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Political connections and land-related investment in rural Vietnam

Political connections and land-related investment in rural Vietnam

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Date of publication
December 2014
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ISBN / Resource ID
MLRF:2601
Pages
291-302

This paper uses household panel data from rural Vietnam to explore the effects of having a relative in a position of political or bureaucratic power. Our results suggest that households increase their investment in land improvements due to such ties. Likely explanations are that connections to office holders strengthen de facto land property rights and access to both credit and transfers. Results also indicate that officials prefer to use informal rather than formal channels of redistribution to relatives.

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Markussen, Thomas
Tarp, Finn

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