Land tenancy and non-contractible investment in rural Pakistan

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 763-788

  Jacoby, Hanan G ^a   Mansuri, Ghazala ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DECISION MAKING; INVESTMENT; LAND TENURE; MITIGATION; RENT CONTROL; RURAL AREA;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 45249091293     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-937X.2008.00481.x     Document Type: Article

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