A Game Analysis of Farmland Expropriation Conflict in China under Multi-Dimensional Preference: Cooperation or Resistance?

Kairong Hong, Yucheng Zou, Mingyuan Zhu and Yanwei Zhang
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Kairong Hong: School of Business, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
Yucheng Zou: School of Business, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
Mingyuan Zhu: School of Business, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
Yanwei Zhang: College of Public Administration, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

Land, 2021, vol. 10, issue 2, 1-29

Abstract: The process of urbanization in China has been accompanied by the conflict of land expropriation, which is not conducive to social stability. Different from the previous angles and methods of studying the conflict of agricultural land expropriation, this study puts forward a new behavioral perspective on the basis of game theory, and constructs an evolutionary game model of the conflict of agricultural land expropriation in China from the perspective of multi-dimensional preference. It also discusses the impact of different preference combinations on the conflict input, net income and utility of various stakeholders in agricultural land expropriation. The results show that under the influence of complete self-interest preference, the degree of protection of farmers’ land rights and interests affects the probability of conflicts in compensation for agricultural land expropriation. However, under the influence of multi-dimensional preference combination, agricultural land expropriation can be carried out smoothly only when the reciprocal altruism preference of local government and farmers is strong and the loss aversion preference is weak. These insights have implications for the sustainable development of land, including government involvement and farmers participation, particularly in the context of developing countries.

Keywords: land acquisition; multidimensional preference; urbanization; evolutionary game theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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