Agricultural Economics, 2002 (vol. 48), issue 10
Economic results of agricultural companies in production and marginal areas in the year 2000
F. Střeleček, P. Kollar, J. Lososová
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2002, 48(10):433-443 | DOI: 10.17221/5349-AGRICECON 
The article was written on the base of research results concerning economic development of several selected Czech agricultural companies. In dependence on the altitude, the sample was divided into two sub-samples: companies of production areas and companies of marginal areas. Various economic indicators were monitored in these two sub-samples, the most important one being the economic result before tax. Other monitored indicators are closely related to this one - e.g. the required profit ratio, structure of the economic result, tax impact on the economic result. Other monitored indicators were: the structure of the revenue, productivity of labour,...
Impact of agricultural sector on the economic situation of NUTS III regions in the Czech Republic
L. Lacina, B. Minařík
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2002, 48(10):444-448 | DOI: 10.17221/5350-AGRICECON
In all developed economies of the world there was, in the past, a significant decrease in the share of agriculture with regard to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and employment. However, it is still possible to find considerable differences between individual countries as well as between regions. The income of agricultural workers is traditionally lower, which subsequently leads to an outflow of population from the country into cities, and to further deterioration of the demographic and economic situation of the rural population. As adequate production of food and food self-sufficiency have been among the strategic priorities of national governments,...
The changes of the agribusiness impact on the competitive environment of agricultural enterprises
V. Bečvářová
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2002, 48(10):449-455 | DOI: 10.17221/5351-AGRICECON
The market extension generally affects growth performance positively by allowing an expansion of markets, by increasing outside competition as well as by more rapid diffusion of new products, processes and research output between national economies. The positive effects of considerable market on productivity are indubitable. However, two other weighty phenomena of the process are necessary to investigate, effects of regulatory policy and market power exhibits. Agriculture as a sector belongs to those, where the support policies exist for a long time. Nevertheless, the last decades have witnessed considerable changes in this sector among most of developed...
Analysis of methodological approaches to evaluation of complementary and substitution relationships in consumer demand for food
P. Syrovátka, L. Grega
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2002, 48(10):456-462 | DOI: 10.17221/5352-AGRICECON
The article is focused on analysis of methodological approaches usable for the analysis of complementary and substitution relationships in consumer demand for food. Demand on food markets is mostly analysed using coefficients of cross elasticities. These coefficients reflect character and intensity of demand relationships of analysed foodstuffs. Besides this traditional approach, another methodological possibility is presented in the paper. This approach is based on correlation and paired regression analysis. Paired indices of determination and correlation, respectively paired regression parameters, may be also used to solve substitution and complementary...
Gravity-type model of Czech agricultural export
M. Ševela
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2002, 48(10):463-466 | DOI: 10.17221/5353-AGRICECON
The article concentrates on the application of gravity-type model to explain the volume of agro-exports from the Czech Republic. The multiplicative exponential function of the appropriate explanatory variables is used to describe the bilateral trade flows. Gross national product, gross national product per capita and geographical distance between the capitals of economies proved statistically significant. From regression analysis of the transformed data, there is apparent the positive correlation between the export volume of the commodity group 0 - Food and live animals SITC, rev.3 and gross national income. On the contrary, the negative correlation...
The significance of commodity exchanges for trade in agricultural products in the Czech Republic, and prospects of their future development
O. Rejnuš
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2002, 48(10):467-472 | DOI: 10.17221/5354-AGRICECON
The paper deals with the functioning of commodity exchanges in the Czech Republic, and is particularly concerned with exchanges trading in agricultural production commodities. The introductory part of the paper is oriented towards the theory and general structure of commodity exchanges; the other parts subsequently deal (in more detail) with the most problematic areas of their operation in the Czech Republic up to the present time. Within this part of the paper, the method of analytical evaluation is used for examining, above all, the existing legal regulation, the structure and function of these exchanges. Subsequently, using the method of comparative...
Analysis of the yield milk effect on the economics of milk production
P. Kopeček
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2002, 48(10):473-479 | DOI: 10.17221/5355-AGRICECON
Relations between the level of milk yield and the economic results of dairy cows breeding were analysed on the base of operational and economic data received from 135 agricultural enterprises. The analysis was aiming at the optimization of milk production expressed by means of the cost function. By evaluating the above-mentioned relations, there was recorded a tendency of the faster growth of milk yield compared to the costs for market milk for one feeding day of a dairy cow. On the base of the expense function, there was expressed the maximum profit for a litre of market milk, the maximum profit for a dairy cow per year and the interval of profitability...