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The Department of Environmental Economics and Management

The Robert H. Smith Faculty
of Agriculture, Food and Environment
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Herzl 229, Rehovot 7610001
Fax: 08-9466267

Department Head:
Dr. Ohad Raveh, Tel: 08-9489373

Head of the teaching program:
Dr. Ohad Raveh, Tel: 08-9489373

Secretary: 
Miri Arazi, Tel: 08-9489230

Chapters in Books

 

C. Csaki and Z. Lerman, "Land Reform and the Future Role of Cooperatives in Agriculture in the Former Socialist Countries in Europe," in: C. Csaki and Y. Kislev, eds., Agricultural Cooperatives in Transition, Westview Press, Boulder, CO (1993), pp. 3-19.

K. Brooks and Z. Lerman, "Restructuring of Socialized Farms and New Land Relations in Russia," in: D. Umali-Deininger and C. Maguire, eds., Agriculture in Liberalizing Economies: Changing Roles for Governments, The World Bank, Washington, D.C. (1995), pp. 145-172.

Z. Lerman, "Changing Land Relations and Farming Structures in Formerly Socialist Countries," in: G. Wunderlich, ed., Agricultural Landownership in Transitional Economies, University Press of America, Lanham, MD (1995), pp. 54-81.

Z. Lerman, "Agriculture in Transition: Land Reform in Former Socialist Countries," in: Yair Mundlak, ed., Contemporary Economic Issues, vol. 2, Gender, Poverty and Food, Macmillan, London (1998), pp. 193-209.

Z. Lerman, "Experience with land reform and farm restructuring in the Former Soviet Union," in: J. Swinnen, A. Buckwell, and E. Mathijs eds., Agricultural Privatisation, Land Reform and Farm Restructuring in Central and Eastern Europe, Chapter 9, Ashgate, Aldershot, UK (1997), pp. 311-332.

Z. Lerman and K. Brooks, "Land Reform in Turkmenistan," in: Wegren, S. (Ed.), Land Reform in the Former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe , Routledge, London-New York (1998), pp. 162-185.

Z. Lerman, "Land Reform in Uzbekistan," in: Wegren, S. (Ed.), Land Reform in the Former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, Routledge, London-New York (1998), pp. 136-161.

C. Csaki and Z. Lerman, "Land Reform and Farm Restructuring in Hungary in the 1990s," in: Wegren, S. (Ed.), Land Reform in the Former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, Routledge, London-New York (1998), pp. 224-261.

Z. Lerman, "From Commonality to Divergence: How ECE and CIS Agricultures are Drifting Apart," in: P. Tillack and E Schulze, eds., Land Ownership, Land Markets and Their Influence on the Efficiency of Agricultural Production in Central and Eastern Europe, IAMO Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe, Halle and Vauk, Kiel (2000), pp. 56-69.

Z. Lerman, "Status of Land Reform and Farm Restructuring in CEE: A Regional Overview," in: C. Csaki and Z. Lerman, eds., Structural Change in the Farming Sectors of Central and Eastern Europe, The World Bank, Washington, D.C. (2000), pp. 3-21. C. Csaki and Z. Lerman, "Farm Debt in the CIS: Multi-Country Study of Major Causes and Proposed Solutions," Agricultural Finance and Credit Infrastructure in Transition Economies: Focus on the South East Europe Region, OECD, Paris (2001), pp. 87-104.

Z. Lerman, "The Impact of Land Reform on the Rural Population in Russia," in: D. OBrien and S. Wegren, eds., Adaptation and Change in Rural Russia , Woodrow Wilson Press and Johns Hopkins University Press, Washington, DC (2002).

Z. Lerman, "A Decade of Transition in Europe and Central Asia: Design and Impact of Land Reform," in: Max Spoor, ed., Transition, Institutions, and the Rural Sector, Lexington Books, Lanham, MD (2003), pp. 5-25.

Z. Lerman, “Institutions and Technologies for Subsistence Agriculture: How to Increase Commercialization,” in: S. Abele and K. Frohberg, eds., Subsistence Agriculture in Central and Eastern Europe: How to Break the Vicious Circle?, Studies on the Agricultural and Food Sector in Central and Eastern Europe, Vol. 22, IAMO, Halle (2003).

Z. Lerman, "Successful Land Individualization in Trans-Caucasia: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia," in: D. Macey, W. Pyle, and S. Wegren, eds., Building Market Institutions in Post-Communist Agriculture: Land, Credit, and Assistance, Lexington Books, Lanham, MD (2004), pp. 53-75.

Z. Lerman and N. Shagaida, "Land Reform and Development of Agricultural Land Markets in Russia," in: S. Brosig and H. Hockmann, eds., How Effective is the Invisible Hand? Agricultural and Food Markets in Central and Eastern Europe, Studies on the Agricultural and Food Sector in Central and Eastern Europe, Vol. 31, IAMO - Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe, Halle (2005), pp. 269-302.

Z. Lerman and I. Stanchin, "Agrarian Reform in Turkmenistan," in: S. Babu and S. Djalalov, eds., Policy Reforms and Agriculture Development in Central Asia, Springer, New York(2006), pp. 221-236.

Z. Lerman and D. Cimpoies, "Duality of Farm Structure in Transition Agriculture: The Case of Moldova," in: J. Curtiss, A. Balmann, K. Dautzenberg, and K. Happe, Agriculture in the Face of Changing Markets, Institutions and Policies, Studies on the Agricultural and Food Sector in Central and Eastern Europe, Vol. 33, IAMO Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Easter Europe, Halle (2006), pp. 105-119.

