Political connections and land-related investment in rural Vietnam

Thomas Markussen and Finn Tarp

Journal of Development Economics, 2014, vol. 110, issue C, 291-302

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Political connections; Informal networks; Land property rights; Investment; Credit; Vietnam (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2014.01.011

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