Notice of RetractionCost Comparison and Control Based on GLM and Panel Data Model: Evidence from Major Citrus Producing Areas in China

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All the major citrus producing areas in China are facing the intensive competition from international market. The problem of how to find an efficient path to decrease citrus production cost by analyzing production cost of citrus and how to promote effective cooperation between regions to deal with the pressure of international market through integrating resources of the regions, has become an important problem that all the major citrus producing areas focus on. The paper firstly compares citrus production cost of the major citrus producing areas, and then reveals the reason causing cost differentiation in the central and eastern areas according to general linear model and panel data, finally proposes several suggestions to control citrus production cost.