The purpose of the study is to analyse the issues of economic, social and institutional factors in the growth of agri-food sector and the development of rural areas in Europe. The authors of chapters included in this volume try to answer the questions concerning above-mentioned phenomenon on the...

We consider the impact of the 2004 EU-enlargement on enterprise performance and the exporting behavior of German service enterprises in Germany's eastern border region. Our results from regression adjusted difference-in-differences-estimators combined with matching and panel data from official...