Privatization of «Far Eastern Hectares»: Why (Not) Develop?

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	Regionalistica 2021 Volume 8 number 3 pages 32-48

Title of the article	Privatization of «Far Eastern Hectares»: Why (Not) Develop?
Pages	32-48
Author	Feoktistova Kseniia Igorevna senior lecture Far Eastern Federal University 10, Ajax Bay, Russky Island, Vladivostok, Russia, 690922 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ORCID: 0000-0003-2470-0020
Abstract	The article presents the results of the study of the current land privatization under the program «Far Eastern Hectare». An attempt was made based on the provisions of the neoinstitutional economic theory, to explain the insignificant actual amount of private investment with a large number of applications for free land. To identify the features of the ownership of land at the Russian Far East, changing under the influence of the program being analyzed, a selective survey of participants, expert interviews and analysis of cases were carried out. The results obtained are part of the study of the School of Economics and Management of the Far Eastern Federal University dedicated to the natural experiment of privatization flowing in the FEFD since 2016.
Code	332.2
DOI	10.14530/reg.2021.3.32
Keywords	property institution ♦ title ♦ privatization ♦ motivation ♦ Far East ♦ «Far Eastern Hectare»
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For citation	Feoktistova K.I. Privatization of «Far Eastern Hectares»: Why (Not) Develop? Regionalistica [Regionalistics]. 2021. Vol. 8. No. 3. Pp. 32–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.14530/reg.2021.3.32 (In Russian)
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Financing	The article was prepared with the support of the RFBR grant No. 20-310-90025 «Regularity of Behavior and Effects of Privatization: The Experiment of the «Far Eastern Hectare» Program».
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