Securing property rights in transition: Lessons from implementation of China's rural land contracting law

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 22-38

  Deininger, Klaus ^a   Jin, Songqing ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Governance; Legal change; Property rights; Tenure security

Indexed keywords

EID: 64249168428     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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