East-Central Europe’s new security concern: foreign land ownership

Tesser, Lynn M.

doi:10.1016/j.postcomstud.2004.03.006

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“…This was suggested by previous studies [13,15,113] with a critical view towards the motivation of large-scale investors. The skepticism against land acquisitions may even stem from a nationalistic tendency with prejudice towards foreigners [114,115]. In our study we did not detect fear of foreign investors, but prejudice against investors from former West Germany.…”

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Land Grabbing in Europe? Socio-Cultural Externalities of Large-Scale Land Acquisitions in East Germany

Bunkus

Theesfeld

2018

Land

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Recently, we witnessed an immense increase in international land transactions in the Global South, a phenomenon slowly expanding in northern industrialized countries, too. Even though in Europe agriculture plays a decreasing economic role for rural livelihoods, the increases in land transactions by non-local, non-agricultural investors pervades rural life. Nevertheless, the underlying processes are not yet well understood. Large-scale land acquisitions describe such purchases and leases in a neutral way, while ‘land grabbing’ expresses negative consequences for rural people. We investigate whether and under which conditions the term land grabbing is justified for the phenomenon observed in Europe. We propose six socio-cultural criteria that scholars should consider to come to an initial classification: legal irregularities, non-residence of new owners, centralization in decision-making structures, treating land as an investment object, concentration of decision-power, and limited access to land markets. We supplement our findings with empirical material from East Germany, where such land acquisition processes occur. Our paper contributes to the ongoing discussion about agricultural structural change in Europe, which is intensified by increasing land prices and a new distribution of landownership but likewise strongly intertwined with rural development.

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Land Grabbing in Europe? Socio-Cultural Externalities of Large-Scale Land Acquisitions in East Germany

Bunkus

Theesfeld

2018

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“…Any of these can be a substantial reason to justify foreign land ownership restrictions. 3) Threat to national sovereignty (Vrountas, 1990;Tesser, 2004;Florit & Piedracueva, 2011;Perrone, 2013;Tirres, 2013;Fairbairn, 2015;Qin, 2015). The argument that land alienation to foreigners is a threat to the national sovereignty is highly popular and has dominated the media and political debates and is promoted by national political parties, small and medium farmers, and the overall population (Perrone, 2013).…”

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“…Restrictions on international land ownership can protect traditional village life and ensure that there is adequate supply of affordable housing for the native population (Hodgson et al, 1999). 6) Nationalistic sentiment (Lazarus, 1987;Vrountas, 1990;Hodgson et al, 1999;Tesser, 2004;Wood, 2004;Burger, 2005;Gugushvili, 2016). Land is a special asset, which is related to the territory of the country, it is an asset that affects food supply thus affecting nationalistic sentimental emotions (Vrountas, 1990).…”

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“…This, as can be seen in Africa, has resulted in thousands of hectares of agricultural land lying fallow (Zoomers, 2013). 9) Prevention of land price increase (Lazarus, 1987;Vrountas, 1990;Tesser, 2004;Fairbairn, 2015). Argument against land price increase can be derived from land speculations.…”

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“…to identify the arguments most frequently used by the scientists in terms of imposing restrictions on foreign real property ownership or use rights. Scientific publications were chosen from the internationally recognised scientific citation databases (Elsevier SCOPUS, Thomson Reuters Web of Science, EBSCO) according to the following parameters: -the results were obtained in a determined area (countries and regions) by studying scientific publications, in which the authors share results of their research; the papers were specifically chosen considering the region of research and whether they address the countries characterised by different economic development levels: from East-Central Europe (Tesser, 2004;Wood, 2004;Burger, 2005;Gugushvili, 2016), __________________________________________________________________________ 2017 / 5 64 worldwide investments from Europe (Antonelli et al, 2015), Africa (Cotula & Vermeulen, 2009;Zoomers, 2013;German et al, 2013;Hailu et al, 2015), Central Asia (Daurova & Esenkulova, 2007), Latin America (Florit & Piedracueva, 2011;Borras et al, 2012;Perrone, 2013;Fairbain, 2015), North America (Bell & Savage, 1980;Lazarus, 1987;Price, 1999;Grant, 2008;Tirres, 2013); -scientific publications covered the following research areas:…”

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Arguments Used for Restricting International Real Property Transactions: Case Study of Latvia

Viesturs

Auziņš

Štaube

2017

Baltic Journal of Real Estate Economics and Construction Management

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There is a wide range of factors - political, economic, legal, etc., which either limit or promote international real property transactions. It is considered that real property alienation to foreigners enhances foreign investment and economic development, however, some countries tend to limit such transactions. The current research provides a scientific view to reveal the reasons why certain countries impose different kinds of restrictions on international real property transactions. The objectives of this publication are: 1) to find out and analyse the existing arguments and reasons for limiting international real property transactions; 2) to determine the number and volume of international real property transactions in Latvia; 3) to identify the main argumentation for the current step and significant decline of international real property transactions in Latvia. Empirical analysis based on the review of scientific publications, statistical and comparative analysis of real property transactions are the main methods employed for this research.

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