On the verge of EU accession, Poland’s agricultural sector is characterised by anumber of distinct structural weaknesses, which are a major reason for the unsatisfactoryincome situation of rural households. Among these weaknesses are thatfarm productivity is substantially below EU standards,...

Der Transformationsprozess Russlands von einer zentralstaatlich geplanten Volkswirtschafthin zu einer Marktwirtschaft nach westlichem Vorbild liefert eine aufschlussreiche Fallstudieüber die von William Baumol (1990) vertretene These der institutionellen Steuerbarkeit vonproduktivem...

The objective of this paper is to empirically detect credit rationing of Polish farms. Based on cross-sectional survey data and motivated by a microeconomic farm household model, this effort is pursued by a methodology consisting of three interrelated steps. These steps include the analysis of...