Innovative Conformity: How Local Governments in Zhejiang Province Comply with the Arable Red Line Policy

• In Event: Administrative Federalism and Subnational Bureaucracy

Brief Overview

This paper examines China's 'Red Line Arable Land Policy' and its impact on local government land management, finding that local governments comply while facing competing bureaucratic incentives by innovating within the policy framework.

Authors

• Amanda Cassano, Peking University

• Janpal LaChapelle, Peking University