Cultivated Land Expropriation in China ─ The Roles of Agglomeration and Government Fiscal Deficits
Liang Tang, Jack Peerlings, Nico Heerink, Xianlei Ma
Land occupation for construction has become the primary driving force behind the reduction of cultivated land in rural areas of China during the rapid industrialization and urbanization stage, leading to a decline in both the quantity and quality of the country's cultivated land. This study utilizes provincial data from the period 2006-2021 to investigate the impact of (industrial and population) agglomeration and local government fiscal deficits on cultivated land expropriation in China. The findings reveal that industrial agglomeration has a significant and positive impact on the expropriation of cultivated land. Although population agglomeration does not directly affect the rate of cultivated land expropriation, it significantly increases the ratio of cultivated land being converted into residential land. The local fiscal deficits (primarily at the provincial level) significantly increase the cultivated land expropriation rate.
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