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Compulsory Purchase in the Transitional Countries of Central and Eastern Europe

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  • Richard Grover

    (School of Built Environment, Oxford Brookes University)

  • Ion Anghel

    (Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest)

  • Béla Berdar

    (University of West Hungary)

  • Mikhail Soloviev

    (Higher School of Economics, Moscow)

  • Aleksei Zavyalov

    (School of Privatization and Entrepreneurship, Moscow)

Abstract

Until the ending of Communist rule in Central and Eastern Europe, the objective of compulsory purchase was the achievement of a socialist society in which the ownership of the means of production, including land, was to be collective rather than private. Compulsory purchase legislation and laws on ownership were used to expropriate private property. After 1990 the newly elected democratic governments changed the constitutions to permit and protect private ownership of land. However, compulsory purchase is essential in a market economy to deal with certain aspects of market failure. These include the need to facilitate the provision of collective goods, such as infrastructure and utility networks, and regeneration where the state may need to disrupt a prisoners’ dilemma situation. In spite of their commitment to the inviolability of private property, the transitional economies have had to develop compulsory purchase procedures and means of assessing compensation.

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  • Richard Grover & Ion Anghel & Béla Berdar & Mikhail Soloviev & Aleksei Zavyalov, 2008. "Compulsory Purchase in the Transitional Countries of Central and Eastern Europe," Theoretical and Applied Economics, Asociatia Generala a Economistilor din Romania - AGER, vol. 4(4(521)), pages 03-18, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:agr:journl:v:4(521):y:2008:i:4(521):p:03-18
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