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The paper examines the impact of consolidation of the banking sector on the number of bank employees in Poland in the years 1997–2013. Using the quarterly banking and macroeconomic data and the multivariable regression model, it was proved that banks cut the number of their employees with growing concentration of the banking sector. The process is accelerated with the improvements of the macroeconomic...
An increased significance of tourism in economy and a growing competition in this area between local government units imply the need for information that would make it possible to identify and assess development opportunities of particular communes. The aim of the research was to assess tourist attractiveness of rural and rural-municipal communes of the eastern part of Warmińsko-mazurskie Province...
Housing conditions largely affect the standard and quality of life. The problem connected with housing conditions is an important social issue for each country due to its socializing, economic and social functions. Having in mind the importance of apartments in terms of the population security and stabilization, the authors of this paper have made an attempt to present the housing situation in Poland...
The paper presents an analysis of the relation between yields and prices for major crop plants in Poland. The main objective of the paper was to examine the presence of natural hedging. For that purpose, yield value variances were calculated and compared with the theoretical variations of independent price and yield product. It was revealed that for sugar beet and rape a natural hedge could be observed,...
This paper presents in its first part the basis of interventionism in agriculture. It presents currently existing system of support for organic orchards in Poland and EU and proposed changes. In the empirical part, the paper presents the economical situation of Polish fruit-growing farms in respect to other farms according to FADN data (Farm Accountancy Data Network). It has been ascertained that...
The purpose of the article is to compare the use of aid funds from operations: Investments in agricultural holdings, Farms adaptation to the EU standards and Modernization of agricultural holdings in Poland analyzed of regions perspective (Polish voivodeships). It was found that the activity of farmers in obtaining EU funds in order to support investments is highly diversified in terms of the region...
It is said that the shadow banking system could be one of a variety of sources for the current global financial crisis. This sector also exists in China in a lesser advanced form than in Western economies in terms of instruments, risk measures or regulations. The official definition of China’s shadow banking has not been developed yet. The article presents the current stage of China’s shadow banking...
The state and dynamics of lease land relations as the most common manifestation of market relations in Ukraine are analyzed. Some aspects of theoretical foundations of these relations and their effectiveness are considered. The results of the comparative characteristics of land relations organization on the basis of private ownership of land and its lease are presented. The influence of the lease...
This article raises the question of transport infrastructure as a principal component of the social and economic system in any region of the world. Development of transport infrastructure leads to the so-called accumulation of effects obtained through various channels, e.g. upgraded communication and transportation technologies, shorter transit time, lower transport costs, improved safety and better...
The article presents evaluation of marketing activities of Polish dairy cooperatives on their websites. The objective of the research was to determine whether the marketing activities are uniform or differentiated, and what were the differences between the researched websites. In the research the content analysis method was used. In the course of the research the elements of a website were classified...
In most European real estate markets, in the last decade, rapid changes in property prices, both upward and downward, were observed. Those fluctuations can be attributed to changes in economic and social factors that affect the property market. The aim of this study was to determine how housing prices are changing under the influence of macroeconomic factors. A multiple regression model was developed...
The aim of this research has been to assess and compare the economic efficiency of production technologies used to grow a semi-dwarf winter triticale cultivar Gniewko. The method based on the standard gross margin (SGM) was used for the economic evaluation of the two production technology differentiated costs level. The analyzed material consisted of results achieved during a three-year field experiment...
The aim of the study was to determine actions that should be undertaken by companies to be seen as socially responsible, and what factors influence on the choice of the employer by respondents. A diagnostic survey method was used including the author’s questionnaire, which was tested upon 1,157 residents of Lubelskie Province. The stratified random selection was applied, and discriminant function...
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