@article{Bielik:187525,
      recid = {187525},
      author = {Bielik, Peter},
      title = {Agricultural development and government expenditures in  the new EU countries},
      journal = {APSTRACT: Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce},
      address = {2014},
      number = {1033-2016-84118},
      series = {8},
      pages = {16},
      year = {2014},
      abstract = {The main ambition of this paper is to analyse agricultural  developments in selected new EU member states with  particular emphasis
on government expenditures in  agriculture. The main objective is to identify the  relationship between government expenditures development
on  one side, and agrarian sector performance (the value of  production) in selected member states on the other. The  conclusions drawn
from this analysis are that the  agricultural sector has changed its structure and position  within the national economy of selected new EU
member  states significantly in the 20 years since the early 1990s.  Member states included in the analysis reduced both the  size of their
agricultural sector (number of people working  in agriculture, total arable areas, number of animals,  etc.), and the value of agricultural output.
Despite the  significant reduction of the agricultural output, member  states became more efficient – and in particular their  productivity per
farmer increased significantly. Selected  country’s agricultural sector, its structure and production  value development are closely related to
government  expenditures. Significant correlation is apparent between  agricultural government expenditures and the change in the  number
of economically active persons in agriculture,  development of agricultural production, agricultural area,  agricultural GDP and agricultural
capital stock. Regarding  the elasticity of new EU member states’ agricultural sector  in relation to changes in government  expenditures,
significant elasticity is apparent in the  case of the number of economically active persons in  agriculture, agricultural production (especially
livestock  production), area of arable land, agricultural GDP and  capital stock.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/187525},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.187525},
}