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2004

  • Banerjee, A. and J.Swinnen, 2004, "Does a Sudden Death Liven Up the Game? Rules, Incentives and Strategy in Football", Economic Theory, Vol. 23, pp. 411-421.

  • Dries, L. and J. Swinnen, 2004, "Foreign Direct Investment, Vertical Integration and Local Suppliers: Evidence from the Polish Dairy Sector", World Development, Vol. 32, No. 9, pp. 125-1544.

  • Dries, L. and J. Swinnen, 2004, "Finance, Credit and Investment in Polish Agriculture" in Macey, D.A.J., Pyle, W. and Wegren, S.K. (ed.), Building Market Institutions in Post-Communist Agriculture: Land, Credit and Assistance, Lexington Books.

  • Dries, L. and J. Swinnen, 2004, "European Integration, Forign Investment and Institutional Restructuring in the Polish Agri-Food Sector" in Van Huylenbroeck, G., Verbeke, W., Lauwers, L. (ed.), Role of Institutions in Rural Policies and Agricultural Markets, Elsevier Amsterdam, pp.291-304.

  • Dries, L., T. Reardon and J. Swinnen, 2004, "The Rapid Rise of Supermarkets in Central and East Europe: Implications for the Agrifood and Rural Development", Development Policy Review, Vol. 22, No. 5, pp. 525-556.

  • McCluskey, J. and J. Swinnen, 2004, "Political Economy of the Media and Consumer Perceptions of Biotechnology", American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 86, No. 5, pp. 1230-1237.

  • Noev, N. and J. Swinnen, 2004, " The Transition of the Wine Industry, Policy and Trade in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union" in K. Anderson (ed.), The World's Wine Markets: Globalization at Work, Edward Elgar: London, pp. 161-184.

  • Pokrivcak, J. and J. Swinnen, 2004 "Decision Making on the Common Agricultural Policy in Europe: the Influence of the European Commission" in Van Huylenbroeck, G., Verbeke, W., Lauwers, L. (ed.), Role of Institutions in Rural Policies and Agricultural Markets, Elsevier Amsterdam, pp. 123-136.

  • Reardon, T. and J. Swinnen, 2004, "Agrifood Sector Liberalization and the Rise of Supermarkets in Former State-controlled Economies: Comparison with Other Developing Countries", Development Policy Review, Vol. 22, No. 5, pp. 515-524.

  • Reardon, T. and J. Swinnen, 2004, "Policy Symposium: the Rapid Rise of Supermarkets in Former State-Controlled Economies", Development Policy Review, Vol. 22, No. 5.

  • Rizov, M., and J. Swinnen, 2004, "Human Capital, Market Imperfections and Labour Reallocation in Transition", Journal of Comperative Economics, forthcoming.

  • Rozelle, S. and J. Swinnen, 2004, "Success and Failure of Reforms: Insights from Transition Agriculture", Journal of Economic Literature, forthcoming.

  • Swinnen, J., 2004, "Eastern Enlargement of the EU and Its Implications for Agriculture and Agricultural Policies", Food Economies, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 5-11.

  • Swinnen, J., 2004, "Between Transition, WTO and EU Accession: Agricultural and Policies in Formerly Centrally Planned Countries", in Anania, G. Bohman, M.E., Carter, C.A., McCalla, A.F. (ed.), Agricultural Policy Reform and the WTO: Were Are We Heading?, Edward Elgar Cheltenham UK & Northampton MA, USA.

  • Swinnen, J. and H. Beerlandt, 2004, "De Voedselvoorziening: Tussen Beleid en Markt", in Schoonheydt, R. Waelkens, S. (ed.), Voedsel voor 9 Miljard Mensen. Persepectiven op Landbouw en Wereldvodselvoorziening , Lannoo Campus Leuven, pp. 61-106.

  • Swinnen, J., J. McCluskey and N. Franken, 2004, "Food Safety, the Media and the Information Market", Agricultural Economics, forthcoming.

  • Swinnen, J. and L. Dries, 2004, "Vertical Contracting and Farm Finance: Lessons from Transition Countries", in Swinnen, J., Dries, L. (ed.), Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Rural Finance and Credit Infrustructure in China, OECD Publications, pp. 218-234.

  • Swinnen, J. and L. Vranken, 2004, "Emerging Institutions in East European land Markets: Evidence from Hungary in Van Huylenbroeck, G., Verbeke, W., Lauwers, L. (ed.), Role of Institutions in Rural Policies and Agricultural Markets, Elsevier Amsterdam, pp. 305-322.

  • Vranken, L., N. Noev and J. Swinnen, 2004, "Fragmentation, Abandonment and Co-ownership: Transition Problems of the Bulgarian Market", Quaterly Journal of International Agriculture, forthcoming.

2003

  • Díaz-Bonilla, E., S. Robinson and J. Swinnen, 2003, "Regional Agreements and the WTO Negotiations", American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 85, No. 3, pp. 679-683.

  • Dries, L. and J. Swinnen, 2003, "Foreign Direct Investment, Vertical Integration, and Local Suppliers: Evidence from the Polish Dairy Sector", World Development, forthcoming.

  • Konings, J., M. Rizov and H. Vandenbussche, 2003, "Investment and Credit Constraints in Transition Economies: Micro Evidence from Poland, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Romania", Economics Letters, 78, forthcoming.
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  • Macours, K. and J. Swinnen, 2003, "Hervormingen, Initiële Condities en Groei: Lessen uit de Transitie van de Landbouwsector in Centraal- en Oost-Europa, de Voormalige Sovjet-Unie en Oost-Azië", Tijdschrift voor Economie en Management, Vol. XLVIII (1), Februari, pp. 47-68.

  • Noev, N., 2003, "Restructuring FDI in the Bulgarian Wine Industry", in proceedings of Oenometrie X, Budapest, Hungary, 33 pages.

  • Rizov, M., 2003, "An Essay on the Agricultural Production Organization in Former Communist Countries", Social Science Journal, 40,pp. 31-43.

  • Rizov, M. and E. Mathijs 2003, "Farm Survival and Growth in Transition Economies: Theory and Empirical Evidence from Hungary", Post-Communist Economies, Vol. 15, No. 2, forthcoming
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  • Rizov, M. and J. Swinnen, 2003, "The Growth of Individual Farming in Romania", in S. Davidova and K. Thomson (ed.), Romanian Agriculture and Transition towards the EU, Lexington Books: Lanham, pp. 31-43.

  • Swinnen, J., 2003, "Between Transition, WTO, and EU Accession: Agriculture and Policies in Formerly Centrally Planned Countries" in Anania, G. (ed.), Agricultural Policy Reform and the WTO, forthcoming.

  • Swinnen, J., 2003, "Eastern Enlargement of the EU and its Implications for Agricultural Policies", Food Economics, forthcoming.

  • Swinnen, J., 2003, "Lessons from Ten Years of Rural Transition", in Spoor, M. (ed.), Transition, Institutions, and the Rural Sector, Lexington Books, pp. 27-46.

  • Swinnen, J., H. Beerlandt and L. Dries, 2003, "Globalization, Agricultural Development and Rural Welfare", Tijdschrift voor Economie en Management, Vol. XLVIII (4), December, pp. 619-640.

  • Swinnen, J. and L. Dries, 2003, "A Framework for Analysing Labour Mobility in Agriculture and Rural Areas of Transition Countries" in OECD (ed.) Agricultural and Rural Development Policies in the Baltic Countries, OECD, Paris.

  • Swinnen, J., L. Dries, and K. Macours, 2003, "Transition and Agricultural Labour", Agricultural Economics, Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 501-522.

2002

  • Ciaian, P., A. Qineti, and A. Enete, 2002, "European integration: Estimation of agricultural supply response of Central and East European Countries", in W. Charemza and K. Strzala, (eds.) East European Transition and EU Enlargement: A Quantitative Approach. Physica-Verlag: Heidelberg, pp. 201-216.

  • De Gorter, H. and J. Swinnen, 2002, "Political Economy of Agricultural Policies", Chapter 36, 2073-2123, The Handbook of Agricultural Economics, Volume 2, Edited by B. Gardner and G. Rausser, Elsevier Science: North Holland.

  • Deininger, K., and B., 2002, "Determinants of deforestation and the economics of protection: an application to Mexico", American Journal of Agricultural Economics, vol. 84, No. 4, pp. 943-960

  • Dries, L. and J. Swinnen, 2002, "Institutional Reform and Labor Reallocation during Transition: Evidence from Polish Agriculture", World Development, 30(3), pp. 457-474.
  • Fafchamps, M. and B. Minten, 2002, "Returns to Social Network Capital among Traders", Oxford Economic Papers, 54(2), pp. 173-206.

