Determinants and Consequences of Land Sales Market Participation: Panel Evidence from India

World Development

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 410-421

  Deininger, Klaus ^a   Jin, Songqing ^b   Nagarajan, Hari K ^c  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c National Council of Applied Economic Research   (India)

Author keywords

consequences; determinants; India; land market; panel evidence; South Asia

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; EQUITY; LAND MARKET; PRODUCTIVITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 58149259957     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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