In the last years, a lot of important changes occurred inside the European Union after the entering of 12 new member States. The rate of economic growth of the new member States has been higher the other EU members. In Hungary, particularly, the growth level has reached an intermediate position,...

Over fifteen years have elapsed since the transition from the centrally planned economic system started in the early 1990âs. During this time agricultural and rural areas of Central and Eastern Europe have undergone profound structural changes with wide variations in the degree of...

In this paper we analyze the behavior of relative food prices for a set of 24 European countries observed during the period 1996.1 - 2007.7. Using new methods for analyzing nonstationary panels, we are able to show that relative food prices have a common component which accounts for a large...

The main objective of this paper is to analyse the structural changes in European Agri-food systems in the last 30 years in order to verify the presence of a convergence process towards a more homogeneous structure among EU countries. This analysis considers the relative importance of the main...

In this paper we compare the changes in farm incomes in EU regions and US States between1989 and 2002. The aim of this comparative analysis is highlight the patterns of convergence or divergence and how they differ over time. We use two recent analytical instruments: non-stationary panel...

The Italian Industrial Districts (IDs) are now considered in the national and international literature as one of the main factors of the successful and rapid industrial development of Italy after the Second World War. In this paper we outline the general characteristics of the IDs approach and...

L'analisi dell'industria agroalimentare a livello territoriale disaggregato (provinciale e comunale) mette in evidenza una realtà molto più composita rispetto agli studi condotti in precedenza. Questo lavoro mostra come i processi di localizzazione e specializzazione dei singoli comparti...

L'analisi dell'industria agroalimentare a livello territoriale disaggregato (provinciale e comunale) mette in evidenza una realtà molto più composita rispetto agli studi condotti in precedenza. Questo lavoro mostra come i processi di localizzazione e specializzazione dei singoli comparti...