Abstract:
This paper first discusses the possibility of market-transferable land use rights and mortgage loans in China, and then shows farmers’ welfare gain in the presence of such mortgage loans with a theoretical model. Cases of risks and asymmetric information are studied, and policy implications are drawn.
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