What Drives the Global Land Rush? /

This paper studies the determinants of foreign land acquisition for large-scale agriculture. To do so, gravity models are estimated using data on bilateral investment relationships, together with newly constructed indicators of agro-ecological suitability in areas with low population density as well...

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Autor principal: Selod, Harris
Altres autors: Arezki, Rabah, Deininger, Klaus
Format: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicat: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2011.
Col·lecció:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2011/251
Accés en línia:Full text available on IMF
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