Reproducibility package for Testing For Market Power In Agricultural Land Markets: Evidence From Ukraine
Reference ID
RR_UKR_2025_472
Author(s)
Daniel Ayalew Ali, Klaus Deininger
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Apr 14, 2026
Last modified
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Overview
Abstract
This paper uses administrative data for all agricultural land transactions in Ukraine from 2021 to 2024 to assess presence of market power. Tenant fixed effect regressions show that the same tenant paid 4% or 7.5% ($3.66 or $6.86 per ha and year) less rent for land in VCs where it already leased 10-33% or more than 33% of available land and, in the latter, entered a lease term 3.3% (5 months) longer than in VCs where it controlled below 10% of land. Such monopsonistic behavior is unaffected by conflict and, albeit less pronounced, also exists in sale markets. As secular farm size growth will increase opportunities for exercising market power, the methodology used here could help better understand determinants of land market competitiveness and offer opportunities to rationalize a panoply of policies that, while ostensibly aiming to curb market power, may achieve this objective only imperfectly.
Reproducibility Package
Scripts
File name
RR_UKR_2025_472
Zip package
RR_UKR_2025_472.zip
Title
Reproducibility package for Testing For Market Power In Agricultural Land Markets: Evidence From Ukraine
Date
2026-04
Dependencies
Stata dependencies are listed in the ado folder.
Instructions
See README in reproducibility package.
Notes
Computational reproducibility verified by Development Impact (DECDI) Analytics team, World Bank.
Source code repository
| Repository name | URI |
|---|---|
| Reproducible Research Repository (World Bank) | https://reproducibility.worldbank.org |
Software
Name
Stata
Version
19.5 MP
Reproducibility
Technology environment
Paper exhibits were reproduced on a computer with the following specifications:
• OS: Windows 11 Enterprise
• Processor: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6226R CPU @ 2.90GHz
• Memory available: 32.0 GB
Technology requirements
Runtime: 12 hours.
Reproduction instructions
The replication package starts from intermediate datasets that are restricted and therefore not included in the package. These datasets were created manually in ArcGIS Pro and QGIS; information on the data construction process is available in the README. Researchers seeking access to these data for replication purposes may contact Daniel Ali (dali@worldbank.org) and Klaus Deininger (kdeininger@worldbank.org).
Once access to all intermediate data sources has been granted, a new user can reproduce the findings by following these steps:
- Adjust the file paths in the
DataManipulation/Code/master.dodo-file and run the code. - Adjust the file paths in the
Analysis/Code/master.dodo-file and run the code.
Data
Datasets
Name
Cadastral parcels
Note
Source: Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.
Access date: September 2024 and April 2025.
File location: "DataManipulation\RawData\Cadaster".
Researchers seeking access to the data for the purpose of replicability may contact Daniel Ali (dali@worldbank.org) and Klaus Deininger (kdeininger@worldbank.org).
Access policy
Data access was granted directly to the study authors by the data owners/managers. It was obtained with a custom data license that does not allow for redistribution and is not included in the reproducibility package.
Citation
Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. (2025). List of cadastral parcels [dataset]. Restricted administrative data obtained directly by the study authors. Accessed in September 2024 and April 2025.
Name
Conflict indicators
Note
Source: Ali, Daniel Ayalew; Deininger, Klaus W. (2025).
Access date: April 2020 to October 2023 and February to April 2025.
File location: "DataManipulation\RawData\Conflict_Damage" and "DataManipulation\RawData\Conflict_Public".
Access policy
Data is publicly available and included in the reproducibility package.
License
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
License URL
https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/int/public-licenses?fragment=cc
Data URL
https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/int/search/dataset/0066913/Remotely-sensed-and-administrative-data-to-assess-war-induced-damage-to-agricultural-cultivation-in-Ukraine
Citation
Ali, Daniel Ayalew; Deininger, Klaus W. (2025). Remotely sensed and administrative data to assess war-induced damage to agricultural cultivation in Ukraine [dataset]. World Bank Development Data Hub. Available at: https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/int/search/dataset/0066913/. Accessed in April 2020 to October 2023 and February to April 2025.
