@article{Liu:212051,
      recid = {212051},
      author = {Liu, Min and Heijman, Wim and Zhu, Xueqin and Dries,  Liesbeth and Huang, Jikun},
      title = {Individual and Social Optima of Rural Land Allocation by  Stakeholders: A Case Study on Eco-fragile Areas of Nothern  China},
      address = {2015},
      number = {1008-2016-79941},
      pages = {43},
      year = {2015},
      abstract = {This paper analyses the degree of divergences among  different groups of stakeholders in allocation of the four  types of rural land: cultivated, range, forest and other  land, and the optimal allocation from the social  perspective of balancing economic and ecological benefits.  The preference of stakeholders stemming from stakeholders’  different ecological and economic interests on four types  of rural land was quantified by the Analytic Hierarchy  Process. Weights for stakeholders in the social welfare  function were derived for three social-economic scenarios.  Welfare economics was employed then to determine the  ‘individual’ or ‘private’ optimal allocation of each  stakeholder by maximizing its utility function, and social  optimal allocation by maximizing the social welfare  function. A county located in the eco-fragile areas of  Northern China was taken as a case to present the empirical  analysis. Our results provide policy insights on how to  regulate the divergences and achieve an efficient  allocation of rural land.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/212051},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.212051},
}