Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers Creation-Date: 2000-05-01 Number: 00-037/2 Author-Name: Dirk J. Bezemer Author-Email: bezemer@fee.uva.nl Author-Workplace-Name: University of Amsterdam Title: Limitations on De-collectivisation in Central European Agriculture Abstract: Following formal privatisation of farm land and assets in CentralEurope, the change in agriculturalproduction structures has been both more limited and different thanwas initially expected. In this paper, thetheoretical reasons underlying those expectations are reviewed. Analternative theoretical framework issuggested, through which the causes of actual structural changes areanalysed. Its premises and hypothesesare compared to primary survey data from the Czech Republic. Classification-JEL: D23; O13; P23; P32; Q12 Keywords: Transition; Central Europe; Agriculture; New Institutional Economics; Survey Data File-Url: https://papers.tinbergen.nl/00037.pdf File-Format: application/pdf File-Size: 123675 bytes Handle: RePEc:tin:wpaper:20000037