  • Fafchamps, M., and B. Minten, 2002, "Social capital and the firm: evidence from agricultural traders in Madagascar", in Grootaert, C., Van Bastelaer, T. (eds.), The Role of Social Capital in Development: An Empirical Assessment, Cambridge University Press, pp. 125-154.

  • Kopeva, D. and N. Noev, 2002, Efficiency and Competitiveness of Farms in Transition: Lessons from Bulgaria, forthcoming in the IAMO Series Studies on the Agricultural and Food Sector in Central and Eastern Europe, IAMO, Halle/Saale, Germany.

  • Noev, N. and J. Swinnen, 2002 The Transition of the Wine Industry, Policy and Trade in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, in Anderson, K. (ed.), Globalization and the World's Wine Markets, London: Edward Elgar (forthcoming)
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  • Macours K. and J. Swinnen, 2002, "Patterns of Agrarian Transition" Economic Development and Cultural Change, 50(2): 365-395
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  • Swinnen, J. and H. De Gorter, 2001, "On Government Credibility, Compensation and Underinvestment in Public Research", European Review of Agricultural Economics. 29(4): 501-522

  • Swinnen, J., H. Gow and I. Maviglia, 2002 "European Sugar Markets and Policies at the Outset of the Twenty-First Centruy", in A. Schmitz, T. Spreen and W. Messina (eds.), Sugar and Related Sweetener Markets: International Perspectives, Kluwer Academci Publishers.
  • Swinnen J. and A. Heinegg 2002, "On the Political Economy of Land Reforms in the Former Soviet Union", Journal of International Development, Vol. 14, pp. 1019-1031
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  • Swinnen, J., 2002, "Political Reforms, Rural crises and Land Tenure", Food Policy 27(4): 371-394
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  • Swinnen, J., 2002, "Land Reform in Russia: Constraints and Policy Implications", Economic Systems 26(2): 159-162
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  • Swinnen, J., 2002, "Transition and Integration in Europe: Implications for agricultural and food markets, policy and trade agreements", The World Economy, 25 (4): 481-501

  • Swinnen, J., 2002, "Will Enlargement Cause a Flood of Eastern Food Imports, Bankrupt the EU Budget, and Create WTO Conflicts?" (Polish version) Village and Agriculture.

2001

  • Bojnec, S., 2001, Patterns of intra-industry trade in agricultural and food products during transition, Eastern European Economics, 39(1), pp. 61-89.

  • Bojnec, S., 2001, Trade and revealed comparative advantage measures - Regional and Central and East European agricultural trade, Eastern European Economics 39(2), pp. 72-98.

  • Bojnec, S. and W. Münch, 2001, Some Implications of Slovenian Agricultural Accession to the European Union, Eastern European Economics, 39(1), pp. 19-38.

  • Ciaian, P., Qineti, A., Sojkova, Z., Kabat, L., Hanova, M., 2001, European Integration: The case of agricultural farms in Slovak Republic, Journal of Economics (Ekonomicky Casopis), 49(2), pp. 330-357.

  • Cungu, A. and J. Swinnen, 2001, Case Study. The Dramatic Rise of Individual Farming in Albania: Causes and Effects, in: de Janvry, A., Gordillo, G., Platteau, J.-P. & E. Sadoulet (eds.), Access to Land, Rural Poverty, and Public Action, A study prepared for the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU/WIDER), Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 379-391.

  • Doucha, T., Mathijs, E. and J. Swinnen, 2001, Case Study. Post-Communist Land Reform and Changes in Tenure in the Czech Republic, in: de Janvry, A., Gordillo, G., Platteau, J.-P. & E. Sadoulet (eds.), Access to Land, Rural Poverty, and Public Action, A study prepared for the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU/WIDER), Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 392-405.

  • Dries, L. and J. Swinnen, 2001, Labour adjustments in Central and Eastern European Agriculture, Emergo (vol. 7, no. 3).

  • Fafchamps, M. and B. Minten, 2001, Property Rights in a Flea Market Economy, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 49(2), pp. 229-268.

  • Fafchamps, M. and B. Minten, 2001, Social Capital and Agricultural Trade, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 83(3), pp. 680-685.

  • Gow H. and J. Swinnen, 2001, Private Enforcement Capital and Contract Enforcement in Transition Economies, Amercian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 83(3), pp. 686-690.
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  • Gow, H. and J. Swinnen, 2001, "Enforcing Agribusiness Contracts", Transition, July-September 2001.

  • Gow, H. and J. Swinnen, 2001, "Foreign Direct Investment and Vertical Contracting in the Agro-Food Sector of Transition Countries", in Schmitz, Rausser, and Zilberman (ed.) "Agricultural Globalization, Trade and the Environment", Kluwer Academic Press.

  • Kopeva, D. and N. Noev, 2001, Aspects of Land Consolidation after the Bulgarian Land Reform, in: The New Structure of the Rural Economy of Post-Communist Countries, edited by Ieda Osamu, Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, pp.123-159.

  • Kopeva, D. and N. Noev, 2001, Efficiency and Competitiveness of the New Enterprises Structures in Bulgaria, in Approaching Agricultural Technology and economic Development of Central and Eastern Europe, Institute of Agricultural Engineering Bornim e.V., Potsdam-Bornim 2001, (ISSN 0947-7314), pp. 67-79.

  • Kopeva, D. and N. Noev, 2001, Efficiency and Competitiveness of Bulgarian Cereal Farms, Bulgarian Journal of Agricultural Science, Vol. 7, pp. 231-244.

  • Mathijs, E. and J. Swinnen, 2001, Production Efficiency and Organization during Transition: An Empirical Analysis of East German Agriculture, The Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 83, No. 1, pp. 100-107.

  • Mathijs, E. and L. Vranken, 2001, Human Capital, Gender and Organization in Transition Agriculture: Measuring and Explaining the Technical Efficiency of Bulgarian and Hungarian Farms, Post-Communist Economies, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 171-187.

  • Pokrivcak, J., de Gorter, H, and J. Swinnen, 2001, "Does there Exist a 'Restaurant Table Effect' in the Common Agricultural Policy?", Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 52, No. 3.

  • Rizov, M., 2001, "Capital structure theory and its practical implications for firm financial management in Central and Eastern Europe", EMERGO Journal of Transforming Economies and Societies, Vol. 8, No. 4, 74-86.

  • Rizov, M., Gavrilescu, D., Gow, H., Mathijs, E. and J. Swinnen, 2001, Transition and Enterprise Restructuring: The Development of Individual Farming in Romania, World Development, Vol. 29, No. 7, pp. 1257-1274.

  • Swinnen, J., Banerjee A., and H. de Gorter, 2001, “Economic Development, Institutional Change and The Political Economy of Agricultural Protection. An econometric study on Belgium since the 19th century”, Agricultural Economics, 26(1):25-44.

  • Swinnen, J., 2001, Will Enlargement Cause a Flood of Eastern Food Imports, Bankrupt the EU Budget, and Create WTO Conflicts? in Eurochoices, Spring, pp.  48-53.

  • Swinnen J. and H. Gow, 2001, "Agricultural Finance and Institutional Reforms in Transition Economies" in: Agricultural Finance and Credit Infrastructure in Transition Economies - Focus on South Eastern Europe, OECD Center for Co-operation with Non-Members,  Paris: OECD Publications, pp.195-206.


  • Swinnen, J. and K. Macours 2001, "Agricultural Transition Patterns in East Asia, the former Soviet Union, and Central and Eastern Europe", Voprosy Ekonomiki (Economic Issues), 8, Moscow.

  • Swinnen, J., 2001, "Ten Years of Agricultural Transition in Central and Eastern Europe: Some Lessons for Ukraine", in: von Cramon-Taubadel, S., Zorya, S., and L. Striewe (eds.) Policies and Agricultural Development in Ukraine, Aachen: Shaker Verlag, 6-19.


  • Swinnen, J., 2001, "Transition from Collective Farms to Individual Tenures in Central and Eastern Europe", in: de Janvry, A., Gordillo, G., Platteau, J-P. and E. Sadoulet (eds.) Land Reform Revisited: Access to Land, Rural Poverty and Public Action, Oxford University Press, 349-378.

2000
  • Dries, L. and J. Swinnen, 2000, "Labour Adjustments in Central and Eastern European Agriculture", Emergo: Journal of Transforming Economies and Societies, 7(3): 38-45.

  • Dries, L., Macours K. and J. Swinnen, 2000, "Employment on Central and Eastern European Farms", Acta oeconomica et informatica 3(2), pp. 42-45.

