In the course of economic development there is a general downward trend of agricultural employment, although structural change in agriculture is often delayed. In the EU-15, agricultural employment decreased by -2.3% p.a. (measured in regular persons) and -3.0% p.a. (measured in annual working...

An MBA course with an international perspective, designed for those who wish to develop their careers in an agri-business environment. Taught at weekends on a part-time basis, by an international team using both the Local and English language. An interactive teaching style with extensive use of...

"The estimation in which different qualities of labour arc held comes soon to be adjusted in the market with sufficient precision for all practical purposes, and depends much on the comparative skill of the labourer and intensity of the labour performed, The scale, when once formed, is liable to...

CAP reform affects employment in the agricultural sector as well as in other sectors of the regional economy through changes in regional and sectoral competitiveness and resulting re-allocation of fixed resources. However, analysis of the relationship between CAP reform and total regional...

This article introduces discourse analysis as a theoretical concept and an empirical methodology that may enable the endogenization of path creation and path breaking changes in conventional models of political path dependencies. Economic criteria such as rents created by a policy do not always...

We used Ricardian framework with heterogeneous land quality to analyse how policies used to support farm incomes, reduce negative agri-environmental externalities and enhance the provision of positive externalities influence land allocation decisions and land prices. Four agri-environmental...

This paper is based on an ongoing joint work with David Sahn and Xiaobo Zhang.

The paper explores the characteristics of spatial price dynamics for fresh vegetables. The analysis is carried out on selected EU prices for tomatoes and cauliflowers collected on some of the main production and consumption markets. It is based on the estimation of an time-varying threshold...

This paper stresses that innovation in Hungary leaves something to be desired, and a perpetual lack ofinnovation also applies to the agro-food sector which, of course, consequently weakens the nation’s generalcompetitiveness.The 2007-2013 period and the subsequent resources provided by the EU...