A revival of large farms in Eastern Europe - How important are institutions?

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages 103-113

  Koester, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Embedded institutions; Large farms; Russia; Transformation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL MARKET; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FARM SIZE; RURAL ECONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 33745205802     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0169-5150.2004.00017.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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