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Based on the data of China’s ten coastal regions from 2003 to 2012, this paper conducts a data envelopment analysis (DEA) model to evaluate China’s mariculture efficiency with undesirable outputs using Seiford’s linear converting method. The result shows the average efficiency is about 0.714, relatively low and without ascending over time. The efficiency of different provinces differing obviously, ones of Tianjin and Guangxi are high while Hebei and Jiangsu’s are low. Efficiency-influencing factors are analyzed with the Tobit model, revealing that technology extension convenience and technology level have positive influence, while training intensity factor has negative one. The species structure factor and regional factor have also been found to have significant impact on the efficiency.
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the universal two-child policy: a policy that allows one couple to have two children
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The work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China:Research on China’s Aquaculture Efficiency Evaluation, Development Mode and Optimum Path with Ecological and Environmental Constraints under the background of marine granary policy (Grant Nos. 71573238).
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Wang, P., Ji, J. Research on China’s mariculture efficiency evaluation and influencing factors with undesirable outputs—an empirical analysis of China’s ten coastal regions. Aquacult Int 25, 1521–1530 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10499-017-0131-4
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