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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Main Authors: Arezki, R, Deininger, K, Selod, H
Format: Working paper
Published: University of Oxford 2011