Z. Lerman, Perspectives on Future Research in Central and Eastern European Transition Agriculture. in: V. Beckmann and K. Hagedorn, eds., Understanding Agricultural Transition: Institutional Change and Economic Performance in a Comparative Perspective, Institutional Change in Agriculture and Natural Resources, Vol. 26, Shaker Verlag, Aachen (2007), pp. 473-489.

N. Shagaida and Z. Lerman, “Land Reform and Development of Land Markets,” in: Z. Lerman, ed., Russia’s Agriculture in Transition: Factor Markets and Constraints on Growth, Lexington Books, Lanham, MD (2008), pp. 137-184.

M. Grazhdaninova and Z. Lerman, “Allocative Efficiency of Corporate Farms: Evidence from the 2003 BASIS Survey,” in: Z. Lerman, ed., Russia’s Agriculture in Transition: Factor Markets and Constraints on Growth, Lexington Books, Lanham, MD (2008), pp. 327-334.

G. Brock, M. Grazhdaninova, Z. Lerman, and V. Uzun, “Technical Efficiency in Russian Agriculture,” in: Z. Lerman, ed., Russia’s Agriculture in Transition: Factor Markets and Constraints on Growth, Lexington Books, Lanham, MD (2008), pp. 335-372.

D. Cimpoies and Z. Lerman, “Land Policy and Farm Efficiency: The Lessons of Moldova,” in: C. Csaki and C. Forgacs, Agricultural Economics and Transition: What We Expected, What We Observed, The Lessons Learned, Studies on the Agricultural and Food Sector in Central and Eastern Europe, Vol. 44, IAMO – Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe, Halle (2008).

D. Zvyagintsev, O. Shick, E. Serova, and Z. Lerman, “Diversification of Rural Incomes and Non-Farm Rural Employment: Evidence from Russia,” in: C. Csaki and C. Forgacs, Agricultural Economics and Transition: What We Expected, What We Observed, The Lessons Learned, Studies on the Agricultural and Food Sector in Central and Eastern Europe, Vol. 44, IAMO – Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Easter Europe, Halle (2008), pp. 133-143.

Z. Lerman, “Agricultural Recovery in CIS: Lessons of 15 Years of Land Reform and Farm Restructuring,” in: C. Csaki and C. Forgacs, Agricultural Economics and Transition: What We Expected, What We Observed, The Lessons Learned, Studies on the Agricultural and Food Sector in Central and Eastern Europe, Vol. 44, IAMO – Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe, Halle (2008), pp. 205-222.

Z. Lerman, “The Impact of Land Reform on Rural Household Incomes in Transcaucasia and Central Asia,” Chapter 9 in A. Kimhi and I. Finkelshtain, eds., The Economics of Natural and Human Resources in Agriculture, Nova Publishers, Hauppauge, NY (2009).

I. Stanchin and Z. Lerman, “Water in Turkmenistan,” in: M. Arsel and M. Spoor, eds., Water, Environmental Security and Sustainable Development: Conflict and Cooperation in Central Eurasia, Routledge, London (2010), pp. 250-266.

Z. Lerman, “Agricultural Recovery and Individual Land Tenure: Evidence from Central Asia,” in: I. Ferto, C. Forgacs, and A. Jambor, eds., Changing Landscape of European Agriculture: Essays in Honour of Professor Csaba Csaki, Agroinform, Budapest (2010), pp. 95-113.

Z. Lerman, “Rural Livelihoods in Tajikistan: What Factors and Policies Influence the Income and Well-Being of Rural Families,” in: V. Squire, ed., Rangeland Stewardship in Central Asia: Balancing Improved Livelihoods, Biodiversity Conservation and Land Protection, Springer, Dordrecht (2012), pp. 165-187.

Z. Lerman and D. Sedik, “Russian Agriculture in Transition,” in: M. Alexeev and Sh. Weber, eds., The Oxford Handbook of the Russian Economy, Oxford University Press, New York (2013), pp. 514-543. [Russian translation in EkonomikaRossii. Oksfordskii sbornik, Ch. 22, pp. 888-932, Gaidar Institute, Moscow (2015).]

D. Sedik and Z. Lerman, “Agricultural Cooperative Development in Kazakhstan and Ukraine,” in: A. Schmitz and W. H. Meyers, eds., Transition to Agricultural Market Economies: The Future of Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine, CABI International, Boston (2015), pp. 81-91.

Z. Lerman, “Tajikistan’s Vulnerability to Climate Change: An Agricultural Policy Approach,” in: A. Kimhi and Z. Lerman, eds., Agricultural Transition in Post-Soviet Europe and Central Asia after 25 Years, Studies on the Agricultural and Food Sector in Transition Economies, Vol. 79, IAMO – Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe, Halle, Germany (2015), pp. 155-168.

D. Sedik, Z. Lerman, and V. Uzun, “Russian WTO Accession: Implications for Agricultural Support Measures,” in: A. Kimhi and Z. Lerman, eds., Agricultural Transition in Post-Soviet Europe and Central Asia after 25 Years, Studies on the Agricultural and Food Sector in Transition Economies, Vol. 79, IAMO – Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe, Halle, Germany (2015), pp. 211-240.