For a considerable time, long-only index funds have been suspected of being responsible for price increases on agricultural futures markets, particularly those for grain. Utilizing partial equilibrium concepts, we analyze the market impacts of long-only index funds. Our analysis reveals that...

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...

Der Beitrag bietet einen Überblick über die wirtschaftliche Situation des Agrarsektors in der Republik Moldova. Neben den naturräumlichen Bedingungen, der Produktionsstruktur und dem Außenhandel mit landwirtschaftlichen Erzeugnissen werden die historische Entwicklung der Agrarproduktion und...

Utilizing a price transmission approach, we focus on price relationships between the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and how price changes on the world agricultural market are transmitted to the domestic CIS markets. In this study, we establish a unique price data set...

Enterprise flexibility, against the background of ever-faster changing environs, is deemed to be as a critical prerequisite for staying successful in business. Flexibility may be termed in an economic sense as the capability to adjust production schemes to a new situation without significant...

Flexibilität von Unternehmen wird vor dem Hintergrund einer sich immer schneller wandelnden Umwelt als eine wichtige Voraussetzung für ein erfolgreiches Bestehen am Markt betrachtet. Flexibilität kann im ökonomischen Sinne als Fähigkeit Produktionspläne ohne erhebliche Zusatzkosten an eine...

In this paper, we consider how Russian Agriculture has developed since the constitution of the Russian Federation. The analysis is based on Oblast level data of 75 territorial units during the period from 1993 to 1998 and is focusing on technical efficiency (TE), technological change, and (both...

Risk plays an important role in agricultural decision-making, particularly in those regions that are remarkably exposed to natural hazards and underdeveloped input and output markets. This is especially true for crop production in CIS countries where many farms have to deal with low liquidity...