Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/108903 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Citation: 
[Journal:] Agricultural and Food Economics [ISSN:] 2193-7532 [Volume:] 1 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Heidelberg [Year:] 2013 [Pages:] 1-16
Publisher: 
Springer, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
This paper examines the effect of land market liberalization on the dynamics of capital accumulation. It is shown that the land market liberalization, which is accompanied with the transfer of agricultural technology, may not always offer a 'win-win' outcome for developed and developing countries. Improved agricultural productivity generates a growth enhancing externality. However, land market liberalization affects the balance between the equalizing force of the diminishing returns technology and the un-equalizing force of the low income elasticity of the agricultural commodity demand. As a result, land market liberalization accompanied with the transfer of agricultural productivity, may not always guarantee a 'win-win' outcome for developed and developing countries. If improvement of agricultural productivity is insignificant then land market liberalization can cause 'win-lose' situation for developed and developing countries. This result suggests that one should be very careful in a policy proposal designed to foster the process of development through foreign land ownership. It is important to recognize that apart from benefits, foreign land ownership also creates a disadvantage for capital accumulation and causes the magnification of the world income inequality.
Subjects: 
dynamics of capital accumulation
land market liberalization
transfer of agricultural technology
JEL: 
F43
O11
R14
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Document Type: 
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