  • Dries, L. and E. Mathijs, 2000, "Optimale bedrijfsorganisatie in de agrarische productie: een niet-parameterische berekening van de efficiëntie van Tsjechische landbouwbedrijven", Tijdschrift voor Sociaal-wetenschappelijk onderzoek in de Landbouw (TSL), 14(3), pp. 107-113.

  • Gow, H., Streeter D. and J. Swinnen, 2000, "How Private Contract Enforcement Mechanisms Can Succeed Where Public Institutions Fail: The Case of Juhosucor A.S." Agricultural Economics, 23(3): 253-265. 
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  • Hartell, J. and J. Swinnen, 2000,  "European Integration and the Political Economy of Central andeastern European Agricultural Price and Trade Policy", in: Tangermann S. and M. Banse, (eds.), Central and Eastern European Agriculture in an Expanding European Union, Wallingford: CABI Publishing, pp. 157-184. (ISBN 0 85199 425 3)

  • Macours, K. and J. Swinnen, 2000, "Causes of Output Decline in Economic Transition: The Case of Central and Eastern European Agriculture", Journal of Comparative Economics, 28(1), pp. 172-206.

  • Macours, K. and J. Swinnen, 2000, "Impact of Initial Conditions and Reform Policies on Agricultural Performance in Central and Eastern Europe, the Former Soviet Union, and East Asia", AmE.al Journal of Agricultural Economics, 82(5), pp. 1149-1155.

  • Macours, K. and J. Swinnen, 2000, "A Comparison of Agrarian Transition in Russia, China, and Eastern Europe", in: Wehrheim, Peter, Frohberg, K., Serova, Eugenia and Joachim von Braun (eds.), Russia's Agro-food Sector: Towards Truly Functioning Markets, Boston/Dordrecht/London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 9-35. (ISBN 0 7923 7841 5)


  • Mathijs, E. and J. F. M. Swinnen, 2000, "Efficiency Effects of Land Reforms in East Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union", in: Tillack, Peter and Eberhard Schulze (eds.), Land Ownership, Land Markets and their Influence on the Efficiency of Agricultural Production in Central and Eastern Europe, Wissenschaftsverlag Vauk, Kiel, pp. 31-55. (ISBN 3 8175 0325 3)


  • Mathijs, E. and J. F. M. Swinnen, 2000, "Technical Efficiency and the Competitiveness of Agricultural Enterprises: Results from Eastern Germany and the Czech Republic", in: Tillack, Peter and Frauke Pirscher (eds.), Competitiveness of Agricultural Enterprises and Farm Activities in Transition Countries , Wissenschaftsverlag Vauk, Kiel, pp. 86-97. (ISBN 3 8175 0322 9)

  • Minten, B. and S. Kyle, 2000, "Retail margins, price transmission and price asymmetry in urban food markets: the case of Kinshasa (Zaire)", Journal of African Economies, 9(1), pp. 1-23.

  • Pokrivcak, J. and H. de Gorter, 2000, "Integration of Central and Eastern European Countries into the EU: A Public Choice Approach", Acta oeconomica et informatica 3(2), pp. 48-52.

  • Swinnen, J., de Gorter, H. , Rausser G. and A. Banerjee, 2000, "The political economy of public research investment and commodity policies in agriculture: an empirical study", Agricultural Economics 22(2), pp. 111-122.

  • Swinnen, J., 2000, "Pourquoi la réforme foncière des pays de l’Est est inachevée", Revue Foncière, 2: 26-31

  • Swinnen, J., 2000, "Agricultural Institutions and Reforms Policies in Central and Eastern Europe" in Burrell, A. and A. Oskam (eds), European Agricultural Policy in Transition, Wageningen University Press.

  • Swinnen, J., 2000,  "Europese integratie en de landbouw", in: Raymaekers, B. and André Van de Putte (eds.), Krachten voor de toekomst. Lessen voor de eenentwintigste eeuw volume 6, Leuven: Universitaire Pers Leuven. (ISBN 90 5867 004 X)


  • Swinnen, J., H. Gow, and I. Maviglia, 2000,"Modest Changes in the West, Radical Reforms in the East, and Government Intervention Everywhere: European Sugar Markets at the Outset of the 21st Century", in: Schmitz, A., Spreen, T. and W. Messina, Sweetener Markets in the 21st Century, Kluwer Academic Publishers, forthcoming.

  • Tangermann, S. and J. Swinnen, 2000,  "Conclusions and Implications for Food and Agricultural Policy in the Process of Accession to the EU", in: Tangermann S. and M. Banse, (eds.), Central and Eastern European Agriculture in an Expanding European Union, Wallingford: CABI Publishing, pp. 185-200. (ISBN 0 85199 425 3).

1999
  • Banse, M., Gorton, M., Hartell, J., Hughes, G., Köckler, J., Möllman, T.  and W. Münch, 1999, The Evolution of Competitiveness in Hungarian Agriculture: From Transition to Accession, MOCT-MOST Economic Policy in Transitional Economies 9(3): 307-318.

  • Bojnec, S., 1999, The Competitiveness of Slovenian Farms and Food Processing Activities, Agrarwirstschaft, 48(8/9): 295-303.

  • Bojnec, S. and W. Münch, 1999, Implications of Agricultural Accession to the European Union: The Case of Slovenia, MOCT-MOST Economic Policy in Transitional Economies 9(3): 345-371.

  • Cungu, A. and J. Swinnen, 1999, Albania’s Radical Agrarian Reform, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 47(3): 605-619.  The University of Chicago Press.

  • Macours, K. and J. Swinnen, 1999, How Gradual Was China's Agricultural Reform? Initial Conditions, Reform Policies, and Performance, Transition, 10(6): 17-18.

  • Mathijs, E., Dries, L., Doucha, T. and J. Swinnen, 1999, Production Efficiency and Organization in Czech Agriculture, Bulgarian Journal of Agricultural Science, 5(2): 312-324.

  • Mathijs, E., Blaas G. and T. Doucha, 1999, Organisational Form and Technical Efficiency of Czech and Slovak Farms, MOCT-MOST Economic Policy in Transitional Economies, 9(3): 331-344.

  • Sarris, A., Doucha, T. and E. Mathijs, 1999, Agricultural Restructuring in Central and Eastern Europe: Implications for Competitiveness and Rural Development, European Review of Agricultural Economics, 26(3): 305-329.

  • Segrè, A. and J. Swinnen, 1999, Agricultural Transition and European Integration: Introduction, MOCT-MOST Economic Policy in Transitional Economies, 9(3): 215-228.

  • Swinnen, J., 1999, European agriculture facing the 21st century in a global context, European Review of Agricultural Economics, 26(3): 263-264.

  • Swinnen, J., 1999, "Political Economy of Land Reform Choices in Central and Eastern Europe", The Economics of Transition, 7(3):637-664.

  • Swinnen, J. and H. Gow, 1999, Agricultural Credit Problems and Policies during the Transition to a Market Economy in Central and Eastern Europe, Food Policy, 24(1): 21-47.

  • Swinnen, J. and E. Mathijs, 1999, Agricultural Privatization, Land Reform and  Farm Restructuring in Central and Eastern Europe, Bulgarian Journal of Agricultural Science, 5(2): 224-235.

1998
  • Bojnec, S., Münch, W. and J. Swinnen, 1998, Exchange Rates and the Measurement of Agricultural Price Distortions in CEECs and the Costs of CEEC-EU Accession, in: Brockmeier, M., Francois, J., Hertel, T., and P.M. Schmitz, Economic Transition and the Greening of Policies. Modeling New Challenges for Agriculture and Agribusiness in Europe, Kiel: Wissenschaftsverlag Vauk, p.285-304. 


  • Cungu, A. and J. Swinnen, 1998, "The Significance of Politics and Institutions for Privatization and Decollectivization in Albania", in: Frohberg, K. and P. Weingarten (eds.) The Significance of Politics and Institutions for the Design and Formation of Agricultural Policy, Kiel: Vauk Verlag, p.238-250.

  • de Gorter, H.,  Pokrivcak, J. and J. Swinnen, 1998, The "Restaurant-table Effect": Europe and the Common Agricultural Policy, in F. Casey, A. Schmitz, S. Swinton and D. Zilberman (eds.), World Agricultural Trade, Boulder, Co: Westview Press. 


  • de Gorter, H. and J. Swinnen, 1998, Impact of Economic Development on Commodity and Public Research Policies in Agriculture, Review of Development Economics, 2(1): 41-60. 

  • Gow, H. and J. Swinnen, 1998, Up- and Downstream Restructuring, Foreign Direct Investment, and Hold-Up Problems in Agricultural Transition, European Review of Agricultural Economics, 25(3): 331-350. 

