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Securing Property Rights in Transition: Lessons from Implementation of China's Rural Land Contracting Law

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dc.contributor.authorDeininger, Klaus
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-30T07:33:43Z
dc.date.available2012-03-30T07:33:43Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractMotivated by the emphasis on secure property rights as a determinant of economic development in recent literature, we use village- and household-level information from about 800 villages throughout China to explore whether legal reform increased protection of land rights against unauthorized reallocation or expropriation with below-average compensation by the state. In addition to providing nation-wide evidence on a sensitive topic, we find positive impacts, equivalent increasing land values by 30 percent, of reform even in the short term that originated in villages where democratic election of leaders ensured a minimum level of accountability, pointing towards complementarity between good governance and legal reform. Implications for situations where individuals and groups hold overlapping rights to land are explored.en
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Economic Behavior and Organization
dc.identifier.issn01672681
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/5621
dc.language.isoEN
dc.relation.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.subjectProperty Law K110
dc.subjectFormal and Informal Sectors
dc.subjectShadow Economy
dc.subjectInstitutional Arrangements O170
dc.subjectEconomic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses
dc.subjectTransportation O180
dc.subjectSocialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics P250
dc.subjectSocialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Political Economy
dc.subjectProperty Rights P260
dc.subjectSocialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Performance and Prospects P270
dc.titleSecuring Property Rights in Transition: Lessons from Implementation of China's Rural Land Contracting Lawen
dc.title.alternativeJournal of Economic Behavior and Organizationen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
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dc.typeArtículo de revistaes
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okr.externalcontentExternal Content
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum545
okr.journal.nbpages22-38
okr.language.supporteden
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.countryChina
okr.relation.associatedurlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2009.01.001
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okr.volume70
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