1.Introduction
2.The Theory of Share Tenancy
3.Traditional Views of Sharecropping and Tests of Alternative Hypotheses
4.Transaction Costs, Risk Aversion, and the Choice of Contractual Arrangements
5.Transfer Effects of Rental Share Restriction: Hypothesis and Evidence of Offsetting Contractual Rearrangements
6.Allocation Effects of Rental Share Restriction: The Hypothesis of Increased Farming Intensity
7.Evidence of Input Adjustments under the Share Restriction
8.Patterns of Crop Choice, Hectare Yields and Marginal Productivities Implied by Increased Farming Intensity
9.Conclusions
Appendix A:Some Comments on the Hypotheses of Disguised Unemployment and the Dual Economy
Appendix B:Rental Payments of Fixed and Share Contracts in China
Bibliography
Index