This paper studies the determinants of foreign land acquisition for large-scale agriculture. To do so, gravity models are estimated using data on bilateral investment relationships, together with newly constructed indicators of agro-ecological suitability in areas with low population density as...

Large-scale land acquisitions, or "land grabs", concentrate in developing countries which are also known for their corruption-friendly setting caused by a weak institutional framework. We argue that corrupt elites exploit this given institutional set-up to strike deals with international...

Recently, studies focused on the effects of large-scale land acquisitions on the local agricultural water sectors have multiplied, yet a conceptual framework designed to disentangle the interlinkages across natural resource systems is missing. To fill this gap, we suggest a property rights...