Land tenure security and land investments in Northwest China

China Agricultural Economic Review

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 281-307

  Ma, Xianlei ^a,b   Heerink, Nico ^a,b,c   Ierland, Ekko Van ^b   Berg, Marrit Van Den ^b   Shi, Xiaoping ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Households; Investment decisions; Property rights; Tenure security

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882425021     PISSN: 1756137X     EISSN: 17561388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17561371311331133     Document Type: Article

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