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Local Government Behavior and Property Rights Formation in Rural China

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Loren Brandt (University of Toronto, Canada)
Scott Rozelle (University of California, Davis)
Matthew Turner (University of Toronto, Canada)

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We examine the ongoing transition from centrally planned to market agriculture in rural China. In particular, we examine the devolution of land rights from village governments to villagers and the corresponding evolution of tenure security in agricultural land. We find econometric support for the statistical and economic importance of four explanations for local government behavior. Three of these explanations indicate a link between the incentives and constraints faced by village leaders and property rights in agricultural land, and hence suggest policy levers to encourage more secure property rights.

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Paper provided by Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Davis in its series Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Davis, Working Paper Series with number 1004.

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Keywords: devolution of land rights evolution of tenure security local government behavior

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  1. Besley, Timothy, 1995. "Property Rights and Investment Incentives: Theory and Evidence from Ghana," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 103(5), pages 903-37, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Becker, Gary S., 1985. "Public policies, pressure groups, and dead weight costs," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 28(3), pages 329-347, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Loren Brandt & Matthew Turner, 2003. "The Usefulness of Corruptible Elections," William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series 2003-602, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Jin, Songqing & Deininger, Klaus, 2007. "Land rental markets in the process of rural structural trans formation : productivity and equity impacts in China," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4454, The World Bank. [Downloadable!]
  3. Andreas Kontoleon & Pauline Grosjean, 2007. "How Sustainable are Sustainable Development Programs? The Case of the Sloping Land Conversion Program in China," Environmental Economy and Policy Research Working Papers 26.2007, University of Cambridge, Department of Land Economics, revised 2007. [Downloadable!]
  4. Alan de Brauw & John Giles, 2006. "Migrant Opportunity and the Educational Attainment of Youth in Rural China," IZA Discussion Papers 2326, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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