Johan F.M. SWINNEN
Curriculum Vitae
Family Name :
SWINNEN
First Names :
Johan Frans Maria
Date & place of birth:
September 28, 1962 in Olmen, Belgium
Nationality:
Belgian
Address:
Department of Economics,
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (K.U.Leuven)
Naamsestraat 69, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
e-mail: jo.swinnen@econ.kuleuven.be
Education:
MSc Agricultural Sciences (Landbouwingenieur) 1985, K U Leuven
Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics 1992, Cornell University, USA
Current employment:
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
- Professor of Development Economics
- Director, Center for Economic Studies
- Director, Research Group on Food Policy, Transition & Development
(PRG-Leuven)
Previous employment:
1998-2000
Economic advisor, European Commission, DG-Economic and Financial Affairs
(Advising on EU agricultural policy, trade issues, East European reforms and
EU enlargement, Balkan reconstruction)
1993-1997
Assistant/Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics and Food Policy
1992-1993
Senior Economist, LICOS-Centre for Transition Economics, KULeuven
Other professional activities :
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Chair, Scientific Programme Committee, 1999 Tri-Annual European Association of Agricultural
Economists Congress (Warsaw)
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Member of
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Steering Committee, World Bank Land Policy Project (2000-02)
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OECD Expert Group “Global Forum on Agriculture” (since 1993)
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International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium (since 1995)
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US National Agricultural Biotechnology Council (1989-91)
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Editorial Advisory Board of “Agricultural Economics” (Journal of the International
Association of Agricultural Economists) (since 1999)
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Editorial Advisory Board of the “Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture” (since 1999)
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Editorial Board of special series of books on “Rural Transition” , published by Lexington
Press (Virginia, USA)
Visiting Professor & Invited Lectures : Univ. de Namur (Belgium) Univ. of Siena (Italy),
Wageningen Univ. (Netherlands), Cornell Univ. (USA), Univ. of Nitra (Slovakia),
Mediterranean Agronomic Institute (Chania, Greece),
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Director, coordinator, and partner of several research networks and projects, including
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“Political Economy of Trade and Price Policies in Western European Agriculture: An
Empirical Analysis” (1997-2001; financed by KULeuven Onderzoeksraad -- OT)
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“Efficiency of Organizations in Transition” (1998-2001 – FWO)
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European Research Network on "Causes and Effects of Agricultural Privatization, Land
Reform and Farm Restructuring in CEECs " (1997-1999 -- EU-ACE program)
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European Research Network on "Agriculture and East-West European Integration" (19961998 financed by EU-ACE program)
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“Political Economy of Trade and Price Policy Reform in CEE Agriculture” (1996-1999),
Promotor, Gefinancierd door : EU-ACE program
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“Agricultural Implications of CEEC Accession to the EU” (1996-1999 -- EU-FAIR program)
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“Agriculture and East-West European Integration” (1995-1997 -- EU-ACE program)
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“Political Economy of Land Reform in Central and Eastern Europe" (1995-1996 -- FWO)
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Several EU-ACE financed doctoral fellowships
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PUBLICATIONS
1. Papers in International Scientific Journals
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, 1999, “Albania’s Radical Agrarian Reform”, Economic Development and
Cultural Change, 47(3):605-619.
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, 1998, “The Impact of Economic Development on Redistributive and
Public Research Policies in Agriculture”, Review of Development Economics, 2(1):41-60.
Díaz-Bonilla, E., S. Robinson and J. Swinnen, 2003, “Regional Agreements and the WTO
Negotiations”, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, forthcoming
Dries, Liesbeth and Johan F.M. Swinnen, 2002, "Institutional Reform and Labor Reallocation during
Transition: Evidence from Polish Agriculture", World Development, 30(3): 457-474.
Gow, H. and J. Swinnen, 1998, "Agribusiness Restructuring, Foreign Direct Investment, and Hold-Up
Problems in Agricultural Transition", European Review of Agricultural Economics, 25(4):331350.
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.
Gow, H. and J. Swinnen, 2001, “Private Enforcement Capital and Contract Enforcement in Transition
Countries” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 83(3): 686-690
Hartell, J. and J. Swinnen, 1998, “Trends in Price and Trade Policy Instruments in Central European
Agricultural and Food Markets”, The World Economy, 21(2):261-279.
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):93113.
