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Critical masses in the decollectivisation of post-Soviet agriculture

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  • Martin Petrick
  • Michael R. Carter

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Decollectivisation in post-Soviet agriculture has generally been slow except for islands of complete individualisation. Our model interlinks two types of critical mass phenomena that can explain these outcomes. First, positive network externalities reshape decollectivisation incentives after a sufficient number of reform pioneers shift to private farming. Second, workers have preferences for behaving in conformity with their social reference group. This allows collective farm managers interested in cementing their own power to manipulate reference groups by limiting workers' horizons. We provide empirical support with a threshold regression based on a unique data set of regional reform outcomes in Moldova. Oxford University Press and Foundation for the European Review of Agricultural Economics 2009; all rights reserved. For permissions, please email journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org, Oxford University Press.

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  • Martin Petrick & Michael R. Carter, 2009. "Critical masses in the decollectivisation of post-Soviet agriculture," European Review of Agricultural Economics, Oxford University Press and the European Agricultural and Applied Economics Publications Foundation, vol. 36(2), pages 231-252, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:erevae:v:36:y:2009:i:2:p:231-252
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    1. Petrick, Martin, 2021. "Post-Soviet agricultural restructuring: A success story after all?," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 63(4), pages 623-647.
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    3. Petrick, Martin, 2010. "Zur Institutionellen Steuerbarkeit Von Produktivem Unternehmertum Im Transformationsprozess Russlands," IAMO Discussion Papers 94721, Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO).
    4. Koester, Ulrich & Petrick, Martin, 2010. "Embedded institutions and the persistence of large farms in Russia [Die Bedeutung eingebetteter Institutionen für den Fortbestand landwirtschaftlicher Großbetriebe in Russland]," IAMO Discussion Papers 131, Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO).
    5. Petrick, Martin & Wandel, Jürgen & Karsten, Katharina, 2011. "Farm restructuring and agricultural recovery in Kazakhstan's grain region: An update," IAMO Discussion Papers 137, Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO).
    6. Hofman, Irna & Visser, Oane, 2021. "Towards a geography of window dressing and benign neglect: The state, donors and elites in Tajikistan’s trajectories of post-Soviet agrarian change," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 111(C).
    7. Petrick, Martin & Götz, Linde, 2019. "Herd growth, farm organisation and subsidies in the dairy sector of Russia and Kazakhstan," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 70(3), pages 789-811.
    8. Petrick, Martin & Wandel, Jürgen & Karsten, Katharina, 2013. "Rediscovering the Virgin Lands: Agricultural Investment and Rural Livelihoods in a Eurasian Frontier Area," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 43(C), pages 164-179.
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    11. Muller, Malte & Rommel, Jens, 2018. "Should I Stay or Should I Go? A Behavioral Approach to Organizational Choice in Tajikistan’s Agriculture," Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 43(3), September.

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