Professor Imre Ferto
Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences: Budapest
Professor, Economics
Hungary
My co-authors include
Dr Zsófia Benedek
Štefan Bojnec
Bernhard Brümmer
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My Publications
Multiplier effects of local food
Sustainability
April 2020
The purchase of local food is often argued to stimulate local economies through multiplier effects : e.g the value of new outputs and the additional employment and income generated. We synthesize ...
Analysis of the relationship between farm size and the growth of farms.
Post-Communist Economies
February 2020
The farm size growth is one of the key research issues to undersrant the evolution farming structures and farm restructuring, and it has implications for rural factor markets and farm competitiven...
The role of technological differences in farm efficiency.
Sustainability
February 2020
Analyses of farm efficiency can deliver significant insight into the competitiveness of farms and their potential to increase productivity and improve resource use. Policymakers are particularly in...
The wellbeing paradox in Hungarian local sustainable agriculture: a health psychology a...
BMC Public Health
December 2022
Location of microbreweries
Regional Studies
November 2022
Gravity models with TiVA data: do they bring new results?
Applied Economics Letters
November 2022
What drives family farm size growth in Hungary?
Heliyon
November 2022
Regional trade agreements, globalization, and global maize exports
Agricultural Economics (Zemědělská ekonomika)
October 2022
Do Subsidies Decrease the Farm Income Inequality in Hungary?
Agris on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics
June 2022
How long does a medal win last? Survival analysis of the duration of Olympic success
Applied Economics
April 2022
Growing couch potatoes? The impact of COVID-19 in the light of personal values in Hungary
Agricultural and Food Economics
March 2022
The socioeconomic impacts of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
Land Use Policy
March 2022
The pieces of the smallholder puzzle: The add‐in role of farmers' characteristics in ir...
Irrigation and Drainage
February 2022
Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of waste management with circular eco...
Environmental Quality Management
January 2022
Impact of subsidies on farm employment
Land Use Policy
January 2022
Survival strategies of producers involved in short food supply chains following the out...
Sociologia Ruralis
January 2022
Spatial Transformation in the Pig Sector
Sustainability
October 2021
Technological Heterogeneity in Pig Farming
Agriculture
October 2021
Szomszédsági hatások a világ kukorica piacán 1996 és 2015 között
Acta Agraria Kaposváriensis
July 2021
Hozzájárul-e a helyi élelmiszer vásárlás a helyi gazdaság fejlődéséhez? Egy szisztemati...
Tér és Társadalom
May 2021
Farm diversification as a potential success factor for small-scale farmers during Covid
PLoS ONE
May 2021
The role of network in European dairy exports
Journal of Agricultural Economics
April 2021
Human capital may help the farm growth
New Medit
April 2021
The agri-food exports of Central and Eastern European countries
EuroChoices
April 2021
Dairy farms investment behaviour
Baltic Journal of Economics
January 2021
Productivity growth in Global Agriculture
Agris on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics
December 2020
The Impact of the outbreak of Covid-19 on Small-scale Producers
EuroChoices
December 2020
Farmers' engagement in irrigation management
Irrigation and Drainage
November 2020
The impact of climate change on agriculture
Agriculture
September 2020
The influence of the members of the Agricultural Committee of the European Parliament
European Review of Agricultural Economics
July 2020
Does economic growth influence forestry trends?
Ecological Indicators
May 2020
THe effects of subsidies on the components total factor productivity
Journal of Agricultural Economics
April 2020
Farm household income inequality in Slovenia
Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research
February 2020
Testing the validity of Gibrat’s law for Slovenian farms: cross-sectional dependence an...
Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja
January 2020
Evaluating the Effect of Farmers’ Participation in Irrigation Management on Farm Produc...
Water
November 2019
Spatial clusters in the pork sector.
European Planning Studies
November 2019
Measuring foreing direct investment
Applied Economics Letters
September 2019
Agricultural soft budget constraint
Journal of Institutional Economics
August 2019
Spatial price transmission and trade
Agris on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics
June 2019
The impacts of Rural Development Programs in Hungary
Sustainability
April 2019
The impact of subsidies on farm income in Hungary and Slocenia
Agricultural Economics (Zemědělská ekonomika)
March 2019
The performance of EU agri-food exports.
Ekonomika poljoprivrede
January 2019
Global agri-food trade gross and value added exports
Agris on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics
December 2018
Farm income risk in Slovenia
New Medit
September 2018
Impacts of climate on technical efficiency in the Hungarian arable sector
Studies in Agricultural Economics
April 2018
Drivers of the duration of comparative advantage in the European Union’s agri-food exports
Agricultural Economics (Zemědělská ekonomika)
February 2018
Impact of European Union development subsidies on Hungarian regions
European Planning Studies
February 2018
Economic Crisis And the Fragility of World Wine Export
Agris on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics
December 2017
The Emergence and Survival of Microbreweries in Hungary
December 2017
THE ROLE OF FOOD CRISIS AND TRADE COSTS IN THE HUNGARIAN MAIZE EXPORTS
Zagadnienia Ekonomiki Rolnej / Problems of Agricultural Economics
December 2017
Are farms in less favored areas less efficient?