Macours, K. and J. Swinnen, 2000, “Causes of Output Decline during Transition: The Case of Central
and Eastern European Agriculture”, Journal of Comparative Economics, 28(March):172-206.
Macours, K. and J. Swinnen, 2000, “Impact of Reforms and Initial Conditions on Agricultural Output
and Productivity Changes in Central and Eastern Europe, the Former Soviet Union, and East
Asia”, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 82(5):1149-1155.
Macours, K. and J. Swinnen, 2002, "Patterns of Agrarian Transition" Economic Development and
Cultural Change, 50(2): 365-395.
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):126.
Mathijs, E. and J. Swinnen, 2001, “Production Organization and Efficiency during Transition: An
Empirical Analysis of East German Agriculture”, The Review of Economics and Statistics,
83(1): 100-107.
Pokrivcak, J., de Gorter, H., and J. Swinnen, 2001, “Does a ‘Restaurant Table Effect’ Exist with the
EU’s Common Agricultural Policy? A Note” Journal of Agricultural Economics, 52(3): 28-30.
Rizov, M., Gavrilescu, D., Gow, H., Mathijs, E. and J. Swinnen, 2001, “Transition and Enterprise
Reorganization: Farm Restructuring in Romania” World Development , 29(7): 1257-1274.
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Swinnen, J., 1993, "The Development of Agricultural Policies in Eastern Europe: An endogenous
policy theory perspective" Food Policy, June, 187-191.
Swinnen, J., 1994, "Policy and Institutional Reform in Central European Agriculture", Tijdschrift voor
sociaal-wetenschappelijk onderzoek van de landbouw, 9(2):134-160.
Swinnen, J., 1994, "A Positive Theory of Agricultural Protection", American Journal of Agricultural
Economics, February, 76(1):1-14.
Swinnen, J., 1996, "Endogenous Price and Trade Policy Developments in Central European
Agriculture". European Review of Agricultural Economics, 23(2):133-160.
Swinnen, J., 1997, “Does Compensation for Disruptions Stimulate Reforms ? The Case of Agricultural
Reform in Central Europe.” European Review of Agricultural Economics, 24(2):249-266.
Swinnen, J., 1998, "Economic Transition and the Distribution of Policy Rents: The Case of the WheatFlour-Bread Chain in Bulgaria", European Review of Agricultural Economics, 25 (3): 243-258.
Swinnen, J., 1999, "Political Economy of Land Reform Choices in Central and Eastern Europe", The
Economics of Transition, 7(3):637-664.
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, "Land Reform in Russia: Constraints and policy implications", Economic Systems
26: 159-162
Swinnen, J., 2002, “Political Reforms, Rural Crises, and Land Tenure in Western Europe”, Food
Policy, 27(4): 371-394
Swinnen, J., Banerjee A., and H. de Gorter, 2001, “Economic Development, Institutional Change and
the Political Economy of Agricultural Protection: An Empirical Study of Belgium since the 19 th
Century” Agricultural Economics, 26(1) 25-43
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 H. de Gorter, 1998, “Endogenous Market Distortions and the Benefits from Research”
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 80(1):107-115.
Swinnen, J. and H. de Gorter, 2002, “On Government Credibility, Compensation, and UnderInvestment in Public Research” European Review of Agricultural Economics, 29(4):501-522.
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, 22:111-122
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, 21(1):21-47.
Swinnen, J. and A. Heinegg, 2002, “On the Political Economy of Land Reform in the former Soviet
Union”, Journal of International Development, 14, 1019-1031
Swinnen, J., Jacobs, P.A., Uytterhoeven, J.B., Tollens, E.F., 1988, "An Economic and Simulation
Approach for Renewable Natural Resources. Ethanol Production in the EEC : A Case Study",
Biomass 15, 143-153.
Swinnen, J. and E. Tollens, 1991, "Glucose Based Production of Bulkchemicals: feasibility and
potential outlets", Bioresource Technology, 36, 277-291
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.
2. Articles in Other journals
Dries, Liesbeth, Karen Macours and Johan F.M. Swinnen, 2000, "Employment on Central and Eastern
European Farms", Acta Oeconomica et Informatica, 3, 42-45.
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Dries, Liesbeth and Johan F.M. Swinnen, 2000, "Labour Adjustments in Central and Eastern
European Agriculture", Emergo: Journal of Transforming Economies and Societies, 7(3): 3845.
