Hüttel, Silke; Odening, Martin; Schlippenbach, Vanessa von - In: DIW Wochenbericht 82 (2015) 3, pp. 37-43
The continuous decline of commercial agricultural areas accompanied by a trend toward larger farms has increased competition for a scarce production factor in Germany: land. From 2000 to 2013, the purchase prices of agricultural land increased by 80 percent, according to the German Federal...