eng Faculty of Economics and Management of the Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra and the Association of Agricultural Economists in Slovakia Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics 1336-9261 2012-02-25 15 1 1 5 10.15414/raae.2012.15.01.01-05 167-1 article CSEH PAPP Imola - MIKÁCZÓ Andrea - ADAMIČKOVÁ Izabela - TURČEKOVÁ Natália - HAJÓS Laszló For a long time specialists have been following up with different attention territorial disproportion of European economic development in accordance with different aspects. In the European Union, from the point of view of economic development, the main territorial process is focused on the underdeveloped member states, on the elimination of the macro-regional differences (convergence), and on the regional cooperation. Economic disproportions in the enlarged European Union are more notable than before. Though the joining of the new member states has already started, the disproportion inside these countries has been growing up till now. The aim of this paper is to outline the past and present situation, starting with the explanation of reasons and roots of the economic disproportion on the European continent and showing the increase of the territorial disproportion in the enlarged Europe. https://roaae.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/AOEI_vol15_1_Papp.pdf integration regional policy competitiveness economic interests labour eng Faculty of Economics and Management of the Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra and the Association of Agricultural Economists in Slovakia Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics 1336-9261 2012-02-25 15 1 6 13 10.15414/raae.2012.15.01.06-13 167-1 article KUBICOVÁ Ľubica - KÁDEKOVÁ Zdenka - NAGYOVÁ Ľudmila - STÁVKOVÁ Jana This paper deals with the income situation of households in the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic in the years 2005 - 2OO8.The Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic have recently experienced phases of economic growth and periods of economic crisis; this fact affects the standard of living and household behaviour and affects the formation of the life-style. Accession of the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic to the EU opened up the new opportunities not only in the formation of incomes but also in changes of consumer habits of the population in both states. The basis for these changes was given before 1989, since when it has been possible to monitor realization of reforms. In this process, a new structure of income and expenditures was gradually formed. Assessment of the standard of living of the population and its development is affected by several indicators. The key indicators that allow assessment of the standard of living and its development are the money income, consumption and expenditure for food, housing, culture, education and health care. Data on the household incomes and the household expenditures for the stated needs point at the standard of living of the population as well as various social groups. The reciprocal comparison of the differences in expenditures for basic living needs of the household is important, too. https://roaae.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/AOEI_vol15_1_Kubicova.pdf income expenditures households income situation in the Slovak Republic income situation in the Czech Republic eng Faculty of Economics and Management of the Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra and the Association of Agricultural Economists in Slovakia Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics 1336-9261 2012-02-25 15 1 14 17 10.15414/raae.2012.15.01.14-17 167-1 article BOJŇANSKÝ Jozef - TÓTH Marián - SERENČÉŠ Peter The primary goal of the article is to evaluate the influence of direct taxes and social security system on agricultural enterprises. We focus on the impact of the direct taxes - land tax, building tax, road tax and income tax. The analysis also deals with contribution to the insurance funds related to employees. This contribution can be considered as taxation as well. The analyzed individual data for agricultural enterprises cover the period from 2004 to 2009 and represent 80% of agricultural land in the Slovak Republic. https://roaae.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/AOEI_vol15_1_Bojnansky.pdf public finance agriculture taxes land tax building tax road tax income tax eng Faculty of Economics and Management of the Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra and the Association of Agricultural Economists in Slovakia Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics 1336-9261 2012-02-25 15 1 18 23 10.15414/raae.2012.15.01.18-23 167-1 article HOLST Carsten - VON CRAMON-TAUBADEL Stephan The development of pork prices has been analysed since the 1920s. Well known economic concepts such as Hanaus pork cycle or Ezekiels cobweb theorem are based on the empirical analysis of pork markets. We analyze whether pork price developments in different countries have become more synchronised over time. In a first stage of our analysis, annual pork price data collected by the FAO reveals much heterogeneity of pork price developments across countries. However, for some groups of countries the observed price patterns are very similar or even identical. This is especially the case for neighbouring countries with integrated pork markets, such as the members of the European Union (EU). We then compare pork price developments in Germany and the USA based on 36 years of monthly producer prices for slaughter pigs. Since the middle of the 1990s cyclical pork price movements in the USA and Germany have become increasingly synchronous. We attribute this to two developments: the fact that the USA has become a large net exporter of pork over this period, and policy reform in the EU that has strengthened the link between international and EU feed prices. https://roaae.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/AOEI_vol15_1_Holst.pdf pork cycle cobweb theorem cycle synchronisation Hodrick-Prescott filter eng Faculty of Economics and Management of the Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra and the Association of Agricultural Economists in Slovakia Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics 1336-9261 2012-02-25 15 1 24 29 10.15414/raae.2012.15.01.24-29 167-1 article CZEGLÉDI Csilla - CSEH PAPP Imola - HAJÓS Laszló The aim of this article is to give an overall picture of the impact of the economic crisis by comparing one of the leading participants of world economy (EU-27) with Hungary and its neighbouring country, Slovakia. On the basis of the results we outline the tendencies and changes to be expected in Hungary by evaluating our most important labour market indicators. According to the macroeconomic indicators, the global economic crisis has had a great impact on the Member States of the European Union including the Slovak Republic and Hungary. https://roaae.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/AOEI_vol15_1_Czegledi.pdf economic crisis labour market employment unemployment GDP