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The effects of land sales restrictions: evidence from south India

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  • John L. Pender
  • John M. Kerr

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The effects of land sales restrictions on credit use, land investment and cultivation decisions are investigated using data from two villages in south India. Sales restrictions are found to have little ellect on credit supply and demand or demand tor land improvements. Some household characteristics are found to affect investment demand on plots subject to sales restrictions in one village, suggesting that the ‘transactions effect’ of such restrictions may be inhibiting allocative efficiency. However, we also find that household characteristics influence investment on titled plots, and that the magnitude of impact of such characteristics is greater on titled plots. These results imply that sales restrictions are not a major source of inelficiency in the villages studied, and suggest that the nature of village credit and land markets and enforcement ot sales restrictions are critical determinants of the impacts of such restrictions.

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  • John L. Pender & John M. Kerr, 1999. "The effects of land sales restrictions: evidence from south India," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 21(3), pages 279-294, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:agecon:v:21:y:1999:i:3:p:279-294
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.1999.tb00601.x
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