Chapter 51 Efficiency and Equity Effects of Land Markets

Handbook of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 2671-2703

  Otsuka, Keijiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL GRADUATE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

land reform; land tenancy; land use efficiency; share tenancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 66049085962     PISSN: 15740072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0072(06)03051-9     Document Type: Review

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