The growth of family farms in Hungary
研究了2001至2007年匈牙利家庭农场数据，发现小农场比大农场增长更快，补贴和经营者年龄是影响增长的关键因素。
Abstract The article investigates the validity of Gibrat's Law for Hungarian family farms using FADN data collected between 2001 and 2007. Gibrat's Law states that the growth rate of firms will be independent of their initial size. Regression results allow us to reject Gibrat's Law for all quantiles. Evidence suggests that smaller farms tend to grow faster than larger ones. Results do not support the hypothesis of “disappearing middle” in Hungarian agriculture. We study a number of socio‐economic factors that can help to explain farm growth. We find that total subsidies received by a farm and the farm operator's age are the most significant factors correlated with farm growth.