  • Hartell, J., Smale, M., Heisey, P. W. and B. Senauer, 1998, The Contribution of Genetic Resources and Diversity of Wheat Productivity in the Punjab of Pakistan, in M. Smale (ed.), Farmers, Gene Banks and Crop Breeding: Economic Analyses of Diversity in Wheat, Maize, and Rice, Boston/Dordrecht/London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 145-158. 


  • Hartell, J.and J. Swinnen, 1998, Trends in Agricultural Price and Trade Policy Instruments Since 1990 in Central European Countries, The World Economy, 21(2): 261-279. 

  • Mathijs, E. and J. Swinnen, 1998, "The Economics of Agricultural Decollectivization in East Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union", Economic Development and Cultural Change, 47(1):1-26.

  • Smale, M., Hartell, J., Heisey, P. and B. Senauer, 1998, The Contribution of Genetic Resources and Diversity to Wheat Production in the Punjab of Pakistan, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 80(3): 482-493. 

  • Swinnen, J. and H. de Gorter, 1998, "Endogenous Market Distortions and the Benefits from Research" American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 80(1):107-115.

  • Swinnen, J. and E. Mathijs, 1998, Landbouwhervormingen en landbouwbeleid in Midden- en Oost-Europa, in: de Hoogh, J. and H.J. Silvis (eds.), EU-landbouwpolitiek van binnen en van buiten, Wageningen:Wageningen Pers.

  • Swinnen, J., 1998, "Agricultural Reform in Central and Eastern Europe" in Eicher, C. and J. Staatz (eds), Agricultural Development in the Third World, Third Edition, Johns Hopkins.

  • Swinnen, J., 1998, Economic Transition and the Distribution of Policy Rents: The Case of the Wheat-Flour-Bread Chain in Bulgaria, European Review of Agricultural Economics, 25(2): 243-258.

1997
  • Bojnec, S. and J. Swinnen, 1997, Agricultural Privatisation and Farm Restructuring in Slovenia, in: Swinnen, J., Buckwell A. and E. Mathijs (eds.), Agricultural Privatisation, Land Reform and Farm Restructuring in Central and Eastern Europe, Aldershot: Ashgate, pp.281-310.


  • Bojnec, S. and J. Swinnen, 1997, Privatization of Slovenian Agriculture: Process and Politics , in: Swinnen, J. (ed.), Political Economy of Agrarian Reform in Central and Eastern Europe, Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 339-362..


  • Bojnec, S. and J. Swinnen, 1997, "Patterns of Agricultural Price Distortions in Central Europe", Food Policy, 22(4):289-306.

  • Cungu, A. and J. Swinnen, 1997, Agricultural Privatisation, Land Reform and Farm Restructuring in Albania, in: Swinnen, J., Buckwell A. and E. Mathijs (eds.), Agricultural Privatisation, Land Reform and Farm Restructuring in Central and Eastern Europe, Aldershot: Ashgate, pp.1-22.


  • Cungu, A. and J. Swinnen, 1997, Agricultural Privatization and Decollectivization in Albania: Process and Politics, in: Swinnen, J. (ed.), Political Economy of Agrarian Reform in Central and Eastern Europe, Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 55-90.


  • Lindemans, I. and J. Swinnen, 1997, Political Economy Aspects of Polish Agrarian Reform , in: Swinnen, J. (ed.), Political Economy of Agrarian Reform in Central and Eastern Europe, Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 269-282.


  • Lindemans, I., 1997, Process and Politics of Agricultural Privatization in the Czech and Slovak Republics, in: Swinnen, J. (ed.), Political Economy of Agrarian Reform in Central and Eastern Europe, Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 159-196.


  • Mathijs, E. and S. Mészáros, 1997, Privatisation and Restructuring of Hungarian Agriculture, in: Swinnen, J., Buckwell, A. and E. Mathijs (eds.), Agricultural Privatisation, Land Reform and Farm Restructuring in Central and Eastern Europe, Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 161-188.


  • Mathijs, E., 1997, An Historical Overview of Central and Eastern European Land Reform, in: Swinnen, J. (ed.), Political Economy of Agrarian Reform in Central and Eastern Europe, Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 33-54.


  • Mathijs, E., 1997, Process and Politics of Agrarian Reform in Hungary, in: Swinnen, J. (ed.), Political Economy of Agrarian Reform in Central and Eastern Europe, Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 237-268.


  • Rabinowicz, E. and J. Swinnen, 1997, Political Economy of Privatization and Decollectivization of Central and East European Agriculture: Efinitions, Issues, and Methodology, in: Swinnen, J. (ed.), Political Economy of Agrarian Reform in Central and Eastern Europe, Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 1-32.


  • Swinnen, J. and E. Mathijs, 1997, Agricultural Privatisation, Land Reform and Farm Restructuring in Central and Eastern Europe: A Comparative Analysis, in: Swinnen, J., Buckwell, A. and E. Mathijs (eds.), Agricultural Privatisation, Land Reform and Farm Restructuring in Central and Eastern Europe, Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 333-373.
  • Swinnen, J. and E. Mathijs, 1997, De Midden- en Oost-Europese landbouw: Een heropleving, Oost-Europa Verkenningen, maart, nr. 147, p. 7-17.

  • Swinnen, J., 1997, On Liquidation Councils, Flying Troikas and Orsov Cooperatives: The Political Economy of Agricultural Reform in Bulgaria, in: Swinnen, J. (ed.), Political Economy of Agrarian Reform in Central and Eastern Europe, Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 129-158.


  • Swinnen, J., 1997, The Choice of Privatization and Decollectivization Policies in Central and Eastern European Agriculture, in: Swinnen, J. (ed.), Political Economy of Agrarian Reform in Central and Eastern Europe, Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 363-398.

  • Swinnen, J., 1997, Does Compensation for Disruptions Stimulate Reforms?  The Case of Agrarian Reform in Central and Eastern Europe, European Review of Agricultural Economics, 24(2): 249-266.

  • Swinnen, J., 1997, "Privatizzazioni e decollettivizzazione nell’agricoltura dell’Europa centro-orientale." La Questione Agraria, 65:75-96.

1996 and before
  • de Gorter H. and J. Swinnen, 1994, "The Economic Polity of Farm Policy", Journal of Agricultural Economics, 45(3): 312-326.

  • de Gorter H. and J. Swinnen, 1995, The Economic Polity of Farm Policy: Reply, Journal of Agricultural Economics, 46(3): 403-414.

  • de Gorter H. and J. Swinnen, 1995, The Political Economy and Institutional Determinants of Public Policy in Agriculture, in: Peters, G.H. and D.D. Hedley (eds.), Agricultural Competitiveness: Market Forces and Policy Choice, Aldershot: Darmouth Publishing Co., pp. 274-286.


  • Kyle, S. and J. Swinnen, 1994, "The Theory of Contested Markets and the Degree of Tradedness of Agricultural Commodities: an Empirical Test in Zaire", Journal of African Economies, 3(1):93-113.

  • Swinnen, J. and H. de Gorter, 1993, "Why Small Groups and Low Income Sectors Obtain Subsidies: The 'Altruistic' Side of a 'Self-Interested' Government", Economics and Politics, 5(3):285-296.

  • Swinnen, J. and F. van der Zee, 1993, "The New Political Economy of Agricultural Policies: A Survey", European Review of Agricultural Economics, 20(3):261-290.

  • Swinnen, J., 1993, "The Development of Agricultural Policies in Eastern Europe: An endogenous policy theory perspective" Food Policy, June, 187-191.

  • Swinnen, J., 1994, "A Positive Theory of Agricultural Protection", American Journal of Agricultural Economics, February, 76(1):1-14.

  • Swinnen, J., 1994, "Political Economy of Bulgarian Agricultural Reform", Chapter 6 in: Schmitz, A., Moulton, K., Buckwell, A., and S. Davidova (Eds.), Privatization of Agriculture in New Market Economies: Lessons from Bulgaria, Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

  • Swinnen, J., 1995, Agricultural Credit Problems during the Transition to a Market Economy in Central and Eastern Europe, in: Agro-Food Sector Policy in OECD Countries and the Russian Federation, Paris: OECD Centre for Co-operation with the Economies in Transition, pp. 50-62. 


  • Swinnen, J., 1996, "Endogenous Price and Trade Policy Developments in Central European Agriculture", European Review of Agricultural Economics, 23(2):133-160.

Books, Special Journal Issues and Dissertations (back to overview)

  • Dries, L. 2003, "Transition, Globalization and Sectoral Restructuring: Theory and Evidence from the Polish Agri-Food Sector", Ph.D. Dissertation Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.

  • Cungu, A. ,2001, "Essays on Aid, Investment, and Economic Growth in Transition Economies", Ph.D. dissertation, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.