Gow, H.. and J. Swinnen, 2001, “Foreign Investment and Contract Enforcement in Transition
Countries”, Transition, forthcoming
Macours, K. and J. Swinnen, 1999, “How Gradual was China's Agricultural Reform?”, Transition,
December:17-18.
Mathijs, E., Dries, L., Doucha, T. and J. Swinnen, 1999, “Production Efficiency and Organization of
Czech Agriculture” Bulgarian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 5:312-324.
Segre, A. and J. Swinnen, 1999, "Agricultural Transition and European Integration" MOCT-MOST
Economic Policy in Transition, Winter, 144-156.
Swinnen, J., 1997, “Privatizzazioni e decollettivizzazione nell’agricoltura dell’Europa centro-orientale.”
La Questione Agraria, 65:75-96.
Swinnen, J., 2000, "Pourquoi la réforme foncière des pays de l’Est est inachevée", Revue Foncière, 2:
26-31
Swinnen, J., 2001 "Will Enlargement Cause a Flood of Eastern Food Imports, Bankrupt the EU
Budget, and Create WTO Conflicts ?” EuroChoices, Spring 2001
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, Warsaw,
forthcoming
Swinnen, J. and E. Mathijs, 1999, “Agricultural Privatization, Land Reform and Farm Restructuring in
Central and Eastern Europe” Bulgarian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 5:224-235.
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,
forthcoming
3. Books
Swinnen, J. and J. Hartell (eds.), 2000, Agriculture and East-West European Integration, London:
Ashgate Publ.
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.), 1994, Policy and Institutional Reform in Central European Agriculture, London:
Avebury Publications, 214p.
(all books include several chapters (co-)authored by Swinnen)
4. Special Journal Issues (Editing)
Segre, A. and J. Swinnen, 1999, (eds.) Special issue of Economic Policy in Transition on "Agricultural
Transition and European Integration" forthcoming
Swinnen, J. 1999 (ed.) 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).
5. Book Chapters
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de Gorter, H., J. Pokrivcak and J. Swinnen, 1998, "The ‘Restaurant-table Effect’: Europe and the
Common Agricultural Policy, " in Yildirium, T., Schmitz, A. and W.H. Furtan (eds.), World
Agricultural Trade. Boulder, Co: Westview Press.
De Gorter, H. and J. Swinnen, 2002, “Political Economy of Agricultural Policies”, Chapter 36, The
Handbook of Agricultural Economics, Volume 2, Edited by B. Gardner and G. Rausser,
Elsevier Science: North Holland, Amsterdam, 2073- 2123
Hartell, J. en J. Swinnen, 2000, “European Integration and the Political Economy of Central and East
European Agricultural Price and Trade Policy”, in: Tangermann, S., and M. Banse (eds.),
Central and Eastern European Agriculture in an Expanding European Union. CAB
International.
Gow, H. and J. Swinnen, 2001, "Foreign Direct Investment and Vertical Contracting in the Agro-Food
Sector of Transition Countries", in C. B. Moss, G. C. Rausser, A. Schmitz, T. G. Taylor, and D.
Zilberman (Eds.), Agricultural Globalization, Trade, and the Environment, Kluwer Academic
Publishers.
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)
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., 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., 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., 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.
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., Gow, H. 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. en 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. CAB International.
6. Papers in Conference Proceedings
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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, "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.
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 AgriFood Sectors: Competitiveness and Policy Implications, Warsaw Agricultural University Press,
p. 34-74.
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
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.
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.
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. 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.
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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 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.
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., 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 America, Kiel:
Wissenschaftsverlag Vauk Kiel KG.
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., 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).
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.
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.
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, 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
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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.
7. Other Research Reports
Gow, H. and J. Swinnen, 1997, The Role of Farm Organizations in Transition Countries, Report to
IFAD, Policy Research Group, Department of Agricultural Economics, KULeuven.
Jackson, M. and J. Swinnen, 1994, A Statistical Analysis and Survey of the Current Situation of
Agriculture in Central and Eastern European Countries, Report to EU Commission DG-I,
LICOS, KULeuven.
Swinnen, J., 1997, Lessons from Agricultural Transition, Report to USDA/ERS, Policy Research
Group, Department of Agricultural Economics, KULeuven.
Swinnen, J., 1992, Essays on the Political Economy of Agricultural Policies, Ph.D Dissertation, Cornell
University, Ithaca NY.
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