New Articles – Economics

BROWNFIELDS AND GREENFIELDS ASSESSMENT METHOD IN RELATION TO VALUE POTENTIAL AND EFFICIENT USE

Zuzana Dvořáková Líšková, Nikola Sagapova, Roman Buchtele

Brownfields and greenfields are examples of areas that report partial, however rather significant changes in the spatial organization of localities of economic and sometimes social changes. A large part of them emerged in areas originally used for industrial production and other economic activities, including former agricultural primary production. In the case of investor interest and with the support of the public sector, they can be transformed back into an area of growth and prosperity;…

DOI (& full text): doi.org/10.15240/tul/001/2022-4-005 more

MEASURES SUPPORTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN SLOVAK SMES IN THE MOST VULNERABLE INDUSTRIES IN TIMES OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Ľubica Lesáková, Miroslava Vinczeová, Alena Kaščáková

The anti-pandemic measures taken to prevent the spread of the coronavirus has slowed down the economic activities of many businesses. Particularly vulnerable are SMEs in industries hardest hit by the crisis. These are SMEs which, due to the nature of their activities, have seen their operations severely restricted or even had to shut down during the pandemic. Key to ensure their survival are government support measures. The aim of the paper is to find out whether there is a dependence between…

DOI (& full text): doi.org/10.15240/tul/001/2022-3-001 more

CONSUMERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF HEALTH AND FACTORS INFLUENCING FULFILMENT OF THE NEED FOR HEALTHCARE IN EU COUNTRIES

Irena Antošová, Naďa Hazuchová, Jana Stávková

The paper deals with subjective perceptions of health by individuals. The research aimed at understanding socioeconomic and demographic factors influencing the fulfilment of healthcare needs and at finding out categories of factors that lead to the highest chances of meeting the need in consumer segments formed according to perceptions of their health status. The analyses were based on the EU-SILC database of primary data on the income situation and living conditions of households. In 2017, the…

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AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT EFFECT OF RURAL FINANCE: AN EXTENDED REGRESSION APPROACH

Xinxin Jing, Ruchuan Jiang, Zhiguo Chen, Zhi Deng

Agricultural output growth is an everlasting realistic problem in human society. Rural finance aims to relieve the financing constraint and pressure on the rural society with capital scarcity through credit aid and support agricultural output growth. However, credit funds cannot be adequately input into agricultural production and management, which adversely impacts agricultural output. To accurately investigate the agricultural output effect of rural finance, using the 2015 China Household…

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