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China. In the past two decades, the industrial tree plantation sector has been expanding rapidly in China, especially in … biggest sectors in the current rush for land. Filling this lacuna, this book also reveals that while China has traditionally … the book highlights how large-scale foreign land deals can also take place in traditional 'grabber' countries like China …
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This study investigates the long-term influence of colonial legacy on the nexus between inward foreign direct investment (FDI) and labor market. We construct a panel dataset containing 285 Chinese cities 2011 to 2017 along with detailed information about Chinese modern history during 1842-1955)....
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early 20th century China, a time period that saw a substantial influx of foreign financial institutions into China and a … rapid increase of both China's foreign trade and its interactions with international capital markets. Drawing on a broad … personal papers, Moazzin reconstructs how during this period foreign banks facilitated China's financial integration into the …
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An unprecedented land grab is taking place around the world. Fearing future food shortages or eager to profit from them, the world`s wealthiest and most acquisitive countries, corporations, and individuals have been buying and leasing vast tracts of land around the world. The scale is...
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Large-scale land acquisitions, or "land grabs", concentrate in developing countries which are also known for their corruption-friendly setting caused by a weak institutional framework. We argue that corrupt elites exploit this given institutional set-up to strike deals with international...
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Large-scale land acquisitions often take place in developing countries which are also known for their corruption-friendliness caused by weak institutional frameworks. We hypothesize that corruption indeed leads to more land deals. We argue that corrupt elites exploit poor institutional setups...
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