation of hog farmers in China by Wang, Jianhua, Yang, Chenchen, Ma, Wanglin, Tang, Jianjun

“…The objectives of this study are to investigate Chinese hog farmers’ minimum willingness-to-accept (WTA) subsidies for complying pro-environmental (i.e., safe…”
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Does online food shopping boost dietary diversity? Application of an endogenous switching model with a count outcome variable by Ma, Wanglin, Vatsa, Puneet, Zheng, Hongyun, Guo, Yanzhi

“…Increasingly, rural households in developing countries are shopping for food online, and the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated this trend. In parallel, dietary…”
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An Experimental Pricing Framework for E-Commerce by Vatsa, Puneet, Ma, Wanglin, Zhou, Xiaoshi

“…Characterizing the demand curve of products is important for pricing them optimally. However, in deriving empirical demand curves, econometricians have to…”
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Internet Use, Sustainable Agricultural Practices and Rural Incomes: Evidence from China by Ma, Wanglin, Wang, Xiaobing

“…Relatively little is known about the association between Internet use and environmentally‐friendly agricultural innovation adoption. To fill this void, this…”
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Smartphone-based information acquisition and wheat farm performance: insights from a doubly robust IPWRA estimator by Zheng, Hongyun, Ma, Wanglin

“…This study examines the impact of smartphone-based information acquisition on crop yields, net returns, return on investment (ROI), and production costs, using…”
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Click it and buy happiness: does online shopping improve subjective well-being of rural residents in China? by Zheng, Hongyun, Ma, Wanglin

“…There is a growing trend for rural residents to shop online, but little is known about how online shopping is associated with their subjective well-being. To…”
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Heterogeneous impacts of information technology adoption on pesticide and fertiliser expenditures: Evidence from wheat farmers in China by Ma, Wanglin, Zheng, Hongyun

“…This study examines the impacts of mobile information technology adoption on agrochemical expenditures, using data collected from 551 wheat farmers in China…”
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IPM adoption, cooperative membership and farm economic performance: Insight from apple farmers in China by Ma, Wanglin, Abdulai, Awudu

“…Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of agricultural cooperative membership on farmers’ decisions to adopt integrated pest management…”
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