As a consequence of land privatization the land supply became abundant in Hungary. Many of those who bought land for compensation bonds and were not active in agriculture rented it for agricultural cooperatives and companies. Owing to the great land supply and low agricultural incomes, rents are...

The price increases on agricultural land markets in the last decade have triggered a debate about land as an attractive investment opportunity for agricultural and non-agricultural investors. In a static environment, the rent-price ratio provides a first indicator of the profitability of an...

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...