Farmers' tax burden in Rural China: A political economy analysis

China's Economy: Rural Reform And Agricultural Development

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 105-159

  Ran, Tao ^a   Mingxing, Liu ^b   Qi, Zhang ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Conflict between population and land; Democracy; Dualistic structure in urban and rural areas; Fiscal decentralization; Property right defects; Taxes and fees burden; Theory on governmental regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953727706     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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