  • Rizov, M., 2000, "Human Capital, Transaction Costs and Production Organization of Rural Households in Transition Economies", Ph.D. dissertation. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.

  • Mathijs, E., 1998, "Essays on Land Reform and Farm Restructuring in East Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union", Ph.D. dissertation. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.

  • Swinnen, J., 2003, Political Economy of Agrarian Reform in Central and Eastern Europe , Ashgate Publishing Ltd Alderschot.

  • Hartell, J. and J. Swinnen (eds.), 2000, Agriculture and East-West Integration, Aldershot: Ashgate, 284 p. (ISBN 0 7546 1201 5).

  • Liefert, W. and J. Swinnen, Changes in Agricultural Markets in Transition Economies, USDA-ERS Agricultural Economic Report No. 806, 32p.

  • Minten, B. and M. Zeller (eds.), 2000, Beyond market liberalization: Welfare, income generation and environmental sustainability in rural Madagascar, Aldershot: Ashgate, 259 p. (ISBN 0 7546 1237 6).

  • Mukadi, K. and E. Tollens (eds.), Sécurité Alimentaire au Congo-Kinshasa, L'Harmattan, Paris and Montreal, 478 pp., ISBN 2-7384-9777-2.

  • Segre, A. and J. Swinnen (eds.) , 1999, Special issue of MOCT-MOST Economic Policy in Transition on "Agricultural Transition and European Integration" Winter, 144-156

  • Swinnen, J.(ed.), 1994, Policy and Institutional Reform in Central European Agriculture, London: Avebury Publications, 214p.

  • Swinnen, J.(ed.), 1997, Political Economy of Agrarian Reform in Central and Eastern Europe, London: Ashgate Publ.

  • Swinnen, J., Buckwell A. and E. Mathijs (eds.),1997, Agricultural Privatization, Land Reform and Farm Restructuring in Central and Eastern Europe, London: Ashgate Publ.

  • Swinnen, J. (ed.) 1999 Special conference issue of the European Review of Agricultural Economics (on Transition in Eastern Europe and East-West European Integration and Impliciations of the WTO Millenium Round for European Agriculture), 26(3).

Conference Papers (back to overview)

2003

  • Bojnec, S., Dries, L., and J.F.M. Swinnen, 2003, "Human Capital and Labor Flows Out of the Agricultural Sector: Evidence from Slovenia" Paper presented at the Congress of the International Association of Agricultural Economists, Durban, South-Africa, 16-22 August 2003.

  • Ciaian, P. and J. Swinnen, 2003, "Market Imperfections and Agricultural Impacts in the New EU Member States" Paper presented at the IATRC Conference Agricultural Policy Reform and the WTO: Where Are We Heading? ", Capri, Itali, 23-26 June 2003.

  • Dries, L. and J. Swinnen, 2003, "The Impact of Globalization and the Vertical Integration in Agri-Food Processing on Local Suppliers: Evidence from the Polish Diary Sector", Paper presented at the FAO Scientific Workshop on Globalization, Urbanization and the Food Systems of Developing Countries: Assessing the Impacts of Poverty Food and Nutrition Security, Rome, Italy, 8-10 October 2003.

  • Dries, L. and J. Swinnen, 2003, "Globalization, Agricultural Development and Rural Livelihoods in Transition Countries" Paper presented at the Conference Globalization, Agricultural Development, and Rural Livelihoods, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 11-12 April 2003.

  • Dries, L. T. Reardon and J. Swinnen, 2003, "From Cental Planning to Supermarkets: Implications of the Investments in Retailing on the Agri-food Chain and Rural Employment in Transition Countries", Paper presented at an Invited Symposium at the Congress of the International Association of Agricultural Economists, Durban, South-Africa, 16-22 August 2003,

  • Pokrivcak, J. and J. Swinnen, 2003, "Agenda Setting, Influence, and Voting Rules: The Influence of the European Commission and the Status Quo Bias in the Common Agricultural Policy of the EU", Paper presented at the EAAE Seminar on New Policies and Institutions for European Agriculture, Gent, Belgium, 24-26 September 2003.

  • Swinnen, J., 2003, "Between Transition, WTO and EU Accession: Agriculture and Agricultural Policies in Formerly Centrally Planned Countries", Paper presented at the IATRC Conference Agricultural Policy Reform and the WTO: Where Are We Heading?", Capri, Itali, 23-26 June 2003.

  • Swinnen, J., J. McCluskey and N. Francken, 2003, "Food Safety, the Media, and the Information Market", Plenary paper presented at the Congress of the International Association of Agricultural Economists, Durban, South-Africa, 16-22 August 2003.

  • Swinnen, J. and L. Dries, 2003, "Vertical Contracting and Farm Finance: Lessons from Transition Countries", Paper presented at the OECD Workshop on Rural Finance and Credit Infrastructure in China, Paris, France, 13-14 October 2003.

  • Vranken, L. and J. Swinnen, 2003, "Access to Land Via Rental Markets in Transition: Evidence from Hungary", Poster presented at the Congress of the International Association of Agricultural Economists, Durban, South-Africa, 16-22 August 2003.

  • Vranken, L. and J. Swinnen, 2003, "Emerging Institutions in East European Land Markets: Theory and Evidence from Hungary", Paper presented at the EAAE Seminar on New Policies and Institutions for European Agriculture, Gent, Belgium, 24-26 September 2003.

 

2002

  • Ciaian, P., J.F.M. Swinnen and W. Munch. 2002, "The Impact of the Common Agricultural Policy on income distribution and welfare in Central and Eastern European Countries", Paper presented at the 5th International Workshop on European Economy, 22-23 November 2002, Lisbon, Organised by the Centre of Research on European and International Economics (CEDIN).

  • Cungu, A. and J. Swinnen, 2002, "Investment, Contractual Resolution and the Hold-Up Problem in Transition: Evidence from Hungary", Proceedings of the 10th EAAE Congress, Zaragoza, August 28-31 and Selected Paper, 10th General Conference of European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes, Ljubljana, September 19-21, 2002

  • Dries, L. and J. Swinnen, 2002, "Globalisation, Transition and Restructuring: Evidence from the Polish Dairy Sector", Selected Paper, Annual Meeting American Agricultural Economics Association, Chicago, USA, August 5-8.

  • Germenji, E., A. Sarris and J. Swinnen, 2002, "Remittances of Emigrants from Rural Albania", paper presented at the International Conference: Albanian Migration and Transnationalism, University of Sussex, September 6-7.

  • Mathijs, E. and L. Toma, 2002, An Empirical Study of Romanian Farmers' Environmental Perceptions Using Structural Equation Modelling with Latent Variables, contributed paper, Second World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists, Monterey, California, June 2002.


  • Mathijs, E. and N. Noev, 2002, Commercialization and Subsistence in Transition Agriculture: Empirical Evidence from Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania, paper presented at the 14th Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics, World Bank, Washington DC, April 29-30, 2002.

  • Noev, N. and E. Mathijs, 2002, Commercialization and Subsistence in Transition Agriculture: Empirical Evidence from Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania, contributed paper, 10th Congress of the European Association of Agricultural Economists, Zaragoza, August 28-31, 2002.

  • Noev, N. 2002. Technical Efficiency of Bulgarian Cereal Farms in Transition, contributed paper, Central and Eastern Europe Workshop on Efficiency and Productivity Analysis (CEEWEPA), Bucharest, Romania, June 28-29, 2002, 23 pages. forthcoming

  • Noev, N. 2002. Bulgarian Wine Market: Hedonic Analysis of Wine Quality and Reputation Effects during Transition, paper presented at the VDQS Conference Oenometrics IX, Montpellier, France, May 31-June 1, 2002, 29 pages. forthcoming

  • Noev, N., Kopeva, D. and E. Mathijs, 2002, Subsistence farming in Bulgaria: Between Tradition and the Market", in the pre-proceedings of the 5th IFSA European Symposium on Farming and Rural Systems Research and Extension. Local Identities and Globalisation, April 2002, Florence, Italy, pp.169-178.

  • Núñez Ferrer, J., 2002, "National and EU Policy Mix - Economic Efficiency in the Rural Areas of the CEECs', in T. S. Wandshneider and J. Davies, Proceedings of the Workshop "Rural non-farm employment and development in transition economies", London 6 and 7 March 2002, National Resources Institute and the University of Greenwich.

