This paper investigates the development of the land rental market in Bulgaria and how different factors affect contracting and land renting decisions of landowners and farmers. Our results reveal that contract conditions and property rights significantly affect land rental activities as well as...

This paper develops a hedonic pricing model to estimate the effects of wine quality and regional and varietal reputation on prices in the Bulgarian wine market. We show, most importantly, that wine quality has a significant and positive impact. Red wines of local varieties have diminishing...

This paper analyzes how imperfections of property rights affect allocation of assets and welfare, using micro-survey data from Bulgaria. Co-ownership of assets is widespread in many countries due to inheritance. Central and Eastern Europe offers an interesting natural experiment to assess the...

This paper analyzes how imperfections of property rights affect households' allocation of assets using micro-survey data from Bulgaria. Co-ownership of assets is widespread in many countries due to inheritance. Central and Eastern Europe offers an interesting natural experiment to assess the...

Present-day Central and East European agriculture is characterized by a high incidence of small-scale farmers who are not producing for the market. This article uses household-level data from comparative farm surveys in Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania to analyze the extent of subsistence...

This paper analyses of determinants of agricultural labor flows and the role of human capital in this process on the basis of the Slovenian Labor Force Surveys for the years 1993 to 1999. The household heads living in larger households, having a larger farm size, and working full-time (more...