The impact of land reallocation on technical efficiency: Evidence from China

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 495-507

  Zhang, Yanjie ^a,c   Wang, Xiaobing ^b   Glauben, Thomas ^c   Brümmer, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES IAMO   (Germany)

Author keywords

Land reallocation; Rural China; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; AGRARIAN REFORM; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; LAND MARKET; LAND TENURE; LAND USE; RENTAL SECTOR; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL POPULATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

CHINA; HUBEI; YUNNAN; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 79958839618     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2010.00532.x     Document Type: Article

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