Causes of Efficiency Change in Transition: Theory and Cross-Country Survey Evidence from Agriculture

LICOS Discussion Paper No. 172/2006

31 Pages Posted: 26 Nov 2006

See all articles by Johan F. M. Swinnen

Johan F. M. Swinnen

KU Leuven - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance (LICOS); European Commission, DG II

Liesbet Vranken

KU Leuven - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance (LICOS)

Date Written: April 2006

Abstract

This paper analyses the efficiency effects of the farm restructuring process in Central and Eastern Europe. We develop a theoretical model on how reforms, which are typically implemented in the process of the transition of a communist system to a market economy, would affect production efficiency in agriculture and we use a unique set of representative farm survey data to assess efficiency changes during transition. The theoretical model is used to simulate how the distribution of farm efficiencies would change during transition and efficiency changes are correlated with reforms in the countries.

Keywords: Transition agriculture, production efficiency, reforms

Suggested Citation

Swinnen, Johan F.M. and Vranken, Liesbet, Causes of Efficiency Change in Transition: Theory and Cross-Country Survey Evidence from Agriculture (April 2006). LICOS Discussion Paper No. 172/2006, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=947062 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.947062

Johan F.M. Swinnen

KU Leuven - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance (LICOS) ( email )

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Liesbet Vranken (Contact Author)

KU Leuven - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance (LICOS) ( email )

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Leuven, 3000
Belgium

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