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Empirical Analysis on the Economies of Scale of Natural Rubber Production: Based on the Panel Data of 86 Rubber Farms of HSF Between 1998 and 2007

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Based on the panel data of 86 rubber farms of HSF (Hainan State Farm) between 1998 and 2007, the number of rubber trees being tapped and annual output of tapping workers as variables were chosen in this paper, and the non-linear regression was applied to analyze natural rubber’s production scale, then two conclusions were drawn: (1) There was nonlinear economies of scale in natural rubber production of Hainan State Farms;(2) In theory, the optimal scale of rubber farm of HSF was 2322.2hm2.

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This research is supported by the earmarked fund for China Agriculture Research System (CARS-34).

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    Nengrui Xu, Na Qi & Junli Li

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Xu, N., Qi, N., Li, J. (2014). Empirical Analysis on the Economies of Scale of Natural Rubber Production: Based on the Panel Data of 86 Rubber Farms of HSF Between 1998 and 2007. In: Xu, S. (eds) Proceedings of 2013 World Agricultural Outlook Conference. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54389-0_19

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