Among the family-farms in western Germany, significant regional differences are observable.They exist not only with respect to present farm-structure but also with respect to patterns ofstructural change. In the present paper, the different farm-development-strategies that causethese regional...

This paper explains regionally differentiated patterns of structural change based on a theoreticalframework dealing with strategic interaction of farms on the land market. The main research questionfocuses on the causes of regionally persistent structures. An empirical Markov chain model is...