The political economy of land reform choices in Central and Eastern Europe

Economics of Transition

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 637-664

  Swinnen, Johan F M ^a  

^a EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Economic transition; Land reform; Political economy

Indexed keywords

LAND REFORM; POLITICAL ECONOMY; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

(CENTRAL); (EAST); EUROPE;

EID: 0033398129     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0351.00029     Document Type: Article

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