. Our hypothesis is that inadequate contract enforcement has hindered investment and, in consequence, indirectly has had a … influences growth through its impact on investment. Put differently, our results suggest that poor contract enforcement played a … measure the quality of contract enforcement. We then introduce one measure that has the advantages of being measurable into …

I investigate whether devolution of forestland tenure rights to households in China triggered forest investment and the … forestland devolved to households has higher per-area-unit, yearly labor input and value of investment. I also find larger forest …