Reforms, Globalization, and Endogenous Agricultural Structures
| dc.creator | Swinnen, Johan F.M. | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T19:46:07Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T04:52:12Z | |
| dc.description | In this paper I draw lessons from two quasi-natural experiments (the transition process in former Communist countries and the rapid globalization of food chains) on the optimality of farms and agricultural structures more generally. I argue that (a) the farm structures that have emerged from the transition process are much more diverse than expected ex ante; (b) this diversity is to an important extent determined by economic mechanisms which are influenced by initial conditions (eg technology) and reform policies; (c) non-traditional farm structures have played an important role during transition since they were optimal to address the specific institutional and structural constraints imposed by the transition process; (d) there is more diversity than often argued in the farms that are integrated in global food chains; (e) endogenous institutional (contracting) innovations in food chains may lock existing farm structures in a long-run institutional framework; and (f) indicators based on farm structures are not a good measure of welfare effects of the globalization of food chains. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.52802 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/52802/files/2.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/52802 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/555984 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
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| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/52802 | |
| dc.title | Reforms, Globalization, and Endogenous Agricultural Structures | |
| dc.type | Text |