In their Europe Agreements with the EU, the Central and Eastern European countries stated their intention of joining the Union. To ease the process of accession these countries must adjust their economies already prior to becoming an EU-member. Agriculture requires special attention, because it...

This paper analyzes why the Association Agreements between the Central and Eastern European countries, referred to as Central European Associates (CEAs), and the European Union (EU) have failed with respect to agriculture. In the first part of the paper the development and importance of...

Der Zerfall der Planwirtschaft in der Tschechischen Republik 1989 brachte grundlegende Veränderungen für die tschechische Zuckerindustrie mit sich. Durch eine erfolgreiche Restrukturierung sollte die Konkurrenzfähigkeit der Unternehmen in der Marktwirtschaft erreicht werden. Die...

The aim of this paper is to present an analysis of farm-level data collected in a survey of 464 Polish farms in 2000. Performance indicators of farms in three Polish voivodships are compared with farm accountancy data from two German Länder. The results show that Polish farms were much less...