Agricultural Economics, 2018 (vol. 64), issue 4
Utilisation of the natural potential of rural areas for social inclusionOriginal Paper
Jakub HUSÁK, Helena HUDEČKOVÁ
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2018, 64(4):149-162 | DOI: 10.17221/13/2016-AGRICECON 
The paper presents selected results of the sociological research focused on social inclusive activities that use and are located in the natural environment of rural areas. The paper is based on the contemporary form of the concept of a fully integrated modern society, and deals with the implementation of this concept within the strategy of social inclusion in both the European and Czech context. The authors have created, based on secondary research, a typology of social inclusive activities within Czech rural areas. Primary research, consisting of a questionnaire survey, was used to study the awareness of these issues among the rural population. Based...
Agricultural R&D, spatial spillover and regional economic growth in different R&D sectors of performance: evidence from a spatial panel in regions of the EU-28Original Paper
Shahrzad ANOUSHEH, Kambiz HOJABR-KIANI, Ahmad MOJTAHED, Homayoun RANJBAR
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2018, 64(4):163-169 | DOI: 10.17221/224/2016-AGRICECON
Agricultural R&D has been identified as an important determinant of economic output in the agricultural sector. Surprisingly, in previous studies, spatial spillover associated with R&D spending in the agricultural sector has not been taken into account. This paper investigates the effects of spatial spillover of agricultural R&D on regional economic growth across EU-28 NUTS-II regions in the period 1995-2014. In particular, we extend previous studies by considering spillover in all sectors of agricultural R&D performance including business enterprise, government and higher education. The spatial Durbin panel data model...
The impact of biofuels production development in the European UnionOriginal Paper
Valdemaras MAKUTENAS, Astrida MICEIKIENE, Tatiana SVETLANSKA, Natalia TURCEKOVA, Tadas SAUCIUNAS
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2018, 64(4):170-185 | DOI: 10.17221/285/2016-AGRICECON
The article analyses the effects of the development of biofuel production in the EU (European Union) countries. For this purpose, the authors develop and adapt methodology to determine biofuel production effects considering resource prices, the areas of distribution and employment in the EU. Twenty-seven EU member states are selected for empirical research. Over 98% of production is devoted to first-generation biofuels; therefore, second- and third-generation biofuels are not analysed. The empirical study is carried out by analysing the dynamics of quantitative indicators, and we assess changes in direction by setting the values of qualitative indicators....
Asymmetric price transmission effect of corn on hog: evidence from ChinaOriginal Paper
Gangyi WANG, Runxiang SI, CuiXia LI, GuiTong ZHANG, Nengyue ZHU
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2018, 64(4):186-196 | DOI: 10.17221/227/2016-AGRICECON
In this study, we used monthly corn price and hog price data from January 2000 to June 2015 to conduct an empirical analysis based on a smooth transition regression (STR) model. The analysis confirms and explains the asymmetric transmission mechanism and process of the smooth transformation of corn prices to hog prices and measures the mechanism conversion threshold. Using the smooth transformation mechanism and its threshold as its foundations, this study breaks up continuous smooth transfer price volatility transmission effects into completely linear, not completely linear, and nonlinear mechanism states. Based on these states, the influence of corn...