Name
Agricultural land sales and lease transactions
Note
Source: Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.
Access date: September 2025.
File location: "DataManipulation\RawData\DZK_Trans".
Researchers seeking access to the data for the purpose of replicability may contact Daniel Ali (dali@worldbank.org) and Klaus Deininger (kdeininger@worldbank.org).
Access policy
Data access was granted directly to the study authors by the data owners/managers. It was obtained with a custom data license that does not allow for redistribution and is not included in the reproducibility package.
Citation
Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. (2025). Agricultural land sales and lease transactions [dataset]. Restricted administrative data obtained directly by the study authors. Accessed in September 2025.
Name
List of farms (individual and legal entities) from State Agrarian Registry
Note
Source: Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.
Access date: November 2024.
File location: "DataManipulation\RawData\SAR_RRP".
Researchers seeking access to the data for the purpose of replicability may contact Daniel Ali (dali@worldbank.org) and Klaus Deininger (kdeininger@worldbank.org).
Access policy
Data access was granted directly to the study authors by the data owners/managers. It was obtained with a custom data license that does not allow for redistribution and is not included in the reproducibility package.
Citation
Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. (2024). List of farms (individual and legal entities) from State Agrarian Registry [dataset]. Restricted administrative data obtained directly by the study authors. Accessed in November 2024.
Name
Registry of rights
Note
Source: Ministry of Justice of Ukraine.
Access date: March 2025.
File location: "DataManipulation\RawData\NAIS".
Researchers seeking access to the data for the purpose of replicability may contact Daniel Ali (dali@worldbank.org) and Klaus Deininger (kdeininger@worldbank.org).
Access policy
Data access was granted directly to the study authors by the data owners/managers. It was obtained with a custom data license that does not allow for redistribution and is not included in the reproducibility package.
Citation
Ministry of Justice of Ukraine. (2025). Registry of rights [dataset]. Restricted administrative data obtained directly by the study authors. Accessed in March 2025.
Name
Sinergise field boundaries
Note
Source: Area Monitoring by Sinergise.
Access date: March 2024.
File location: "DataManipulation\RawData\Sinergise".
Access policy
Data access requires purchase or human approval and is not included in the reproducibility package.
Data URL
https://area-monitoring.sinergise.com/docs/markers/field-delineation/#data-download
Citation
Sinergise. n.d. Field delineation – Area Monitoring Service documentation [dataset]. Available at: https://area-monitoring.sinergise.com/docs/markers/field-delineation/#data-download. Accessed in March 2024.
Name
Ukraine Crop Maps
Note
Source: National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” (Department of Mathematical Modeling and Data Analysis); Institute of Space Research of NAS of Ukraine and SSA of Ukraine (Department of Space Information Technologies and Systems); German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval); World Bank Group (IBRD–IDA); Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.
Access date: April and September 2024.
File location: "DataManipulation\RawData\CropCover".
Access policy
Data is publicly available but does not allow redistribution and is not included in the reproducibility package.
Data URL
https://ukraine-cropmaps.com
Citation
Ukraine Crop Maps. n.d. Satellite-based crop classification maps for Ukraine [data platform]. Available at: https://ukraine-cropmaps.com. Accessed in April and September 2024.
Name
Village shapefiles and boundaries
Note
Source: The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Ukraine.
Access date: April 2024.
File location: "RawData\CropCover\ADMIN_3.shp" and "RawData\Village\ADMIN_3.shp".
Access policy
Data is publicly available and included in the reproducibility package.
License
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO
License URL
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/legalcode
Data URL
https://github.com/justinelliotmeyers/official_ukraine_administrative_boundary_shapefile/tree/master
Citation
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Ukraine. n.d. Ukraine administrative boundary shapefile (ADMIN_3) [dataset]. Distributed via GitHub by Justin Elliot Meyers. Available at: https://github.com/justinelliotmeyers/official_ukraine_administrative_boundary_shapefile. Accessed in April 2024.
Name
Distance to frontline
Note
Source: Author's calculation.
File location: "DataManipulation\RawData\DistanceFL".
Researchers seeking access to the data for the purpose of replicability may contact Daniel Ali (dali@worldbank.org) and Klaus Deininger (kdeininger@worldbank.org).
