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About this book
This book examines the evolution of China's rural land system through an integrated lens of institutional and behavioural economics. It traces seventy years of reform, from collective farming to market-oriented land transfers, to explain how central policy, local implementation and farmers' responses interact to shape institutional change. Moving beyond standard accounts focused on property rights and transaction costs, the book introduces a dynamic framework based on Prospect Theory, incorporating cognitive biases, social norms and bounded rationality. Drawing on two large-scale rural household surveys, the book combines empirical analysis with historical case studies to explore how reforms were received, adapted and resisted.
This book will benefit researchers, policymakers and graduate students interested in institutional change, land policy or Chinese rural development. It offers new tools to understand policy implementation in environments marked by uncertainty, decentralisation and informal constraints. By highlighting how behavioural factors mediate formal rules, the book provides insights that extend beyond China, informing the design of effective land and property rights reforms globally.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 New Institutional Economics and Behavioural Economics
- 3 A Theoretical Framework for China’s Rural Land Institutional Reform
- 4 Seventy Years of China’s Rural Land Institutional Reforms
- 5 Government Behaviour in Land Use Right Reform I: Household Responsibility System Reform
- 6 Government Behaviour in Land Use Right Reform II: No Land Reallocation Reform
- 7 Farmers’ Attitudes and Expectations: No Land Reallocation Reforms
- 8 Farmers’ Behaviour in Land Use Right Reform: Decision Biases in Land Transfer Pricing
- 9 Farmers and Governments in Land Use Right Reform: The Role of Social Capital
- 10 Land Transfer Right Reform I: Balancing Efficiency and Equity
- 11 Land Transfer Right Reform II: The Three Pilots Reform
- 12 Conclusions
- Index