  • Pokrivcak, J. and J. Swinnen, 2002, "Agenda Setting, Influence of the European Commission and Status Quo Bias in the Common Agricultural Policy of the EU", Contributed paper, 10th Congress of European Association of Agricultural Economists, Zaragoza, Spain, August 28-31, 2002

  • Swinnen, J. and H. Beerlandt, 2002, "Trade and Related Economic Reforms in Transition Countries - What Were the Impacts of Actual Policy Changes on Agricultural Development, Trade and Food Security?", paper presented at the FAO Expert Consultation on Trade and Food Security: Conceptualising the Linkages, Rome, July 11-12

  • Swinnen, J. and N. Francken, 2002, "Food Crises and the Political Economy of the Media", Contributed paper, 10th Congress of European Association of Agricultural Economists, Zaragoza, Spain, August 28-31, 2002

  • Swinnen, J., 2002, "Major Trends and Developments in the Agribusiness and Agricultural Sectors in CEE and NIS" , paper presented at the EBRD Annual General meeting in Bucharest.

  • Toma, L., 2002, Analysis of Environmental Impact of Farming Systems in Romania. Discrete Choice Modelling for Deriving Institutional and Policy Alternatives, paper presented at the CEESA international workshop "Alternative Concept s for Agri-environmental Sustainability", April 2002, Bled, Slovenia.

  • Toma, L., 2002, Farming Systems and Rural Community Welfare from an Environmental Perspective. A Case Study on Agricultural NonP.nt Source Pollution in Romania. Pre-proceedings of the 5th IFSA European Symposium on Farming and Rural Systems Research and Extension. Local Identities and Globalisation, April 2002, Florence, Italy.

  • Vranken, L. and J. Swinnen, 2002, "Individual farmers and land renting in Hungary", Contributed Paper, 10th Congress of European Association of Agricultural Economists, Zaragoza, Spain August 28-31 and Selected Paper, 10th General Conference of European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes, Ljubljana, September 19-21





2001


  • Ciaian, P., Qineti, A. and Enete, A., Estimation of agricultural supply response of Central and East European Countries, Paper presented at the Seminar on East European Transition and EU Enlargement: a Quantitative Approach organised by the Macroeconomic and Financial Data Centre of the University of Gdansk, Gdansk, 15-21 June, 2001.

  • Demont, M. and E. Tollens, Ex-ante Evaluation of the Economic Impact of Agricultural Biotechnology in the European Union: The Case of Transgenic Sugarbeets, American Agricultural Economics Association 2001 Annual Meeting, August 5-8, 2001, Chicago, Illinois, 34 pages.

  • Kopeva, D. and N. Noev,  Subsistence Farming in Bulgaria: Between Tradition and Market Requirements, paper presented at the 76th EAAE Seminar Subsistence Agriculture in Central and Eastern Europe: How to break the Vicious Circle, IAMO, Halle/Saale, Germany, May 6-8, 2001.


  • Kopeva, D. and N. Noev, Efficiency and Competitiveness of New Enterprise Structures, paper presented at the IAMO seminar on Approaching Agricultural Technology and Economic Development of Central and Eastern Europe, Halle/Saale, Germany, July 2-3, 2001.


  • Macours K. and J. Swinnen, 2001, "Agricultural Transition and Productivity Patterns: Synthesis of Experiences of East Asia, the former Soviet Union, and Central and Eastern Europe", in Peters, G.H. and P. Pingali (eds.) Proceedings of the XXIVth International Conference of Agricultural Economists, Oxford University Press, forthcoming


  • Noev N. and J. Swinnen, 2001, "The Transition of the Wine Industry, Policy and Trade in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union" Workshop paper No.8 presented at the CIES International Wine Economics Workshop on "Wine economics: understanding developments in the world's wine markets" Adelaide, Australia October 11-12, 2001, 36 pages.

  • Qineti, A., Ciaian, P., Sojkova, Z., Kabat, L., and Hanova, H., Estimation of the implication of EU enlargement for Slovak farms under perfect competition, Paper presented at the Seminar on East European Transition and EU Enlargement: a Quantitative Approach organised by the Macroeconomic and Financial Data Centre of the University of Gdansk, Gdansk, 15-21 June, 2001. 


  • Rizov, M., E. Mathijs, J. Swinnen, The Role of Human Capital and Market Imperfections in Labor Allocation in Transition Economies: Theory and Evidence from Rural Hungary, Selected Paper, American Agricultural Economics Association 2001 Annual Meeting, August 5-8, 2001, Chicago, Illinois, 33 pages.


  • Swinnen J. and H. Gow, 2001, "Agricultural Finance and Institutional Reforms in Transition Economies" in: Agricultural Finance and Credit Infrastructure in Transition Economies – Focus on South Eastern Europe, OECD Center for Co-operation with Non-Members, Paris: OECD Publications, 195-206


  • Swinnen, J., Dries, L. and E. Mathijs, Constraints on Employment Growth and Development in Rural Areas in Transition Countries; Analysis and Policy Implications, Paper presented at the 73rd EAAE seminar, Ancona, Italy, June 28-30, 2001.


  • Swinnen, J., Dries, L. and K. Macours, Transition and Agricultural Labour, Selected Paper, American Agricultural Economics Association 2001 Annual Meeting, August 5-8, 2001, Chicago, Illinois, 42 pages.


  • Vranken, L. and E. Mathijs, The Allocative Efficiency of Land Rental Markets in Transition Agriculture, Selected Paper, American Agricultural Economics Association 2001 Annual Meeting, August 5-8, 2001, Chicago, Illinois, 25 pages.


2000


  • Bojnec, S., Hartell, J. and J. Swinnen, "An Empirical Analysis of the Political Economy of Agricultural Protection in Central and Eastern Europe", Selected poster, IAAE Congress, Berlin, Germany, August 13-18, 2000.


  • Bojnec, S., Mathijs, E. and L. Vranken, "Age, Entrepreneurship and Commercialisation in Transition Agriculture: Evidence from Hungarian Dairy Farmers", Selected poster, IAAE Congress, Berlin, Germany, August 13-18, 2000.


  • Ciaian, P., Sojkova, Z., Kabat, L. and A. Qineti, 2000, "Impact of EU Enlargement on Slovak Farms", Selected poster, IAAE Congress, Berlin, Germany, August 13-18, .


  • Cungu, A., "The Impact of the Official Development Assistance on Economic Growth in Transition Countries: An Empirical Study", Selected paper, IAAE Congress, Berlin, Germany, August 13-18, 2000.


  • Deininger, K. and B. Minten, "Determinants of deforestation and the economics of protection: an application to Mexico", Selected paper, IAAE Congress, Berlin, Germany, August 13-18, 2000.


  • Demont, M., Jouve, P. , Stessens, J. and E. Tollens, "The Evolution of Farming Systems in Northern Cote d'Ivoire: Boserup versus Malthus and Competition versus Complementarity", Selected paper, 2000 AAEA Annual Meeting, Tampa FL, USA, July 30-August 2.2000.


  • Dries, L., Macours, K. and J. Swinnen, "An Empirical Study of the Causes of Agricultural Labour Adjustments during Transition", Selected poster, IAAE Congress, Berlin, Germany, August 13-18, 2000.


  • Gow, H. and J. Swinnen, 2000, "Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Agriculture and Agro-industry in Transition Economies" in: Csaki, C. and Z. Lerman (eds.), Structural Change in the Farming Sectors in Central and Eastern Europe. World Bank Technical Paper no. 465. Washington DC: World Bank publications.


  • Macours, K. and J. Swinnen, "Agrarian Transition and Productivity Patterns: Synthesis of Experience in Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union and East Asia", Plenary paper, IAAE Congress, Berlin, Germany, August 13-18, 2000.


  • Macours, K. and J. Swinnen, "Impact of Reforms and Initial Conditions on Agricultural Output and Productivity Changes in Central and Eastern Europe, the Former Soviet Union, and East Asia", Principal paper, 2000 AAEA Annual Meeting, Tampa FL, USA, July 30-August 2.


  • Maertens, M., "Activity Portfolios in Rural Ethiopia: Choices and Constraints", Selected paper, 2000 AAEA Annual Meeting, Tampa FL, USA, July 30-August 2.


  • Mathijs, E. and J. Swinnen, 2000, "Efficiency Effects of Land Reforms in East Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union", in Tillack, P. and E. Schultze (eds.) Land Ownership, Land Markets and their Influence on the Efficiency of Agricultural Production in Central and Eastern Europe IAMO Studies on the Agricultural and Food Sector in Central and Eastern Europe, Wisschenschaftsverlag Vauk Kiel, p.32-55.


  • Mathijs, E. and J. Swinnen, 2000, "Major Features of the New Farming Structures in Central and Eastern Europe", in: Csaki, C. and Z. Lerman (eds.), Structural Change in the Farming Sectors in Central and Eastern Europe. World Bank Technical Paper no. 465. Washington DC: World Bank publications.


