Distortions to agricultural incentives in Europe's transition economies (2008)
The main purpose of this study is to assess the changing landscape of agricultural protection and taxation patterns in the region. The study is based on the EU-10 sample, plus Turkey, as well as...
Distortions to agricultural incentives in Europe's transition economies (2008)
The main purpose of this study is to assess the changing landscape of agricultural protection and taxation patterns in the region. The study is based on the EU-10 sample, plus Turkey, as well as...
Skating on thin ice: rule changes and team strategies in the NHL (2004)
Banerjee, Anurag N., Swinnen, Johan, Weersink, Alfons
In an effort to stimulate a more exciting and entertaining style of play, the National Hockey Association (NHL) changed the rewards associated with the results of overtime games. Under the new rules,...
The debate on agricultural policy in the EU has been very lively and politically prominent over the past months. The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the EU has undergone major changes since it...
Kyle, Steven C., Swinnen, Johan
The theory of contestable markets is used to derive predictions of the extent to which agricultural commodities behave as traded or nontraded goods. These predictions are confirmed with Zairian data...
The overall objectives of our proposed paper is to: (a) systematically document the post-reform trends in agricultural performance in Asia, Europe, and the Former Soviet Union; (b) identify the main...
On the Political Economy of Land Reforms in the Former Soviet Union
This paper provides a set of hypotheses to explain differences in the procedures and progress of land reforms among FSU countries. The first factor is the historical legacy of the countries and their...
The Impact of Aid on Economic Growth in Transition Economies: An Empirical Study
This paper assesses econometrically the contribution of aid to output growth in a panel of twenty transition countries over nine years (1989-1997). The study finds a positive and statistically...
Land Rental Markets and Household Farms in Transition: Theory and Evidence from Hungary
Johan Swinnen, Liesbet Vranken
This paper analyses the determinants of household farms’ participation in land rental markets in transition countries and what affects their access to land through rental markets. We derive several...
Rural Poverty in Transition Countries
This paper uses new poverty data based on household level surveys to analyze changes in rural poverty and rural-urban poverty differences in 23 transition countries of Central and Eastern Europe and...
Causes of Efficiency Change in Transition: Theory and Cross-Country Survey Evidence from Agriculture
Johan Swinnen, Liesbet Vranken
transition agriculture, production efficiency, reforms
Bart Minten, Lalaina Randrianarison, Johan Swinnen
High-value agriculture for exports is increasingly important in developing countries. In a case study of contract farming for exports of vegetables from Madagascar, strong spillover effects of these...
Property Rights Imperfections, Asset Allocation, and Welfare: Co-Ownership in Bulgaria
Liesbet Vranken, Karen Macours, Nivelin Noev, Johan Swinnen
This paper analyzes how imperfections of property rights affect allocation of assets and welfare, using micro-survey data from Bulgaria. Co-ownership of assets is widespread in many countries due to...
Political economy of agricultural policy
De Gorter, Harry, Swinnen, Johan, B. L. Gardner, G. C. Rausser
Explanations are provided for why governments do as they do in agriculture. Alternative frameworks are assessed to explain government policy including collective action and politician-voter...
Skating on Thin Ice: Rule Changes and Team Strategies in the NHL
Banerjee, Anurag, Swinnen, Johan, Weersink, Alfons
In an effort to stimulate a more exciting and entertaining style of play, the National Hockey Association (NHL) changed the rewards associated with the results of overtime games. Under the new rules,...
Investment and Contract Enforcement in Transition: Evidence from Hungary
Contract enforcement problems are a significant constraint on investment and growth, especially so in developing and transition economies. Evidence on these effects is mostly limited to case studies....
Human Capital, Market Imperfections, Poverty, and Migration: Evidence from Albania
Etleva Germenji, Johan Swinnen
The most dramatic recent immigration in Europe is the influx of more than 700,000 Albanians, about a quarter of the total Albanian workforce, in the 1990s. The vast majority migrated illegally. This...
Does a sudden death liven up the game? Rules, incentives, and strategy in football
Anurag Banerjee, Johan Swinnen
In an effort to stimulate more attractive football, the international football association FIFA, has recently introduced the "sudden death" or "golden goal" rule for games going into extra time play....
Kyle, Steven C, Swinnen, Johan
The theory of contestable markets is used to derive predictions of the extent to which agricultural commodities behave as traded or non-traded goods. These predictions are confirmed with Zairian data...
