For whoever has will be given more”? Land rental decisions and technical efficiency in Ukraine
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11468145 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vasyl Kvartiuk (0000-0001-5875-6001, Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies, corresponding author), Eduard Bukin (0000-0002-1003-1260, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen), Thomas Herzfeld (0000-0001-8331-5750, Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 146 |
| Pages | 107336 |
| Publication date | 2024-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Land Use Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0264-8377 • E-ISSN: 1873-5754 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107336 |
| OpenAlex | W4402216329 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 35 |
Land rental markets had played a critical role in providing farms access to Ukraine’s agricultural land before the ban on land sales was lifted in 2021. This paper examines whether rental-based land relations can promote land use by more productive farms in the context of imperfect institutions. In particular, we examine whether Ukrainian farms’ decisions to rent land are linked to their agricultural ability. Utilizing a rich panel of more than 16,000 Ukrainian commercial agricultural producers for 2005–2015, we analyze demand-side determinants of participation in the land rental market. The evidence suggests that farms’ total factor productivity is disconnected from their decisions to rent land. Land accumulation appears to be driven by other context-related factors, including existing local land concentration and orientation toward cash crop production. Results call for launching a land sales market and improving rental market infrastructure because these measures can align land rental prices with the value of the marginal product of land. • Rental markets do not facilitate flow of land towards more productive farmers. • Initial land concentration leads to farm size polarization. • Policy changes needed to align rental prices with land productivity. • Large-scale cash crop farming incentivizes land accumulation
Business · Civil engineering · Economics · Environmental economics · Environmental planning · Natural resource economics · Renting · Engineering · Environmental Science · Land Rights and Reforms · Russia and Soviet political economy · Urbanization and City Planning
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |