RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Land Improvements under Land Tenure Insecurity: The Case of pH and Phosphate in Finland JF Land Economics JO Land Econ FD University of Wisconsin Press SP 557 OP 569 DO 10.3368/le.81.4.557 VO 81 IS 4 A1 Myyrä, Sami A1 Ketoja, Elise A1 Yli-Halla, Markku A1 Pietola, Kyöisti YR 2005 UL http://le.uwpress.org/content/81/4/557.abstract AB This study analyses whether the land tenure insecurity problem decreases long-term land improvements (liming and phosphorus fertilization) under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and Nordic production conditions in the European Union (EU) countries, such as Finland. Our study suggests that under the traditional cash lease contracts, which are encouraged by the existing land leasing regulations and agricultural subsidy programs, the land tenure insecurity problem on leased land decreases land improvements that have a long pay-back period. In particular, soil pH was found to be significantly lower in the land cultivated under a lease contract compared to land owned by the farmers themselves. (JEL Q15, Q24, Q28)