The purpose of this work is to explore the dynamics of migration processes and to analyze constant and labour migration dynamics in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast (JAO) within 1993–2008. It is shown in the paper that from 1993 to 2002 the reason of migration processes dynamics are the...

This paper analyses the effects of the expiration of the volumetric ethanol subsidy and the implementation of the renewable fuels standard (RFS) on the U.S. fuel ethanol industry. Analyses that ignore the dynamic implications of these policies, including their effects on incumbent ethanol...

The use of prior information on supply elasticities to calibrate programming models of agricultural supply has been advocated repeatedly in the recent literature (Heckelei and Britz 2005). Yet, Mérel and Bucaram (2009) have shown that the dual goal of calibrating such models to a reference...

A significant increase in demand for fuel ethanol in California should be expected if all gasoline sold in the state were to be blended with 10% ethanol, as envisaged in the State Alternative Fuels Plan. This paper assesses the potential of California agriculture to supply biofuel feedstock in...

This study examined the effects of China’s grain subsidy program, the largest food self-sufficiency project in the developing countries, on grain-sown areas within a context of liquidity constraints. A large household level panel was used to evaluate how the subsidy affects the cultivation...

On 7 August 2014 Russia introduced restrictions on import of food products from countries of the European Union, the US, Canada, Norway and Australia (hereinafter – retaliatory sanctions) in response to their sanctions against Russia driven by political developments in the Ukraine. This step...

Russian Abstract: В работе проведен анализ современного состояния сельскохозяйственной потребительской кооперации в России, дана оценка конкурентоспособности...

Russian Abstract: Одной из приоритетных целей социально-экономической политики России является развитие ее агропромышленного комплекса. В начале 2010 г. российский...

Russian Abstract: Глобализация мировой экономики не могла не затронуть аграрный сектор России. Для того, чтобы понять, способен ли российский агробизнес ответить на...