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Liu, Shouying; Carter, Michael R.; Yao, Yang. |
This paper contributes to the debate over land in rural China by conceptualizing and measuring multiple dimensions of property rights in a way which elucidates the competing interests which are affected by the property rights regime. Utilizing a unique village level data set on property rights, this paper argues that the regional and temporal variation in rural property rights signals a pattern in which decentralized institutional innovation occurs in response to the competing interests of the national state, of local authorities, and of present and possible future individual land users. Unlike the earlier debate concerning the household responsibility system, the current property rights dilemma is intrinsically more complex because the potential conflicts... |
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use. |
Ano: 1996 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12681 |