Land Reform in the Middle East
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8969122 |
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| Authors | Hossein Askari (0000-0002-8973-366X, Wayne State University, corresponding author), John Cummings (Wayne State University), John Thomas Cummings, Bassam Harik (Wayne State University) |
| Year | 1977 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 437-451 |
| Publication date | 1977-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0020743800026076 |
| OpenAlex | W2047227278 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
The success or failure of land reform programs in the past has been, in general, evaluated on the basis of whether agricultural output increases or decreases following their adoption and the implementation of their principal provisions. Yet this approach ignores other factors, such as the effect of prices on output, making it likely that the influence of land reform is under- or over-estimated. In this paper, we suggest that it is possible to isolate the effect of price on output from those of reform programs by using the Nerlove supply model. By applying this method to periods before and after the initiation of such programs, we can identify any change in the market responsiveness of the affected cultivators. In testing this approach, the output of major crops in Egypt, Syria and Iraq—countries which have seen major land reform efforts in the post-war era—was analyzed. Post-reform responsiveness was compared with that of earlier periods and with that of cultivators in two neighboring countries—Jordan and Lebanon—which underwent little reform
Agricultural economics · Agriculture · Archaeology · Development economics · Economic reform · Economics · Geography · Land reform · Middle East · Political science · Politics · Principal (computer security · Agricultural Economics and Policy · Land Rights and Reforms · Law
| Highly cited | No |
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