Centre for Economic and Regional Studies Hungarian Academy of Sciences Centre of Excellence

KTI Szeminárium

11/03/2016

Tommaso Agasisti  /Politecnico di Milano/
How does knowledge spur economic growth?
The contribution of universities and the importance of geographical space

 

In this paper, we test whether there is a link between the performance of universities and the economic growth where they operate. We specify  a  growth  model  where  the ratio at which universities are able to convert inputs into outputs has been measured  taking  into  account  the  traditional  role  of  universities  (i.e.  teaching  and  research)  as  well  as  the  knowledge transfer through which they interact with the communities. The  model  is  estimated  on panel  data  over  the period 2006  to  2012. The  evidence suggests  that  the presence of universities fosters local development, validating the use of university efficiency  as  an  instrument  able  to  capture  the  impact  on  the  community  of  the  ability  of  universities  of  making  the  most with  the  available  resources;  knowledge  spillovers  occur  between  areas  through    the    geographical    proximity    to    the  efficient    universities,  suggesting    that    the    geography of    production    is    affected, mainly  when all  the  three  mission  of  universities are taken into to account.

Helyszín: MTA KRTK 1112 Budapest Budaörsi út 45. Budapest VIII/807. (conference room)

Transition in Agriculture – Agricultural Economics in Transition XIII.

11/11/2016 - 11/12/2016

Program

Transition in Agriculture – Agricultural Economics in Transition XIII.

 

Location: Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (CERS IE-HAS), Budapest, Budaörsi út 45, room 804

Friday, 11 November, 2016

9:00     Imre Fertő (CERS IE-HAS/KU/CUB): Introduction

New perspectives for rural development

9:10     Gusztáv Nemes (CERS IE-HAS/CUB): Innovation performance capacity of agricultural and food networks

9:50     Zoltán Bakucs (CERS IE-HAS/CUB): Impact of EU regional development funds upon Hungarian NUTS4 regions

10:30   Coffee break

10:50   Mati Mõtte (Estonian University of Life Sciences): Effectiveness of investment support for diversification of rural economy

Food chain issues

11:30   Imre Fertő (CERS IE-HAS/CUB/KU): Survival of microbreweries in Hungary

12:10   13:10 Lunch break

 

13:10   Xavier Gellynck (Ghent University, Division of Agri-Food Marketing and Chain Management): How to shift from a production oriented to a market oriented agricultural sector

13:50   Klaus Salhofer (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences - BOKU, Vienna): Market Power and Product Differentiation in the German Brewing Sector

14:30   Gábor G. Szabó (CERS IE-HAS) - Zsolt Baranyai (Budapest Metropolitan University): Producer owned organisations/co-operatives versus companies: choices of marketing channels in Hungarian agriculture

15:10   coffee break

15:30   Adrienn Molnár (CERS IE-HAS/ Ghent University, Division of Agri-Food Marketing and Chain Management): What comes first - ‘satisfaction’ or ‘relationship quality’? Evidence agribusiness SMEs

16:10   Gaetano Martino - P.Polinori (University of Perugia): The suppliers contractual preferences for process innovation implementation in long-term relationship: a case study on adaptation in the Italian Poultry context

19:00   Conference dinner

Saturday, 12 November, 2016

New frontiers in farm performance analysis

9:00     Lukas Cehura (Czech University of Life Sciences): The output flexibility of the Czech farmers

9:40     Heinrich Hockmann (Leibniz Institute - IAMO): A skeptical view on technical efficiency estimates

10:20   Coffee break

10:40   Lajos Baráth (CERS IE-HAS): Technological differences, theoretically consistent frontiers and technical efficiency: a random parameter application in the Hungarian crop producing farms

11:20   Matthew Gorton (Newcastle University): The Effect of Entrepreneurial Orientation on Performance in the Farming Sector

12:00   Raul Omel (Estonian University of Life Sciences): Aspects of productivity growth and farming intensity

12:40-13:40    Lunch break

 

Current issues in farm sector

13:40   Štefan Bojnec (University of Primorska): The impacts of agricultural subsidies on farm income in Slovenia

14:20   Ants-Hannes Viira - Mati Mõtte (Estonian University of Life Sciences): Soft budget constraints and investment support in Estonian agriculture

15:00   Anna Ciechomska (IWIR, Polish Academy of Sciences): Agricultural Organizations in Poland - an attempt towards a typology

15:40   Imre Fertő (CERS IE-HAS/KE/CUB): Conference closure

Helyszín: Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (CERS IE-HAS), Budapest, Budaörsi út 45, room 804