Der Autor analysiert zunächst die Bestimmungsgründe unternehmerischer Forschungsinvestitionen. Verschiedene markt-, unternehmens- und technologiebedingte Determinanten werden aufgezeigt und ihre Effekte auf die privaten Forschungsinvestitionen diskutiert. Aus den Ergebnissen werden...

This article reviews the outcome of the transformation of a centrally planned into a market economy over the past two decades in the case of agriculture in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region. It focuses on the question of how transition progress in the region's agriculture can be evaluated...

Summary In this paper, models are derived to discuss the basic determinants and patterns of the development of innovations in private industries. Special attention is paid to the impact of market structure and nonperfect appropriability conditions on the incentives to engage in research and...

This article explains the lasting transition crisis of Russian agriculture by applying Hayami & Ruttan's theory of induced innovation. The empirical analysis uses Russian farm data. For various types of farms factor intensities and partial factor productivities are calculated to identify...

This paper analyses regional productivity and technical efficiency development in Russian agriculture. We formulate a regional stochastic frontier model by assuming that producers maximise return to the outlay. We control for regional heterogeneity and endogeneity/simultaneity in input...

This paper provides a comparative static analysis of farm household's production, consumption, and labor market decisions under alternative tax policies. We explore the implications of non-separable household decisions caused by widespread non-participation in labor, land, financial and/or food...