Technical efficiency of agriculture in Western Balkan countries undergoing the process of EU integration

Horvat, Aleksandra Marcikić; Matkovski, Bojan; Zekić, Stanislav; Radovanov, Boris

doi:10.17221/224/2019-agricecon

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“…In general, in the countries of the WB, the export performance of the agricultural sector is largely related to the production performance of agriculture, which is strongly determined by agro-ecological conditions for production [ 4 ]. These performances are the consequence of the relative extensiveness of the agricultural sector of these countries, as well as the weakness of the processing industry [ 45 ]. Full membership in the EU, as is the case with Croatia, has a twofold effect on the level of competitiveness.…”

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Export Competitiveness of Agri-Food Sector during the EU Integration Process: Evidence from the Western Balkans

Matkovski

Zekić

Đokić

et al. 2021

Foods

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Trade agreements with the European Union (EU) and Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) significantly influenced the liberalisation of agri-food products in Western Balkan (WB) countries. In all Western Balkan countries, there has been an intensification of the trade of agri-food products and a partial change in the regional and commodity structures of trade. This paper aims to identify comparative advantages of agri-food sectors and consider its tendencies during the EU integration process. Additionally, this paper will discuss some opportunities for improvement of the export positions of agri-food products. In that context and based on the literature review, the indexes of revealed comparative advantages and its modified version will be used as a main method for analysis in this research. Results showed that all Western Balkan countries, except Albania, have comparative advantages in exporting agri-food products. It is evident that Serbia has the highest level of comparative advantages in this sector. Moreover, this paper suggests that all countries should aim to provide the best possible positions for their agri-food products during pre-accession negotiations for EU membership and take the necessary steps towards increasing the level of competitiveness in the common EU market.

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Export Competitiveness of Agri-Food Sector during the EU Integration Process: Evidence from the Western Balkans

Matkovski

Zekić

Đokić

et al. 2021

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“…For example, research by Đokić et al (2022a) shows a significant lag of the SEEC in comparison to “old” members of the EU in terms of the technical efficiency of agriculture, and as one of the main reasons these authors noted the high level of support to the “old” EU member states within the CAP. Marcikić Horvat et al (2020) who also compared the technical efficiency of the EU countries and SEEC concluded that SEEC are noticeably worse than the EU, and as a main reason these authors emphasize labor productivity. Additionally, Djokic et al (2020) investigated determinants of the technical efficiency of agriculture of SEEC and “new” member states of the EU.…”

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Estimation of contribution of production factors to an agricultural output change in emerging and developing Europe

Đokić,

Zekić,

Brcanov

et al. 2023

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Countries of Emerging and Developing Europe (EDE) significantly transformed their agri-food sector in the last decades, and it has specific implications for agricultural tendencies and the economy of these countries. This research focuses on the sources of growth of agricultural production in countries belonging to EDE, as the former communist countries classified by the International Monetary Fund. This group of countries is particularly interesting because there is room for further growth in agricultural production, which can be crucial in times of crisis. This article's main objective is to estimate agriculture's production function and analyze the relationship between agricultural output and used inputs. Based on data for the period 2008 to 2019, results showed that the increase in the use of mineral fertilizers is a key source of production growth among production factors. Due to the economic importance of fertilizer use and its environmental effect, it can be concluded that agricultural policy must be created carefully in these countries to achieve a balance between economic, social, and environmental goals.

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“…Milošević et al (2020) point out that the level of the tax burden is of vital importance for achieving a sustainable agricultural development. On the other hand, agricultural companies in transition countries report growing, but only modest profitability (Vržina and Dimitrijević, 2019), cope with many efficiency problems (Horvat et al, 2020), frequent changes of policy framework (Todorović et al, 2020) and struggle to achieve sustainable growth (Momčilović et al, 2015). In addition, Stanojević (2022) points out at the abundant unused agrarian land and the insufficient application of information technologies in the agricultural sector of Serbia.…”

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What Drives the Long-Run Effective Corporate Tax Rates? Evidence from Agricultural Companies in Serbia

Vržina¹,

Karapavlović²,

Dimitrijević³

2023

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Previous research on the determinants of effective corporate tax rates (ETRs) dominantly studied annual ETRs. On the other hand, in this paper we examined the impact of firm characteristics on long-run ETRs (LRETRs) of agricultural companies in the transition economy of Serbia, where statutory corporate tax rate is set at 15%. Research showed that the LRETR of the average Serbian agricultural company is well below the statutory rate. Regression analysis showed that larger agricultural companies have significantly lower LRETRs, consistent with the political power hypothesis. Capital intensity negatively influences LRETRs, while leverage and profitability do not appear to significantly impact them. Using quantile regression, it is shown that the impact of firm characteristics on LRETR is different on different parts of its distribution. Research results are robust to important changes in the research sample. We have also proposed changes in investment tax incentives rules to ensure fairer corporate tax treatment of larger and smaller agricultural companies. We argue that making investment tax incentives accessible to smaller companies would mitigate the political power hypothesis.

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Technical efficiency of agriculture in Western Balkan countries undergoing the process of EU integration

Cited by 14 publications

References 15 publications

Export Competitiveness of Agri-Food Sector during the EU Integration Process: Evidence from the Western Balkans

Export Competitiveness of Agri-Food Sector during the EU Integration Process: Evidence from the Western Balkans

Estimation of contribution of production factors to an agricultural output change in emerging and developing Europe

What Drives the Long-Run Effective Corporate Tax Rates? Evidence from Agricultural Companies in Serbia

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