Rehabilitation Myths? How transaction costs reduce farmer welfare after land acquisition

In this article, we show how transaction costs lead to farmer marginalization as displaced farmers embark on the process of acquiring new land. Existing studies have focused on the links between monetary compensation and landowners’ investment decisions, but before new land is acquired. However, the...

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Autores principales: Patil, Vikram, Ghosh, Ranjan
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2017
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/165050
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description In this article, we show how transaction costs lead to farmer marginalization as displaced farmers embark on the process of acquiring new land. Existing studies have focused on the links between monetary compensation and landowners’ investment decisions, but before new land is acquired. However, the post-displacement scenario and the investment decisions of land owners to restore income have not been carefully examined. We use a transaction cost framework to suggest that local specificities related to land characteristics, uncertainties in search for alternatives and information constraints may impose high non-monetary costs on displaced farmers and force them to settle for inferior new land. The article concludes with a preliminary assessment of whether the newly enacted land acquisition framework, the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (RFCTLARR) Act 2013, promises to minimize these ex-post transaction costs that farmers face.
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spelling CGSpace1650502024-12-22T05:44:44Z Rehabilitation Myths? How transaction costs reduce farmer welfare after land acquisition Patil, Vikram Ghosh, Ranjan In this article, we show how transaction costs lead to farmer marginalization as displaced farmers embark on the process of acquiring new land. Existing studies have focused on the links between monetary compensation and landowners’ investment decisions, but before new land is acquired. However, the post-displacement scenario and the investment decisions of land owners to restore income have not been carefully examined. We use a transaction cost framework to suggest that local specificities related to land characteristics, uncertainties in search for alternatives and information constraints may impose high non-monetary costs on displaced farmers and force them to settle for inferior new land. The article concludes with a preliminary assessment of whether the newly enacted land acquisition framework, the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (RFCTLARR) Act 2013, promises to minimize these ex-post transaction costs that farmers face. 2017-04 2024-12-19T12:54:38Z 2024-12-19T12:54:38Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/165050 en SAGE Publications Patil, Vikram; Ghosh, Ranjan. 2017. Rehabilitation Myths? How transaction costs reduce farmer welfare after land acquisition. Journal of South Asian Development, Volume 12 no. 1 p. 1-17
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