1．Introduction 3
2．The Theory of Share Tenancy 16
3．Traditional Views of Sharecropping and Tests of Alternative Hypotheses 30
4．Transaction Costs,Risk Aversion,and the Choice of Contractual Arrangements 62
5．Transfer Effects of Rental Share Restriction:Hypothesis and Evidence of Offsetting Contractual Rearrangements 88
6．Allocation Effects of Rental Share Restriction:The Hypothesis of Increased Farming Intensity 100
7．Evidence of Input Adjustments under the Share Restriction 118
8．Patterns of Crop Choice,Hectare Yields and Marginal Productivities Implied by Increased Farming Intensity 129
9．Conclusions 158
Appendix A：Some Comments on the Hypotheses of Disguised Unemployment and the Dual Economy 165
Appendix B：Rental Payments of Fixed and Share Contracts in China 171
Bibliography 175
Index 183
1．Sharecropping with one tenant 17
2．Sharecropping with multiple tenants 18
3．The determination of rental percentage and land size in one share contract of one tenant 22
4．The tax-equivalent approach illustrated 43
5．The tax-equivalent approach compared with the standard theory of share tenancy 52
6．Partial land repossession-illustrated with input adjustments for one tenant farm 103
7．Increased tenant inputs-illustrated with input adjustments for multiple tenants 106
1．Mean Yield(μ)and Proportional Variance(σ2+)of Wheat and Rice Hectare Yield(Kg.)(Taiwan,1901-50) 71
2．Changes of Labor Intensity in Tenant and Owner Farms before and after the Share Restriction 121
3．Indexes and Percentage Distributions of Crop Areas(1948-52) 131
4．Proportions of Tenancy and Farming Land Affected by the Rental Percentage Restriction-by Prefectures 140
5．Crops of the Internal Margin:Citronella(1948-51) 144
6．Crops of the Interplanting Margin(1948-51) 147
7．Crops of the Seasonal Margin:Vegetables(1948-51) 151
8．Crops Unaffected by Rental Share Restriction:Horticulture(1947-51) 155
9．Average Rental Percentages for Seven Grades of Land in Twenty-two Provinces(China,1932) 172
10．Fixed(Crop)Rents and Share Rents in Annual Crop Values(Yuan)per Mow of Land(China,1934) 173