Assessing land reallocation decisions during transition in Romania

Land Use Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1080-1089

  Vidican, Georgeta ^a  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Central and Eastern Europe; Farming associations; Land leasing; Land markets; Land reform; Romania; Transition countries

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DECISION MAKING; FARMING SYSTEM; LAND MARKET; LAND REFORM; LAND TENURE; LANDOWNERSHIP; RURAL AREA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 64049093500     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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