Thesis
Essays on the political-economy of large-scale land deals
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The thesis consists of a short introduction and three self-contained analytical chapters on land policy in developing countries.
Chapter 1 examines the agricultural investment choices of small-scale farmers in Ethiopia whose land will be expropriated to provide space for a large factory. I use data from a survey of households conducted before expropriation occurred, but after the policy was announced. I identify the anticipation effects of land expropriation using variation in wheth...
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+ Dercon, S
Division:
SSD
Department:
Economics
Role:
Supervisor
+ Venables, A
Division:
SSD
Department:
Economics
Role:
Supervisor
Funding
+ Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
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Harris, A
Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 2014
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
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- Language:
- English
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- Local pid:
- ora:12482
- Deposit date:
- 2016-05-31
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- Copyright holder:
- Harris, A
- Copyright date:
- 2014
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