Commodities play a central yet often underappreciated role in shaping macroeconomic fluctuations across both advanced economies (AEs) and emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs), with the latter exhibiting greater volatility. This paper examines how the domestic interconnectedness of...

This paper investigates the persistence of territorial disparities in agricultural income across Italian macro-regions, with a particular focus on the role of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Drawing on the Italian Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) dataset, this study develops and...

Alongside the devolution of decision-making powers to Member States, the latest reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) introduced CAP Strategic Plans to enhance the design and implementation of increasingly complex policy objectives and to reinforce the use of evidence-based policymaking...

This research presents a comprehensive analysis and comparison of the startup ecosystems in Latvia, Ukraine, and Georgia. It identifies the key factors that foster their development and growth, and highlights the primary obstacles and challenges that confront startups in these countries. The...