Italian Abstract: La terra è un fattore di produzione, un mezzo per generare una vita, accumulare ricchezza e trasferirlo tra le generazioni. Le principali caratteristiche del terreno sono: l'immobilità, l'estensione fisica, l'indivisibilità, noduli e durata. Così terra serve come riserva di...

While scholars agree on the importance of land rental markets for structural transformation in rural areas, evidence on the extent and nature of their operation, including potential obstacles to their improved functioning, remains limited. This study uses household-level data from six countries...

The paper illustrates a theoretical model of real option value applied to the problem of land development.Making use of the 1998-2001 Kyrgyz Household Budget Survey, we show that when the hypothesis of decreasing return to scale holds, the relation between the threshold value of revenue per...

Albania's radical farmland distribution is credited with averting an economic crisis and social unrest during the transition. But many believe it led to a holding structure too fragmented to be efficient, and that public efforts to consolidate plots are needed to lay the foundation for greater...