Unpacking the paradox of “insecure” housing rights in China: Urban residents’ perceptions on institutional credibility

Zheng, Ying; Ho, Peter

doi:10.1016/j.cities.2019.102485

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“…This phenomenon, too, has been empirically observed, for example, Easthope et al (2020), ascertained that the same property right (in their case, strata rights) performed differently around the world. In a similar vein, Zheng and Ho (2020), demonstrate that the continental European, civil law notion of "absolute" ownership can function completely differently in the Chinese context. At this point, there is a clear area for future agent-based modeling, which could test whether the second implication can be witnessed in a simulation as well.…”

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Institutional form versus function in a common property context: The credibility thesis tested through an agent-based model

Ghorbani

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2021

Land Use Policy

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A key debate in the study on land, housing and natural resources revolves around the notion that general institutional forms (such as private, common, public, and likewise formal property rights) lead to a certain institutional performance (as may be expressed in terms of prices, transaction costs or sustainability). However, a modest, yet, growing stream in institutional analysis aims to move away from 'merely describing the characteristics' of institutions (i.e., form variables) to 'performance or quality measures' (i.e., function variables). Following this line of argument, the credibility thesis as put forward in this journal (Ho, 2014) postulates that the form of institutions is unrelated to their performance, and institutions are unintentional outcomes rather than designed artefacts. The primary goal of this research is to ascertain whether this dual prediction could be observed in a simulation model that is driven by agent behaviour and interaction, resulting in emerging institutions. We devise an empirically verified agent-based model within a classical thought experiment on a common property resource to validate the thesis' predictions. First, our model confirms that different forms of institutions can have a similar performance. Second, we ascertain that successful institutions in difficult management situations can emerge (rather than being designed) that are beneficial for the sustainability of the common resource and the appropriators of that resource.

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Section: Conclusion: Credibility Thesis' Predictions and Future Researchmentioning

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Institutional form versus function in a common property context: The credibility thesis tested through an agent-based model

Ghorbani

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2021

Land Use Policy

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“…The credibility thesis and its underlying theory hold that credibility is endogenous. It is significantly affected by the characteristics of farmers' age, gender, education level, household income, and income sources [45,49,50]. Diniz et al (2013) [51] found that the five types of livelihood capital of farmers, including human, material, natural, social, and financial resources, have an important impact on farmers' livelihood strategies and are an important driving force for farmers' willingness to participate in land reform.…”

Section: The Conflict Of the Mvlt And Farmers' Credibilitymentioning

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Conflict Resolution between Multi-Level Government and Farmers in Land Expropriation Based on Institutional Credibility Theory: Empirical Evidence from Shandong Province, China

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2023

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Land expropriation has always been a hot spot of social conflicts. The land expropriation policy of Merging Villages and Living Together (MVLT) in rural areas has intensified conflicts due to insufficient financial compensation and “demolishing old houses before building new ones”. The current research most simply assesses the degree of conflict and the influencing factors but rarely includes farmers, governments at all levels, the strength of policy tools, and policy perceptions in a unified quantitative research framework, which is not conducive to conflict resolution and policy improvement. This paper adopts the institutional credibility theory, incorporates the policy instruments of higher-level governments, administrative instruments of lower-level governments, and farmers’ credibility of policies into a unified accounting framework, constructs a conflict stress index, evaluates the role of each subject’s characteristics, policy perceptions, and policy instruments in the process of conflict generation and resolution, and analyzes the methods of conflict resolution from the perspective of different stakeholder conflicts. The theoretical analysis framework and the quantitative analysis of the indicators are verified by using a case study of MVLT policy in Shandong Province, China. The results show that the credibility of the policy of “village integration” is influenced by individual characteristics and varies significantly. The administrative means and different combinations of lower-level government are significantly related to an increase in farmers’ credibility, which can significantly improve the success rate of policy implementation. The effect of administrative means of higher-level government on the credibility of farmers is limited. The highest value of the conflict index was observed when the administrative instruments reached the maximum value without a marginal increase in farmers’ credibility. Based on the quantitative evaluation of conflict generation and resolution mechanisms, recommendations for policy implementation and improvement were made.

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“…If formal institutions become non-credible, actors resort to informal institutions (Ho, 2018). As a result, there is an increasing call from scholars to focus more on institutional functions than sheer forms (Chen, 2020;Dimitrov, 2020;Ho, 2018Ho, , 2014Krul and Ho, 2020;Zheng and Ho, 2020).…”

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“…There is a growing emphasis, particularly among researchers, on the need to focus more on institutional functionality (credibility) aspects. Recent works underline the shift in this direction (Arvanitidis and Papagiannitsis, 2020;Chen, 2020;Ho and Li, 2020;Koroso et al, 2019;Nor-Hisham, 2016;Zheng and Ho, 2020).…”

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Urbanization and urban land use efficiency in Ethiopia : remote sensing and institutional-based analysis

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Unpacking the paradox of “insecure” housing rights in China: Urban residents’ perceptions on institutional credibility

Cited by 15 publications

References 45 publications

Institutional form versus function in a common property context: The credibility thesis tested through an agent-based model

Institutional form versus function in a common property context: The credibility thesis tested through an agent-based model

Conflict Resolution between Multi-Level Government and Farmers in Land Expropriation Based on Institutional Credibility Theory: Empirical Evidence from Shandong Province, China

Urbanization and urban land use efficiency in Ethiopia : remote sensing and institutional-based analysis

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