Reverse tenancy in Romania: Actors' rationales and equity outcomes

Land Use Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 828-836

  Amblard, Laurence ^a   Colin, Jean Philippe ^b  

^a UMR Territoires   (France)

^b UMR MOISA   (France)

Author keywords

Agrarian contracts; Economic transition; Land rental market; Reverse tenancy; Romania

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LAND MARKET; LAND REFORM; LANDOWNERSHIP; MARKET TRANSITION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 60449111618     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2008.10.008     Document Type: Article

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