Political connections and land-related investment in rural Vietnam
利用越南农村家庭面板数据，研究发现有亲属担任政治或官僚职务的家庭会增加土地改良投资，可能是因为这些关系增强了实际土地产权以及信贷和转移支付的获取。
This paper uses household panel data from rural Vietnam to explore the effects of having a relative in a position of political or bureaucratic power. Our results suggest that households increase their investment in land improvements due to such ties. Likely explanations are that connections to office holders strengthen de facto land property rights and access to both credit and transfers. Results also indicate that officials prefer to use informal rather than formal channels of redistribution to relatives.