Sharecropping, land exploitation and land-improving investments

Japanese Economic Review

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 127-143

  Ray, Tridip ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENT; LAND MARKET; RURAL ECONOMY; SHARECROPPING;

EID: 20844460622     PISSN: 13524739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5876.2005.00310.x     Document Type: Article

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