Standard contract theory predicts that contractual terms between tenants and landlords should reflect the quantity and quality of factor inputs (labor and land), the degree of risk aversion of the parties, and various structural features of the labor market such as alternative wages, turnover rates, and search costs. We examine these theories in the light of data on the terms of contracts, as w...

— This paper contributes to the debate over land tenure in rural China by extending its spatial coverage to the country’s extensive rangeland regions. Key characteristics of pastoral tenure, identified from field appraisals in western China, include group tenure and fuzzy boundaries. Although these characteristics give rise to efficiency concerns, from a new institutional economics perspective ...

Given the multifaceted problems and complexities of information security, the manner in which top management teams make investment and management decisions regarding security technologies, policy initiatives, and employee education could have a significant impact on the likelihood of information security breaches in organizations. In the context of information security management, it is not cle...

This paper examines the coastal ejido (collectives of peasant landholders) sector’s response to the 1992 amendment to Article 27 of Mexico’s Constitution, which for the first time legalized the sale and rental of ejido lands. Our analysis is based on a case study of southern Sonora, Mexico. The results indicate a shift in land tenure from the ejido to the private sector and a corresponding conv...

Farmers must perceive soil erosion as a problem before they will invest in preventing it. However, perceptions are often overlooked in the conservation literature. This study analyzes the levels and determinants of farmer perceptions of soil erosion in northern Ethiopia. Results are based on a survey of 250 farmers managing 900 fields during the 1995-96 cropping season. Farmer perceptions of th...

Declining soil fertility, exacerbated by continuous cultivation of land, poverty and limited access to productive assets, is a crucial factor limiting crop production among smallholders in Uganda. Integrated soil fertility management (ISFM) practices that involve a combination of organic and mineral fertilizers, and other improved farming practices such as planting legumes and diversified crop ...

Tenure security in developed countries is generally explicit while developing it implicit. To reduce poverty, empower the poor, and ensure economic growth, of tenure essential. The rural poor vulnerable groups Nigeria have insecurity, yet extent this insecurity unknown many communities. This study used New Continuum Land Rights Model (NCLRM) by Whittal (2014) to measure Itaji-Ekiti. A single ca...