The choice of privatization and decollectivization policies in Central and Eastern European agriculture: Observations and political economy hypotheses

Political Economy of Agrarian Reform in Central and Eastern Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 363-397

  Swinnen, Johan F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 85082592448     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780429446382-13     Document Type: Chapter

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