Specialization without regret transfer rights, agricultural productivity, and investment in an industrializing economy
In China, where collectives own farmland but farmers may hold "use rights" to the land, a case can be made for a property rights system with incomplete security of tenure but with strong transfer rights, which permit "specialization without regret"-- so farmers can recoup the val...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC
World Bank, Development Research Group, Rural Development
1999
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| Series: | Policy research working paper
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| Collection: | World Bank E-Library Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | In China, where collectives own farmland but farmers may hold "use rights" to the land, a case can be made for a property rights system with incomplete security of tenure but with strong transfer rights, which permit "specialization without regret"-- so farmers can recoup the value of an investment even if they exit farming |
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| Item Description: | "October 1999"--Cover. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 40-41) |
| Physical Description: | 50 p ill 28 cm |