ABSTRACT
Institutional economics describes institutional change in a way that often suggests a sort of intellectual polarization. The differentiation between endogenous and exogenous determinants of institutional change has been adopted in the evolutionary theory of constitutions, which takes into account the evolutionary character of constitutional order, as well as the fact that it is shaped by politics. In East Germany, no one could expect any understanding for the proposal that only those already possessing property would benefit from of a highly subsidized program, while landless farmers would come away empty-handed. The Bohl Paper proposed selling the land to the tenants who operate the farm so that they could become landowners. The Land Acquisition Program is arranged first according to the interests of the active agricultural businesses already holding a lease agreement. If a leased farm is to be sold in the Netherlands, the lessee holds the right of preemption as long as he/she is willing to pay market prices.