  • Mathijs, E. and L. Vranken, "Farm Restructuring and Efficiency in Transition: Evidence from Bulgaria and Hungary", Selected paper, 2000 AAEA Annual Meeting, Tampa FL, USA, July 30-August 2.


  • Rizov, M. and J. Swinnen, "Production organization, market imperfections and the role of human capital:  Evidence from Romanian agriculture", Selected paper, 34th CEA Annual Meeting, Vancouver BC, Canada, June 1-4, 2000.


  • Rizov, M., Mathijs, E. and J. Swinnen,  "Post-Communist Agricultural Transformation and The Role of Human Capital: Evidence from Romania", Selected paper, 2000 AAEA Annual Meeting, Tampa FL, USA, July 30-August 2.


  • Swinnen, J. , "Political and Economic Aspects of Land Reform and Privatization in Central and Eastern Europe", Proceedings of UMDS 2000, 22nd Urban and Regional Data Management Symposium, Seminar on Land Markets and Land Consolidation in Central Europe, Delft, the Netherlands, September 11-15, 2000.


1999

  • Banse, M., Gorton, M., Hartell, J., Hughes, G., Köckler, J., Möllmann, T. and W. Münch, The evolution of competitiveness in Hungarian agriculture: From transition to accession, Contributed paper presented at the IXth Congress of the European Association of Agricultural Economists, Warsaw, August 24-28, 1999.


  • Bojnec, S. and G. Peter, Price transmission in Slovene beef and pork markets: cointegration and error correction approach, Contributed paper presented at the IXth Congress of the European Association of Agricultural Economists, Warsaw, August 24-28, 1999.


  • Crommelynck, A., Kola, J. and J. Swinnen, Determinants of agricultural protection in Finland (1931-1990), Contributed paper presented at the IXth Congress of the European Association of Agricultural Economists, Warsaw, August 24-28, 1999.


  • Cungu, A., The impact of official development assistance on economic growth in transition economies: An empirical study, Contributed paper presented at the IXth Congress of the European Association of Agricultural Economists, Warsaw, August 24-28, 1999.


  • Gow, H. and J. Swinnen, 1999, "Foreign Direct Investment and Vertical Contracting in the Agro-Food Sector of Transition Countries", in A. Schmitz (ed.) "Agricultural Globalization, Trade and the Environment", forthcoming.


  • Gow, H. and J. Swinnen, 1999, "How Foreign Direct Investment has Stimulated Growth in the Central and Eastern European Agri-Food Sectors: Vertical Contracting and the Role of Private Enforcement Capital", in Hartmann, M. and J. Wandel (eds.) Food Processing and Distribution in Transition Countries: Problems and Perspectives, IAMO Studies on the Agricultural and Food Sector in Central and Eastern Europe, Wisschenschaftsverlag Vauk Kiel, p.291-313.


  • Gow, H. and J. Swinnen, 1999, "The Impact of FDI in the Downstream Sector on Agricultural Finance, Investment and Production: Evidence from CEECs" in: Agricultural Finance and Credit Infrastructure in Transition Economies, OECD Center for Co-operation with Non-Members, Paris: OECD Publications.


  • Hartell, J. and J. Swinnen, 1999, "Political Economy Aspects of Free Trade Agreements and Agricultural Policy in Central and Eastern Europe" in: Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment in Agri-Food Sectors: Competitiveness and Policy Implications, Warsaw Agricultural University Press, p. 75-99.


  • Macours K. and J. Swinnen, 1999, "A Comparison of Agrarian Reform in Russia, China and Central and Eastern Europe", in: Wehrheim, P. (ed.) Russia’s Food Economy: Towards Truly Functioning Markets, Kluwer Academic Press.


  • Macours K. and J. Swinnen, 1999, "Trade Liberalization and Output Changes During Transition in Central and Eastern European Agriculture" in: Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment in Agri-Food Sectors: Competitiveness and Policy Implications, Warsaw Agricultural University Press, p. 34-74.


  • Macours, K., Causes of output decline in economic transition: The case of Central and Eastern European agriculture, Contributed paper presented at the IXth Congress of the European Association of Agricultural Economists, Warsaw, August 24-28, 1999.


  • Mathijs, E. and J. Swinnen, 1999, "Agricultural Decollectivization in Central and Eastern Europe", in: Peters, G.H. and J. Von Braun (eds.), Food Security, Diversification and Resource Management: Refocusing the Role of Agriculture, Proceedings of the XXIIIrd International Conference of Agricultural Economists, Sacramento, August 10-16, 1997, Ashgate, Aldershot, pp. 413-420.


  • Mathijs, E. and J. Swinnen, 1999, Major Features of the New Farming Structures in the CEECs, Proceedings of the Second EU Accession Workshop in the Rural Sector Structural Change in the Farming Sectors of Central and Eastern Europe: Lessons and Implications for EU Accession, organized by the World Bank in Cooperation with FAO (Debe Center, Warsaw, Poland, June 26-29, 1999).


  • Mathijs, E. and J. Swinnen, Efficiency Effects of Land Reforms in East Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union, Paper presented at the IAMO and FAO/REU seminar Land Ownership, Land Markets and their Influence on the Efficiency of Agricultural Production in Central and Eastern Europe, (Halle/Saale, Germany, May 9-11, 1999). 


  • Pokrivcak, J. and H. de Gorter, The "restaurant table" effect in the EU's CAP, Contributed paper presented at the IXth Congress of the European Association of Agricultural Economists, Warsaw, August 24-28, 1999.


  • Rizov, M., The choice of individual farming in transition economies: Empirical evidence from Romania, Contributed paper presented at the IXth Congress of the European Association of Agricultural Economists, Warsaw, August 24-28, 1999.


  • Swinnen J. and H. Gow, 1999, "The role of trade credit and foreign investment in improving the agricultural finance situation in transition countries", Agricultural Finance and Institutional Reforms in Transition Economies" in: Agricultural Finance and Credit Infrastructure in Transition Economies, OECD Center for Co-operation with Non-Members, Paris: OECD Publications.


  • Swinnen J. and H. Gow, 1999, Agricultural Finance and Institutional Reforms in Transition Economies, in: OECD Center for Co-operation with Non-Members, Agricultural Finance and Credit Infrastructure in Transition Economies, Paris: OECD Publications.


1998
  • Bojnec, S., Münch, W. and J. Swinnen, 1998, "Exchange Rates and the Measurement of Agricultural Price Distortions in CEECs and the Costs of CEEC-EU Accession", in: Brockmeier, M., Francois, J., Hertel, T., and P.M. Schmitz, Economic Transition and the Greening of Policies. Modeling New Challenges for Agriculture and Agribusiness in Europe, Kiel: Wissenschaftsverlag Vauk, p.285-304.

  • Cungu, A. and J. Swinnen, 1998, " The Significance of Politics and Institutions for Privatization and Decollectivization in Albania", in: Frohberg, K. and P. Weingarten (eds.) The Significance of Politics and Institutions for the Design and Formation of Agricultural Policy, Kiel: Vauk Verlag, p.238-250.


  • Cungu, A. and J. Swinnen, 1998, "The Significance of Politics and Institutions for Privatization and Decollectivization in Albania", in: Frohberg, K. and P. Weingarten (eds.) The Significance of Politics and Institutions for the Design and Formation of Agricultural Policy, Kiel: Vauk Verlag, p.238-250.

  • Gow H., Swinnen, J., Lerman, Z. , Meyer, R. and L. Tuck, 1998, Agricultural credit and rural finance in transition economies (central and eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union): Problems and policies, Meeting abstract, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 80(5): 1158-1158.


  • Gow, H. and J. Swinnen, 1998, Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on the Competitiveness of the Central and Eastern European Agri-Food Sector: Theory and Case Evidence, in M. Hartmann (ed.), Food Processing and Distribution in Transition Economies: Problems and Perspectives, IAMO, Halle (Saale), Germany. 


  • Gow, H. and J. Swinnen, Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on the Competitiveness of the Central and Eastern European Agri-Food Sector: Theory and Case Evidence, paper presented at the 59th EAAE/ISHS Seminar Understanding Competitiveness: Economic Theory and its Contribution to a Better Understanding of Competitiveness, Apeldoorn, Netherlands, 22-24 April 1998. 


  • Gow, H.and J. Swinnen, Agribusiness Restructuring, Foreign Direct Investment and Hold-Up Problems in Agricultural Transition, paper presented at Harvard Business School and Journal of Economics and Management Strategy co-sponsored conference on Industrial Organization and Development, Boston, Mass., 5-7 April 1998. 


