In this paper we analyse the recent dynamics of agriculture in Southern Italy following a two-fold path: one is in the line of the of productivist modernisation paradigm, aiming to verify to what extent the gap between the Italian Mezzogiorno and the rest of Italy can be ascertained also in the...

The paper analyses the evolution of similarity between EU 15 agri-food exports and those of the new member States (Nms) and Turkey to the EU market. The main goal is to highlight, with the help of similarity indicators that take into account the structural, absolute value and quality differences...

This article analyses the Cap Health Check launched in November 2008, which completes the 2003 Fischler reform and defines the regulatory framework for agricultural policies up to 2013. It considers the key features of the Health Check in terms of their innovative potential and capacity to...

This paper traces the main features of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), and of the transition process in the agricultural sectors of Central and Eastern European countries. We argue that currently the main challenge is to extend the CAP to the new members without upsetting the net...

[fre] L'étroite interdépendance entre les politiques agricoles nationales et les cours des marchés mondiaux, ainsi que les négociations actuelles du GATT amènent les économistes agricoles à faire face à une demande considérable de travaux de recherches. Leur capacité à y répondre est...

In this paper we offer some reflections on the Cap reform process, starting from analysis of the objectives and the solidity of its two financial pillars. In the first part of the paper agricultural expenditure is re-classified on the basis of major Cap intervention typologies, showing how a...

The review of the European Union (EU) budget and the Common Agricultural Policy reform are tightly connected issues influencing each other. We assume that the outcomes will be influenced by their impact on the net balances of Member States (MSs), and use isobudget and isobalance functions to...

In this paper, a formal model for the relationship between innovation and growth in European Union regions is developed drawing upon the theoretical contribution of the systems of innovation approach. The model combines the analytical approach of the regional growth models with the insights of...