Access policy
There is no documented way to access the data, and it is not included in the reproducibility package.
Citation
Author's calculation. Distance to frontline [derived dataset]. Not included in the reproducibility package.
Name
OpenStreetMap (OSM) data
Note
Source: OpenStreetMap; Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).
Access date: September 2022 and March 2024.
File location: "DataManipulation\RawData\OSM".
Access policy
Data is publicly available but not included in the reproducibility package due to file size constraints.
License
Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL) v1.0
License URL
https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/
Data URL
https://export.hotosm.org/v3/
Citation
OpenStreetMap contributors; Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). n.d. OpenStreetMap data extracts generated via HOT Export Tool (v3) [dataset]. Available at: https://export.hotosm.org/v3/. Accessed in September 2022 and March 2024.
Name
Soil quality data
Note
Source: Poggio et al. (2021) and International Soil Reference and Information Centre (ISRIC).
Access date: October 2024.
File location: "DataManipulation\RawData\Soil".
Access policy
Data is publicly available but not included in the reproducibility package due to file size constraints.
License
Custom license
License URL
https://isric.euwest01.umbraco.io/media/pa1hrgzs/isric_data_policy_2023mar27doi_v2024-1.pdf#disclaimer
Data URL
https://files.isric.org/soilgrids/latest/data/
Citation
Poggio, L., de Sousa, L. M., Batjes, N. H., Heuvelink, G. B. M., Kempen, B., Ribeiro, E., and Rossiter, D. (2021). SoilGrids 2.0: producing soil information for the globe with quantified spatial uncertainty. SOIL, 7, 217–240. Data available at: https://files.isric.org/soilgrids/latest/data/. Accessed in October 2024.
Name
Monthly exchange rate of the hryvnia to the US dollar
Note
Source: Authors' calculation based on data from the National Bank of Ukraine.
Access date: January 2025.
File location: "DataManipulation\RawData\ExchangeRate_NBU".
Access policy
Data is publicly available and included in the reproducibility package.
Data URL
https://bank.gov.ua/en/markets/exchangerates
Citation
Authors' calculation. (2025). Monthly exchange rate of the hryvnia to the US dollar [dataset], based on official exchange rates of the hryvnia against foreign currencies from the National Bank of Ukraine. Available at: https://bank.gov.ua/en/markets/exchangerates. Accessed in January 2025.
Name
Ukraine - Subnational Administrative Boundaries
Note
Source: The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Ukraine.
Access date: June 16, 2022.
File location: "DataManipulation\RawData\OTG".
Access policy
Data is publicly available but not included in the reproducibility package due to file size constraints.
License
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
License URL
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en
Data URL
https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-ukr
Citation
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). (2022). Ukraine – Subnational Administrative Boundaries (COD-AB) [dataset]. Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX). Available at: https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-ukr. Accessed on June 16, 2022.
Data statement
Some data is restricted and has not been included in the reproducibility package. For more details, refer to the README file.
Description
Output
Type
Working Paper
Title
Testing For Market Power In Agricultural Land Markets: Evidence From Ukraine
Description
Policy Research Working Papers (PRWP)
Authors
| Author | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel Ayalew Ali | World Bank | dali1@worldbank.org |
| Klaus Deininger | World Bank | kdeininger@worldbank.org |
Date of production
2026-04-07
Scope and coverage
Geographic locations
| Location | Code |
|---|---|
| Ukraine | UKR |
Disclaimer
Disclaimer
The materials in the reproducibility packages are distributed as they were prepared by the staff of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this event do not necessarily reflect the views of the World Bank, the Executive Directors of the World Bank, or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the materials included in the reproducibility package.
Access and rights
License
| Name | URI |
|---|---|
| Modified BSD3 | https://opensource.org/license/bsd-3-clause/ |
Contacts
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel Ayalew Ali | World Bank | dali1@worldbank.org |
| Reproducibility WBG | World Bank | reproducibility@worldbank.org |
Information on metadata
Producers
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reproducibility WBG | DECDI | World Bank - Development Impact Department | Verification and preparation of metadata |
Date of Production
2026-04-07
Document version
1