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JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY
Volume 116, Issue 6, Pages 981-1022Publisher
UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
DOI: 10.1086/595561
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We examine the impact of ambiguous and contested land rights on investment and productivity in agriculture in Akwapim, Ghana. We show that individuals who hold powerful positions in a local political hierarchy have more secure tenure rights and that as a consequence they invest more in land fertility and have substantially higher output. The intensity of investments on different plots cultivated by a given individual corresponds to that individual's security of tenure over those specific plots and, in turn, to the individual's position in the political hierarchy relevant to those specific plots.
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