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Agricultural Decoupling in EU Transition Economies: Evidence from Tapio Elasticity Analysis Cover

Agricultural Decoupling in EU Transition Economies: Evidence from Tapio Elasticity Analysis

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Open Access
|Jun 2026

Figures & Tables

Fig. 1.

Relative (%) changes in agricultural GVA and GHG emissions in the transition economies (1998–2023) Source: author’s calculations based on data.

Fig. 2.

Tapio elasticity in the agricultural sectors of the transition economies (Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Romania): 4-year moving average (2002–2023) Source: author’s calculations based on data.

Fig. 3.

Tapio elasticity in the agricultural sectors of the transition economies (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia): 4-year moving average (2002–2023) Source: author’s calculations based on data.

Relative (%) changes in agricultural GVA and GHG emissions across sub-periods in transition economies (1998–2023)

CountryVariable1998–20022003–20072009–20132014–20182019–20231998–2023
BulgariaGVA45,5−45−8,51,8−11,58,7
GHG−1,3−5,113,50,1−1,98,7
CzechiaGVA−8,35,6−11,9−9,519,346,1
GHG4,711,68,5−6,7−2,3−12,3
EstoniaGVA13,912,9−10,5−49,2−52,7−38,3
GHG−8,6513−3,6−6,911,6
HungaryGVA−21,12,90,91,88,257,6
GHG−1−6,112,48,9−13,8−6,7
LatviaGVA6,812,8−12,4−1,5−25,288,8
GHG−3,34,29,32,2−3,520
LithuaniaGVA−6,843,333,3−19,70,1204,9
GHG−14,45,30,8−4,7−6,2−13,7
PolandGVA1,119,96,93,624,982,3
GHG−12,4−1,20,16,51,1−11,9
RomaniaGVA0,9−19,43,410,9−26,1−12,3
GHG−11,61,5−6,67,2−5,4−16,5
SlovakiaGVA−18,712,1−40,6−15,15,8−43,4
GHG2,3−9,62,5−12,4−3,9−23
SloveniaGVA21,124,1−6,244,6−12,331,5
GHG7−0,1−4,30,4−4,7−7,3

Descriptive statistics of variables

VariablesMeanStd. dev.MinMax
Levels
GVA2,289.112,709.05124.6710,785.55
GHG10,083.8512,860.611,189.6251,222.67
Logarithmic values
ln(GVA)7.01061.24514.82579.2860
ln(GHG)8.63131.02547.081410.8439
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17306/j.jard.2026.2.00009r1 | Journal eISSN: 1899-5772 | Journal ISSN: 1899-5241
Language: English
Page range: 144 - 159
Accepted on: Apr 22, 2026
Published on: Jun 30, 2026
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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