  • Liefert W., Cochrane, N., Florkowski, W. and J. Swinnen, 1998, Agricultural reform in transition economies: Lessons to be learned, Meeting Abstract, American Journal of Agricultural Economics,  80(5): 1163-1163.


  • Mathijs, E. and J. Swinnen, 1998, "Technical Efficiency and the Competitiveness of Agricultural Enterprises: Results from Eastern Germany and the Czech Republic", in Tillack, P. and F. Pirscher (eds.), Competitiveness of Agricultural Enterprises and Farm Activities in Transition Countries, IAMO Studies on the Agricultural and Food Sector in Central and Eastern Europe, Wisschenschaftsverlag Vauk Kiel, p.86-97.


  • Mathijs, E., Dries, L., Doucha, T. and J. Swinnen, Production Efficiency and Organization of Czech Agriculture, contributed paper to the EAAE seminar Nature, Evolution and Efficiency of Farm Structures in CEECs and FSU, Sofia, Bulgaria, 29-30 May 1998. 


  • Swinnen, J. and E. Mathijs, 1998, "Agricultural Privatization, Land Reform and Farm Restructuring in Central and Eastern Europe", in: Agricultural Policies in the Baltic Countries, Proceedings of the Parnu Seminar (September 1997), OECD Center for Co-operation with Non-Members, Paris: OECD Publications.


  • Swinnen, J. and E. Mathijs, Agricultural Privatization, Land Reform and Farm Restructuring in Central and Eastern Europe, paper presented at the EAAE seminar Nature, Evolution and Efficiency of Farm Structures in CEECs and FSU, Sofia, Bulgaria, 29-30 May 1998. 


  • Swinnen, J., 1998, "Political and Institutional Determinants of Agricultural Policies: A Neo-classical Perspective with Empirical Insights from CEEC Agricultural Reforms", in: Frohberg, K. (ed.) The Significance of Politics and Institutions for the Design and Formation of Agricultural Policy, Kiel: Vauk Verlag, forthcoming.


  • Swinnen, J., 1998, "The Political Economy of Agricultural Transition", in: von Witzke, H. and S. Tangermann, Economic Transition in Central and East Europe, and the Former Soviet Union: Implications for International Trade, Proceedings of a Conference of the International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium (Berlin).


1997


  • de Gorter H. and J. Swinnen, 1997, The impact of economic development on redistributive and public research policies in agriculture, Meeting Abstract, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 79(5): 1706-1706


  • Mathijs, E. and J. Swinnen, 1997, The economics of agricultural decollectivization in central and eastern Europe, Meeting Abstract, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 79(5): 1726-1727.


1996
  • de Gorter H. and  J. Swinnen, 1996, The politics of underinvestment in agricultural research, Meeting Abstract, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 78(5): 1397-1397.


  • Mathijs, E. and J. Swinnen, 1996, "Why land restitution may cause a consolidation of the large-scale farm structure in Central and Eastern Europe", Proceedings of Fifth Conference of the International Society for the Study of European Ideas on 'Memory, History and Critique: European Identity at the Millennium', Utrecht, the Netherlands, 19-24 August 1996, The MIT Press.


  • Swinnen, J., de Gorter, H. and G. Rausser, 1996, "The Choice of Commodity Policies and Research Investment in Agriculture", Proceedings of the Conference on "Global Agricultural Science Policy for the Twenty-first Century", 26-28 August, Melbourne, p. 547-580.


  • Swinnen, J., de Gorter, H. and G.C. Rausser, 1996, The Choice of Commodity Policies and Research Investment in Agriculture, Proceedings of the Conference on "Global Agricultural Science Policy for the Twenty-first Century", 26-28 August, Melbourne, p. 547-580.


1995 and before
  • de Gorter H. and J. Swinnen, 1995, "The Political Economy and Institutional Determinants of Public Policy in Agriculture" in: Peters, G.H. and D.D. Hedley (eds.). Agricultural Competitiveness: Market Forces and Policy Choice. Aldershot: Darmouth Publishing Co., 274-286.


  • Mathijs, E. and J. Swinnen, 1995, "Political Economy of Agrarian Reform in Central Europe and the Baltics", in: proceedings of European Association of Agricultural Economists seminar on "Challenges and Strategies for Re-establishing East-Central European Agricultures", Gödöllö, Hungary, September 6-8, 1995, pp.39-46.


  • Roussinov, K. and J. Swinnen, 1995, "Agricultural Credit Problems during the Transition to a Market Economy: The Case of Bulgaria" in: proceedings of European Association of Agricultural Economists seminar on "Challenges and Strategies for Re-establishing East-Central European Agricultures", Gödöllö, Hungary, September 6-8, 1995, pp.163-170.


  • Roussinov, K. and J. Swinnen, 1995, Agricultural Credit Problems during the Transition to a Market Economy: The Case of Bulgaria, in: proceedings of European Association of Agricultural Economists seminar on "Challenges and Strategies for Re-establishing East-Central European Agricultures", Gödöllö, Hungary, September 6-8, 1995, pp.163-170.


  • Swinnen J., 1995, "Agricultural Credit Problems during the Transition to a Market Economy in Central and Eastern Europe" in: Agro-Food Sector Policy in OECD Countries and the Russian Federation, Paris: OECD Centre for Co-operation with the Economies in Transition, p. 50-62.


  • Swinnen, J., 1992, "Political Economy, Institutions and the E.C.'s Common Agricultural Policy: Discussion", in Becker, T., Gray, W. and A. Schmitz (eds.), Mechanisms to Improve Agricultural Trade Performance Under the GATT, Kiel: VAUK publications.


  • Swinnen, J., 1993, "The Development of Agricultural Policies in Eastern Europe: An Endogenous Policy Theory Perspective", in Fandel, P. (ed.), Eastern European Agriculture: Problems, Goals and Perspective, Nitra University Publications, Slovakia.


  • Swinnen, J., 1994, "The Political Economy of Price and Trade Policy Reform in Central European Agriculture during Transition" in Hartmann, M., Schmitz, P.M. and H. von Witzke (Eds.), Agricultural Trade and Economic Integration in Europe and in North AmE.a, Kiel: Wissenschaftsverlag Vauk Kiel KG.


  • Swinnen, J., Christiaensen, L. and L. Felton-Taylor, 1994, "Agricultural Production Structures and Their Determinants", in: Agricultural Co-Operatives and Emerging Farm Structures in Hungary, OECD Center for Co-operation with the Economies in Transition, Paris: OECD Publications.


Other Meetings (back to overview)
  • Banerjee, A., On the Sensitivity of the Usual t- and F-Tests to AR(1) Misspecification, paper presented at the Department of Economics Seminar Series, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3 March 1998.
     
  • Demont, M. and E. Tollens, "Micro-en macro-economische effecten op korte en lange termijn in de biologische, biotechnologische en chemische gewasbescherming", KVIV Studie- en vervolmakingsdag: Gewasbescherming in de toekomst, Tervuren, 29 maart 2000.

  • Gow, H., Agribusiness Restructuring, Foreign Direct Investment and Hold-Up Problems in Agricultural Transition, paper presented at the Department of Economics Seminar Series, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 9 April 1998. 

  • Gow, H. and J. Swinnen, 2000, "Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Agriculture and Agro-Industry in Transtion Economies", in: Csaki, Csaba and Zvi Lerman (eds.), Structural Change in the Farming Sectors in Central and Eastern Europe: Lessons for EU Accession-Second World Bank/FAO Workshop June 27-29, 1999, World Bank Technical Paper No. 465, pp. 66-.78.

  • Mathijs, E., Production Organization and Efficiency During Transition: The Case of Central European Agriculture, paper presented at the LICOS-Seminar Series, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 28 Februray 1998. 

  • Mathijs, E., Agricultural Decollectivization in Central and Eastern Europe, presentation at the First Workshop for Agricultural Economists, Belgian Association of Agricultural Economists, Gent, Belgium, April 30, 1997.

  • Mathijs, E., Challenges and Opportunities in Eastern Europe, paper presented at for the Agra-Europe/Savills conference Farmland in Europe: Where are theInvestment Opportunities? London, UK, November 27, 1997.

  • Mathijs, E. and J. Swinnen, 2000, "Major Features of the New Farming Structures in the CEECs", in: Csaki, Csaba and Zvi Lerman (eds.), Structural Change in the Farming Sectors in Central and Eastern Europe: Lessons for EU Accession-Second World Bank/FAO Workshop June 27-29, 1999, World Bank Technical Paper No. 465, pp. 22-38.

  • Swinnen, J. and E. Mathijs, Agricultural Privatization, Land Reform and Farm Restructuring in Central and Eastern Europe, Proceedings of the OECD Agricultural Policy Workshop for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, Parnu, Estonia, September 18-20, 1997.