Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/155257 
Year of Publication: 
2001
Series/Report no.: 
Nota di Lavoro No. 94.2001
Publisher: 
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milano
Abstract: 
Increased population pressure and political decisions have led to more intensive agricultural practices in China. As in other regions of the world, these practices can damage natural capital. We use the Kalman filter and Chinese panel data to estimate an index of environmental productivity (natural capital), together with the parameters of environmental dynamics and the production function. These estimates show that intensive practices are likely to have had persistent, substantial, and statistically significant negative effects on productivity. Ignoring these effects can cause substantial misallocation of resources. The results illustrate the possibility of estimating sectoral environmental indices using data commonly available.
Subjects: 
Chinese agriculture
dynamic production
environmental indices
sustainability
Kalman filter
JEL: 
Q01
Q21
C32
C43
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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