Analysis of the Impact of Ownership Type on Construction Land Prices Under the Influence of Government Decision-Making Behaviors in China: Empirical Research Based on Micro-Level Land Transaction Data

Jinlong Duan, Zizhou Ma (), Fan Dong and Xiaoping Zhou
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Jinlong Duan: Institute of Urbanization, Beijing City University; Beijing 100191, China
Zizhou Ma: School of Government, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Fan Dong: School of Government, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Xiaoping Zhou: School of Government, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China

Land, 2025, vol. 14, issue 5, 1-15

Abstract: Under China’s dual land ownership system, the use rights of urban land (state-owned) and rural land (collective-owned) are not equal. Understanding the roles of ownership type and government decision-making behaviors in the formation of land prices is crucial for further reform to promote “equal rights and equal prices” for urban and rural land. This paper analyzed the impact of ownership type on construction land prices using micro-level land transaction data from Wujin District, Changzhou City, from 2015 to 2021 and investigated the role of government decision-making behaviors such as spatial planning and supply plan in this relationship. The results show that collective ownership has a negative impact on land prices, and the development of collective-owned construction land has a positive impact on the prices of adjacent land. In addition, the boundary of downtown areas determined by spatial planning enhances the negative impact of collective ownership on land prices, thus widening the price gap between state and collective-owned land within the downtown areas. Furthermore, the proportion of collective-owned construction land in the annual land supply determined by the land supply plan strengthens the negative impact of collective ownership on land prices, meaning that an increase in the supply of collective-owned construction land leads to further downward pressure on land prices. This study can provide insights for policy making aiming to achieve “equal rights and equal prices” for land with different ownership type in China and in other countries with a dual land ownership system.

Keywords: construction land prices; ownership type; spatial planning; supply plan; micro-level land transaction data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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