The case against the case for land reform transaction costs and misplaced exogeneity

The paper reviews the pros and cons of land reform with particular attention to the Philippines. We find a repeated theme in supporting arguments for land-to-the-tiller reform and the outlawing of share tenancy: that land reform will improve efficiency by lowering transaction costs. We show that thi...

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Published in:	Philippine Review of Economics Vol. LVI, no. 1 & 2 (Jun. 2019 - Dec. 2019), 80-126
Main Author:	Jandoc, Karl Robert L.
Other Authors:	Roumasset, James
Resource Type:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	2019
Subjects:	Land reform