Inequality of land tenure and revolutionary outcome: An economic analysis of China's land reform of 1946-1952

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 482-497

  Kung, James Kai sing ^a   Wu, Xiaogang ^a   Wu, Yuxiao ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Land reform; Revolutionary outcome; Tenure inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866466435     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: 10902457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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