Agricultural Economics
December 2017
Globalization and Outward Foreign Direct Investment
Emerging Markets Finance and Trade
November 2017
Off to market: but which one? Understanding the participation of small-scale farmers in...
Agriculture and Human Values
October 2017
Intra-European Union trade of dairy products: insights from network analysis
Studies in Agricultural Economics
August 2017
Network analysis of the EU dairy trade
Studies in Agricultural Economics
August 2017
The duration of global agri-food export competitiveness
British Food Journal
June 2017
Short communication: East-West European farm investment behaviour - The role of financi...
Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research
April 2017
Demand for Farm Insurance Under Financial Constraints
Eastern European Economics
April 2017
Válság- és agglomerációs hatások a magyarországi sertéstartásban
Közgazdasági Szemle
February 2017
Innovation in the Hungarian food economy
Agricultural Economics (Zemědělská ekonomika)
January 2017
EFFECTS OF AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES ON INCOME RISK IN LITHUANIAN DAIRY FARMS
Management Theory and Studies for Rural Business and Infrastructure Development
December 2016
Quality Upgrades of EU Agri-Food Exports
Journal of Agricultural Economics
December 2016
Structural Transformation in Central and Eastern European Countries' Agriculture: Conve...
Advances in Economics and Business
October 2016
Intra-industry trade in the wine sector in the enlarged European Union
Review of Agricultural Food and Environmental Studies
July 2016
Export competitiveness of the European Union in fruit and vegetable products in the glo...
Agricultural Economics (Zemědělská ekonomika)
July 2016
Borderless ideas – open innovation in the Hungarian food chain
British Food Journal
June 2016
Empirical tests of sale theories: Hungarian milk prices
Agricultural Economics (Zemědělská ekonomika)
June 2016
Productivity and Convergence in European Agriculture
Journal of Agricultural Economics
April 2016
Hungary
April 2016
Intra-industry Trade in the Beer Industry within the Enlarged European Union
January 2016
Spatial changes of the pig population in Hungary
Statisztikai Szemle
January 2016
The Structural Transformation in Central and Eastern European Agriculture
Japanese Journal of Comparative Economics
January 2016
Horizontal intra-industry trade in agri-food products in the enlarged European Union
Studies in Agricultural Economics
August 2015
Are new EU member states catching up with older ones on global agri-food markets?
Post-Communist Economies
April 2015
Az európai uniós támogatások hatása a kistérségek helyzetére
Tér és Társadalom
March 2015
Heterogeneous technology, scale of land use and technical efficiency: The case of Hunga...
Land Use Policy
January 2015
Drivers of vertical intra-industry trade: the case of the Hungarian agri-food sector
Agricultural Economics
December 2014
Agri-Food Export Competitiveness in European Union Countries
JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies
October 2014
Socio-Economic Status and the Structural Change of Dietary Intake in Hungary
Acta Universitatis Sapientiae Economics and Business
October 2014
Export competitiveness of dairy products on global markets: The case of the European Un...
Journal of Dairy Science
October 2014
Quality of institutions and the BRIC countries agro-food exports
China Agricultural Economic Review
August 2014
Spatial Product Market Integration between Two Small, Open Neighbouring Economies
Agribusiness
August 2014
Agri-food exports from European Union Member States using constant market share analysis
Studies in Agricultural Economics
August 2014
Determinants of technical efficiency in agriculture in new EU member states from Centra...
Acta Oeconomica
June 2014
Forestry industry trade by degree of wood processing in the enlarged European Union cou...
Forest Policy and Economics
March 2014
Technical Efficiency and Determinants of Mobility Patterns in European Agriculture
Outlook on Agriculture
March 2014
Farm size and growth in field crop and dairy farms in France, Hungary and Slovenia
Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research
December 2013
Does Market Structure Influence Price Transmission in the Agro-food Sector? A Meta-anal...
Journal of Agricultural Economics
October 2013
Farm income sources, farm size and farm technical efficiency in Slovenia
Post-Communist Economies
September 2013
Contractual relationships in the Hungarian milk sector
British Food Journal
February 2013
Identification of Market Power in the Hungarian Dairy Industry: A Plant-Level Analysis
Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization
January 2013
Environmental Pressures and Technical Efficiency of Pig Farms in Hungary
Managerial and Decision Economics
January 2013
Broadband availability and economic growth
Industrial Management & Data Systems
September 2012
Price transmission in the milk sectors of Poland and Hungary
Post-Communist Economies
September 2012
Benefits of a marketing cooperative in transition agriculture: Mórakert purchasing and ...
Society and Economy
September 2012
Does EU Enlargement Increase Agro-Food Export Duration?
World Economy
March 2012
Complementarities of trade advantage and trade competitiveness measures
Applied Economics
February 2012
Controversial issues in factors determining intra-industry trade
International Journal of Economics and Business Research
January 2012
Wheat market integration between Hungary and Germany
Applied Economics Letters
September 2011
Is there a consensus among Hungarian agricultural economists?
