The paper is of descriptive character and is based on literature review. It reviews the concept of homo economicus and homo politicus in the history of economic thought and tries to discover their characteristics in homo agricola. As demonstrated, one component of homo agricola can be of...

The paper attempts to contribute to the discussion of the agricultural support distribution in the framework of Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union. Author used European Commission statistics of direct payments to explore the distribution patterns across farm holdings in EU Member...

This article offers an overview of farmers’ evaluation of governmental institutions in Poland serving agriculture (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Agency for Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture and Agricultural Market Agency) as well as points out to possible changes...

This paper addresses the question of distribution of support from the EU budget and the national budget to agricultural holders in Mazovia region in comparison with Poland as a whole. In the first main section, the characteristics of the agricultural sector in the region, using main sectoral...

The paper is of descriptive character and is based on literature review. It reviews the concept of homo economicus and homo politicus in the history of economic thought and tries to discover their characteristics in homo agricola. As demonstrated, one component of homo agricola can be of...

The paper seeks to quantify the effects of macro development and fiscal indicators on the agricultural producer support in the OECD countries during the period 1986-2009. The study is complementary to the body of microeconomic research that highlights the importance of support to agriculture...

Employing correlation analysis, we investigate whether rural development in the EU countries is associated with their institutional quality represented by “good” governance indicators of the World Bank (voice and accountability, political stability, government effectiveness, regulatory...

This paper looks at migration of Polish citizens in the context of intra-EU labour mobility. Since the 2004 EU enlargement Poland has become the main migrant-sending country in the region. Polish labour migration concentrates in the United Kingdom and Ireland which opened their labour markets...

In years 2007-2008, prices of food and agricultural products surged dramatically all round the world. The time series analysis of monthly global prices from 1990 through April 2010 shows that prices for several commodity groups in 2007-2008 outpaced long-run price increases, suggesting many...

The paper seeks to quantify the effects of macro development and fiscal indicators on the agriculturalproducer support in the OECD countries during the period 1986-2009. The study is complementaryto the body of microeconomic research that highlights the importance of support toagriculture...