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The Distribution of Land in Rural China (1993)
Journal Article
McKinley, T., & Griffin, K. (1993). The Distribution of Land in Rural China. The Journal of Peasant Studies, 21(1), 71-84. https://doi.org/10.1080/03066159308438538

The article contains data on landholdings from a nationwide sample survey of 10,258 rural households in China in 1988. Analysis of the data reveals that the distribution of land in physical units is relatively equal by international standards and tha... Read More about The Distribution of Land in Rural China.

What is to be done about private services? (1993)
Journal Article
Driver, C. (1993). What is to be done about private services?. Public Money & Management, 13(3), 53-56. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540969309387775

This article considers the case for public intervention to overcome market failure in the private services sector. It contrasts the performance of consumer services and producer services in the UK over the past couple of decades and considers possibl... Read More about What is to be done about private services?.

Risky Production with Ex-Ante Prices Under Monopoly Analytical and Simulation Results (1993)
Journal Article
Driver, C., Lambert, P., & Vial, S. (1993). Risky Production with Ex-Ante Prices Under Monopoly Analytical and Simulation Results. Bulletin of Economic Research, 45(1), 59-68. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8586.1993.tb00556.x

This paper concerns the case of a monopolist facing multiplicative uncertainty in demand. Karlin and Carr (1962), henceforth KC, show that, when price and production are both chosen ex ante, the uncertainty price exceeds the certainty price. They als... Read More about Risky Production with Ex-Ante Prices Under Monopoly Analytical and Simulation Results.