Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/179381 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
EERI Research Paper Series No. 02/2016
Publisher: 
Economics and Econometrics Research Institute (EERI), Brussels
Abstract: 
The objective of this paper is to review new restrictions imposed on land sales in selected Eastern EU Member States and to investigate the potential impacts of these restrictions on land prices, transaction distortions, and access to land. The main common element of the new regulations across the four studied countries (Latvia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia) is the introduction of the pre-emption rights to selected groups of potential buyers which tend to favor domestic and local farmers relative to external competition. However, the coverage of pre-emption rights differs strongly across countries. The regulation adopted in Slovakia is the most restrictive, followed by Latvia and Poland; Romania has adopted the least restrictive measures. We expect market transactions as well as land prices to decline due to reduced competition, causing foregone income to non-farming landowners.
Subjects: 
Land Market
SAPS
institutions
agricultural policy
CEE
JEL: 
F12
L11
Q11
Q12
P32
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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