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Richard Barrows
Researcher at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Publications - 16
Citations - 1071
Richard Barrows is an academic researcher from University of Wisconsin-Madison. The author has contributed to research in topics: Land tenure & Investment (macroeconomics). The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 16 publications receiving 1041 citations.
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Searching for land tenure security in Africa
John W. Bruce,Shem E. Migot-Adholla,F. Place,Michael J. Roth,Peter B.R. Hazell,Peter Matlon,Benoit Blarel,George Benneh,Steven Atsu,Willis Oluoch-Kosura,Michael R. Carter,Keith Wiebe,Jeffrey A. Cochrane,W. Kisamba-Mugerwa,Jon D. Unruh,Richard Barrows,Ellise H. Golan,Joan Atherton +17 more
TL;DR: The relationship between land holding rights and agricultural production in Sub-Saharan Africa is examined in this paper, based on case studies in seven countries, and relies on new data to examine the relationship.
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Land Tenure and Investment in African Agriculture: Theory and Evidence
Richard Barrows,Michael J. Roth +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a narrowly defined neo-classical model to derive the hypothesis that traditional African systems of "communal" land tenure are inefficient when land has scarcity value, and argued that individualised tenure is superior because owners are given incentives to use land most efficiently and thereby maximise agriculture's contribution to social well-being.
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The Impact of Soil Conservation Investments on Land Prices
Kent Gardner,Richard Barrows +1 more
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Transfer of Development Rights: An Analysis of a New Land Use Policy Tool
TL;DR: In this paper, the issues in establishing and administering a transfer of development rights program are discussed, and an hypothetical program is empirically analyzed in the case study, administrative assignment of development right and definition of development unit significantly affected the distribution of program costs.
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Land Ownership Security and Farm Investment: Comment
TL;DR: Based on data from Thailand, Feder and Onchan as mentioned in this paper inferred that ownership of land title increases capital accumulation and investment and offered hypotheses for further research, but their analysis is open to several interpretations because of fundamental questions about causality and the definition of ownership security.