REFORMS AND EFFICIENCY CHANGE IN TRANSITION AGRICULTURE
Swinnen, Johan, Vranken, Liesbet
Studies on efficiency changes in transition agriculture yield mixed results. This paper develops both a theoretical model of efficiency changes during transition and uses a unique set of...
Vranken, Liesbet, Noev, Nivelin, Swinnen, Johan
Land Economics/Use,
Reforms and Efficiency Change in Transition Agriculture
Swinnen, Johan, Vranken, Liesbet
Studies on efficiency changes in transition agriculture yield mixed results. This paper develops both a theoretical model and an empirical analysis of how distribution of efficiency scores changes...
CAN PRICE SUPPORTS NEGATE THE SOCIAL GAINS FROM PUBLIC RESEARCH EXPENDITURES IN AGRICULTURE?
De Gorter, Harry, Swinnen, Johan
The burgeoning literature on how the benefits from research may be negative for a given price support arbitrarily ignores the costs of price supports for a given level of research. Furthermore, the...
A POSITIVE THEORY OF AGRICULTURAL PROTECTION
Agricultural and Food Policy, Political Economy,
Reforms and Efficiency Change in Transition Agriculture
Swinnen, Johan, Vranken, Liesbet
Studies on efficiency changes in transition agriculture yield mixed results. This paper develops both a theoretical model and an empirical analysis of how distribution of efficiency scores changes...
Land and Happiness: Land Distribution and Subjective Well-Being in Moldova
Van Landeghem, Bert, Swinnen, Johan, Vranken, Liesbet
The distribution of land rights is a very important economic and political issue, and it played a central role in the transition processes in Europe and Asia. This paper analyzes the impact of the...
Property Rights Imperfections, Asset Allocation, and Welfare: Co-Ownership in Bulgaria
Vranken, Liesbet, MacOurs, Karen, Noev, Nivelin, Swinnen, Johan
This paper analyzes how imperfections of property rights affect allocation of assets and welfare, using micro-survey data from Bulgaria. Co-ownership of assets is widespread in many countries due to...
The Impact of Property Rights Imperfections on Resource Allocation: Co-Ownership of Land in Bulgaria
Vranken, Liesbet, MacOurs, Karen, Noev, Nivelin, Swinnen, Johan
This paper analyzes how imperfections of property rights affect allocation of assets and welfare, using micro-survey data from Bulgaria. Co-ownership of assets is widespread in many countries due to...
Causes of Efficiency Change in Transition: Theory and Cross-Country Survey Evidence from Agriculture
Vranken, Iesbet, Swinnen, Johan
Studies on efficiency changes in transition agriculture yield mixed results. This paper develops both a theoretical model and an empirical analysis of how distribution of efficiency scores changes...
CHANGES IN AGRICULTURAL MARKETS IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES
Liefert, William, Swinnen, Johan
Economic reform in the transition economies of the former Soviet bloc has transformed the volume and mix of these economies' agricultural production, consumption, and trade. Output drops in most...
Spillovers from Globalization on Land Use: Evidence from Madagascar
Minten, Bart, Randrianarison, Lalaina, Swinnen, Johan
The effect of globalization on the environment and natural resource use in developing countries is hotly debated. We contribute to this debate through the analysis of primary data collected with...
Vranken, Liesbet, MacOurs, Karen, Noev, Nivelin, Swinnen, Johan
This study used a unique 2003 survey dataset to analyse the developments in land use and exchange in Bulgaria. The survey analysis yields several results. Land is highly fragmented in Bulgaria which...
Political Economy of Agricultural Distortions in Transition Countries of Asia and Europe
Rozelle, Scott, Swinnen, Johan
The paper analyzes the political and institutional factors which are behind the dramatic changes in distortions to agricultural incentives in the transition countries in East Asia (China and...
Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Distorted incentives, agricultural and trade policy reforms, national agricultural development, Agricultural and Food Policy, International Relations/Trade, F13, F14, Q17, Q18,
Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Europeâs Transition Economies
Distorted incentives, agricultural and trade policy reforms, national agricultural development, Agricultural and Food Policy, International Relations/Trade, F13, F14, Q17, Q18,
Economic Consequences of Urbanisation and Urbanisation Policy in China
Josef C Brada, Belton M Fleisher, Scott Rozelle, Johan Swinnen
Introduction to the symposium on agriculture in transition
FLEISHER, Belton M., BRADA, Josef, ROZELLE, Scott, SWINNEN, Johan
Transition Economies Agriculture China Central and Eastern Europe