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Is abandonment of agricultural land increasing with better ownership protection? Cross-country evidence from transition economies

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  • Akhmadiyeva, Zarema
  • Herzfeld, Thomas

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Given the high potential of abandoned agricultural land in some transition economies, we investigate the drivers of agricultural land-use change with a specific focus on land titling and transferability. We use time-series cross-sectional data for twenty-nine transition countries in East Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union for the period from 1991 to 2014. We operationalize individual land ownership and transferability using land legislative documents to create variables for our empirical analysis. The results suggest that improving ownership rights only increases land abandonment in transition economies, while countries with full transferability of individual plots experience higher land use.

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  • Akhmadiyeva, Zarema & Herzfeld, Thomas, 2026. "Is abandonment of agricultural land increasing with better ownership protection? Cross-country evidence from transition economies," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 60(3), pages 599-629.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:espost:343501
    DOI: 10.1080/00213624.2026.2699631
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    • P26 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - Property Rights
    • Q15 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment
    • Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy; Animal Welfare Policy

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