@article{Swinnen:15761,
      recid = {15761},
      author = {Swinnen, Johan F.M.},
      title = {Policy Reform and Agricultural Adjustment in Transition  Countries},
      address = {2004},
      number = {1224-2016-98623},
      series = {Symposium Paper},
      pages = {27},
      year = {2004},
      abstract = {After the fall of the Berlin Wall at the end of the 1980s,  dramatic institutional and economic reforms took place in  countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.  Agriculture was dramatically affected by these changes in  policies. There are significant differences among reform  policies in transition. However, most implemented  substantial reforms in price and trade policies;  privatization of property rights of land, farms, and  agri-food businesses; and reforms of the institutions  governing exchange. In this paper, we review key reforms  and adjustments and discuss the causes of the differences  between countries. In most cases changes in output, input  use, and productivity were caused by a combination of  initial conditions and reform policies. These interactions  are particularly important in understanding the changes in  productivity and labor adjustment patterns.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/15761},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.15761},
}