Economic competitiveness vs. green competitiveness of agriculture in the European Union countries

IF 7.6 1区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Oeconomia Copernicana Pub Date : 2022-06-30 DOI:10.24136/oc.2022.012

A. Nowak, A. Kasztelan

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Research background: Many scientists have researched the economic competitiveness of agriculture. At the same time, considerably less attention is paid to the so-called green competitiveness. Considering a global trend searching for solutions to reduce the environmental impact of the agricultural sector, it seems reasonable to explore the overlap between economic competitiveness and green competitiveness. Purpose of the article: This study aims to answer the following questions: What is the level of economic and green competitiveness of agriculture in respective countries? What is the level of the comprehensive competitiveness of agriculture in EU member states? Do the economic competitiveness outcomes of respective countries coincide with their green competitiveness rankings? Methods: Taxonomic methods were applied to design synthetic indices of economic, green and comprehensive competitiveness of 27 member states of the European Union, based on multi-criteria sets of specific indicators from 2018. Findings & value added: The results of analyses imply that, in general, the level of green competitiveness of agriculture is higher than the level of its economic competitiveness in EU member states. Simultaneously, the developed rankings show that respective countries' economic and green competitiveness are not linked. In other words, economic competitiveness outcomes do not match green competitiveness outcomes for EU agriculture. This work is a genuine contribution to studies on the methods for measuring and evaluating the competitiveness of agriculture as it designs separate synthetic measures for economic and green competitiveness and confronts both types of competitiveness in EU member states. The research findings for the first time provide clear answers to questions about the mutual relationship between economic and green competitiveness in agriculture. Furthermore, an added value of this study is that it introduces and attempts to define the notion of green competitiveness.

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欧盟国家农业的经济竞争力与绿色竞争力

研究背景：许多科学家对农业的经济竞争力进行了研究。与此同时，人们对所谓的绿色竞争力的关注要少得多。考虑到寻求减少农业部门对环境影响的解决方案的全球趋势，探索经济竞争力和绿色竞争力之间的重叠似乎是合理的。文章目的：本研究旨在回答以下问题：各国农业的经济和绿色竞争力水平如何？欧盟成员国农业综合竞争力水平如何？各国的经济竞争力结果与其绿色竞争力排名是否一致？方法：基于2018年的多标准具体指标集，采用分类方法设计欧盟27个成员国的经济、绿色和综合竞争力综合指数。研究结果和附加值：分析结果表明，总体而言，农业的绿色竞争力水平高于欧盟成员国的经济竞争力水平。同时，发达国家的排名显示，各自国家的经济竞争力和绿色竞争力没有联系。换句话说，经济竞争力结果与欧盟农业的绿色竞争力结果不匹配。这项工作对衡量和评估农业竞争力的方法的研究做出了真正的贡献，因为它为经济竞争力和绿色竞争力设计了单独的综合衡量标准，并在欧盟成员国面临这两种类型的竞争力。研究结果首次为农业经济竞争力和绿色竞争力之间的相互关系提供了明确的答案。此外，本研究的一个附加值是，它引入并试图定义绿色竞争力的概念。

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Oeconomia Copernicana ECONOMICS-

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13.70

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5.90%

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审稿时长

24 weeks

期刊介绍： The Oeconomia Copernicana is an academic quarterly journal aimed at academicians, economic policymakers, and students studying finance, accounting, management, and economics. It publishes academic articles on contemporary issues in economics, finance, banking, accounting, and management from various research perspectives. The journal's mission is to publish advanced theoretical and empirical research that contributes to the development of these disciplines and has practical relevance. The journal encourages the use of various research methods, including falsification of conventional understanding, theory building through inductive or qualitative research, first empirical testing of theories, meta-analysis with theoretical implications, constructive replication, and a combination of qualitative, quantitative, field, laboratory, and meta-analytic approaches. While the journal prioritizes comprehensive manuscripts that include methodological-based theoretical and empirical research with implications for policymaking, it also welcomes submissions focused solely on theory or methodology.