Governance Structures and Resource Policy Reform: Insights from Agricultural Transition

Johan Swinnen and Scott Rozelle

Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2009, vol. 1, issue 1, 33-54

Abstract: New research on the political economy of policy-induced distortions to incentives for optimal resource use in agriculture and insights from the study of the dramatic reforms in former state-controlled economy has led to enhanced insights on the role of governance structures on policy making in agricultural and natural resources. This paper reviews these research developments and key new insights.

Keywords: political economy; liberalization; China; Soviet Union; Eastern Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 P28 P32 Q18 Q38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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