Liu, Yuan; Wen, James G.; Wei, Xiahai - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 6 (2014), pp. 698-716
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explain the puzzle of Chinese Great Leap Famine, which started with a good harvest in the end of 1958 and ended with lowest rural grain consumption per capita in 1961, by focussing on the communal dining system characterized by compulsory...