Post-Communist Economies
September 2011
Information and communication infrastructure development and agro-food trade
Agricultural Economics (Zemědělská ekonomika)
February 2011
Innovation and output in OECD countries: implications upon emerging economies
International Journal of Innovation and Learning
January 2011
A közép-kelet-európai országok agrár-külkereskedelmi integrációja az Európai Unióba: mi...
Competitio
December 2010
Marginal intra‐industry trade and adjustment costs in the first phase of transition
Journal of Economic Studies
September 2010
The impact of EU accession on farms' technical efficiency in Hungary
Post-Communist Economies
June 2010
Internet and international food industry trade
Industrial Management & Data Systems
May 2010
Southeastern European Agrofood Trade Specialization
Eastern European Economics
May 2010
Internet and international food industry trade
Industrial Management & Data Systems
January 2010
Estimating Oligopsony Power in the Hungarian Market for Slaughter Hogs
Eastern European Economics
January 2010
Treating trade statistics inaccuracies: the case of intra-industry trade
Applied Economics Letters
December 2009
How can producers access the modern agri-food chain? A Central and Eastern European per...
CABI Reviews
December 2009
Marketing Margins and Price Transmission in a Transition Country - The Case of the Hung...
EuroChoices
December 2009
The growth of family farms in Hungary
Agricultural Economics
November 2009
Agro-food trade competitiveness of Central European and Balkan countries
Food Policy
October 2009
Labour Market Adjustment and Intra-Industry Trade: The Effects of Association on the Hu...
Journal of Agricultural Economics
September 2009
Investment and financial constraints in Hungarian agriculture
Economics Letters
September 2009
Determinants of agro-food trade competition of Central European countries with the Euro...
China Economic Review
June 2009
Marketing and Pricing Dynamics in the Presence of Structural Breaks: The Hungarian Pork...
Journal of International Food & Agribusiness Marketing
April 2009
Duration of trade of former communist countries in the EU market
Post-Communist Economies
March 2009
Organic farms in Hungary
Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce
January 2009
The institutional determinants of bilateral Agricultural and food trade
Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce
January 2009
European Enlargement and Agro-Food Trade
Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d agroeconomie
December 2008
A magyar agrárexport kereskedelmi előnyei és versenyképessége az EU piacán
Competitio
December 2008
Mórakert CO-OP: A successful case of linking small farmers to markets of horticultural ...
Society and Economy
June 2008
Trade Specialization in the European Union and in Postcommunist European Countries
Eastern European Economics
May 2008
Dynamics of intra-industry trade and adjustment costs. The case of Hungarian food industry
Applied Economics Letters
April 2008
Price competition vs. quality competition: The role of one-way trade
Acta Oeconomica
March 2008
The evolution of agri-food trade patterns in Central European countries
Post-Communist Economies
March 2008
Agro-food trade sustainability in Central and Eastern Europe
International Journal of Sustainable Economy
January 2008
Intra-Industry Trade Between the Old EU and the NMS Before Enlargement
January 2008
Institutional Reforms and Evolution of Industry, Trade, Technology in the EU’s New Bord...
January 2008
The Catching-Up Process of European Enlargement: Hungarian and Slovenian Agricultural, ...
Eastern European Economics
September 2007
Intra-industry trade in horizontally and vertically differentiated agri-food products b...
Acta Oeconomica
June 2007
Trade advantages and integration of Croatian, Hungarian and Slovenian agro-food trade w...
Periodica Polytechnica Social and Management Sciences
January 2007
Marketing margins and price transmission on the Hungarian beef market
Food Economics - Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section C
October 2006
A mezőgazdasági föld közgazdasági értékelése
TÁ rsadalom É s GazdasÁ g
June 2006
Az agrárpolitika hatása a föld árára
Competitio
June 2006
Megnyilvánuló komparatív előnyök a magyar mezőgazdaságban: kaotikus vagy koherens szerk...
Competitio
November 2005
Vertically Differentiated Trade and Differences in Factor Endowment: The Case of Agri-F...
Journal of Agricultural Economics
March 2005
Marketing margins and price transmission on the Hungarian pork meat market
Agribusiness
March 2005
The Dynamics of Hungarian Agri-Food Trade Patterns in the EU
Acta Oeconomica
November 2003
A magyar agrárkereskedelem dinamikája a világpiacon
Competitio
September 2003
Revealed Comparative Advantage and Competitiveness in Hungarian Agri–Food Sectors
World Economy
February 2003
Intra-Industry Trade in Horizontally and Vertically Differentiated Agri-food Products B...
SSRN Electronic Journal
January 2002
Intra-Industry Trade in Agri-Food Products between Hungary and the EU
SSRN Electronic Journal
January 2001
A mezőgazdaság átalakulása Közép-Európában és az európai integráció
Tér és Társadalom
December 1996
A siker titka: A magánerős modernizáció (Soltvadkert)
Tér és Társadalom
March 1990
