2026 Štefan Bojnec: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	34	3106	2820	1	1	360	5036

Overview

Štefan Bojnec is affiliated with the University of Primorska in Slovenia. Their research contributions span multiple areas predominantly within social sciences and economics, econometrics, and finance. The main fields of study include Social Sciences and Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with subfields covering Economics and Econometrics, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Sociology and Political Science, Strategy and Management, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The scientist's publication record includes recent papers focusing on agricultural economics, environmental policy, and sustainability. Notable recent publications include:

"Environmental Awareness and Air Quality: The Mediating Role of Environmental Protective Behaviors" (2022), published in Sustainability
"Gender and the environmental concerns of young farmers: Do young women farmers make a difference on family farms?" (2021), published in Journal of Rural Studies
"The Effect of Investment, LFA and Agri-environmental Subsidies on the Components of Total Factor Productivity: The Case of Slovenian Farms" (2020), published in Journal of Agricultural Economics
"Food Insecurity, Population Growth, Urbanization and Water Availability: The Role of Government Stability" (2021), published in Sustainability
"Do different types of Common Agricultural Policy subsidies promote farm employment?" (2021), published in Land Use Policy

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Štefan Bojnec include Imre Fertő, Sergej Gričar, Younas Khan, Farhan Ahmed, and Milja Marčeta. These collaborations indicate interdisciplinary research networks.

Research is regularly published in venues such as Energies, Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja, Sustainability, Journal of Risk and Financial Management, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

The main topics addressed in their work are:

Agricultural Economics and Policy
Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
Rural Development and Sustainability
Global Trade and Economics
Global Trade and Competitiveness
Agricultural Economics and Policies

Štefan Bojnec's research outputs reflect a focus on critical intersections of economics, environment, and agricultural policy, emphasizing sustainability and rural development issues through quantitative and policy-oriented approaches.

Best Publications

Farm size, agricultural subsidies and farm performance in Slovenia

Štefan Bojnec;Laure Latruffe;Laure Latruffe

289
Citations
Agro-food trade competitiveness of Central European and Balkan countries

Štefan Bojnec;Imre Fertő

186
Citations
Typology and distribution of small farms in Europe: Towards a better picture

N. Guiomar;S. Godinho;T. Pinto-Correia;M. Almeida

172
Citations
Corporate sustainability and economic performance in small and medium sized enterprises

Nastja Tomšič;Štefan Bojnec;Blaž Simčič

149
Citations
Measures of farm business efficiency

Štefan Bojnec;Laure Latruffe

148
Citations
European Enlargement and Agro‐Food Trade

Štefan Bojnec;Imre Fertő

124
Citations
Trade and Revealed Comparative Advantage Measures: Regional and Central and East European Agricultural Trade

Štefan Bojnec

121
Citations
Agri‐Food Export Competitiveness in European Union Countries

Štefan Bojnec;Imre Fertő;Imre Fertő

115
Citations
Export competitiveness of dairy products on global markets: The case of the European Union countries

Š. Bojnec;I. Fertő

108
Citations
The impact of green economy measures on rural employment: Green jobs in farms

İlkay Unay-Gailhard;Štefan Bojnec

100
Citations
Farm size and participation in agri-environmental measures: Farm-level evidence from Slovenia

İlkay Unay Gailhard;Štefan Bojnec

97
Citations
Broadband availability and economic growth

Štefan Bojnec;Imre Fertő

88
Citations
Complementarities of trade advantage and trade competitiveness measures

Štefan Bojnec;Imre Fertő

82
Citations
Causes of Changes in Agricultural Employment in Slovenia: Evidence from Micro-data

Štefan Bojnec;Liesbeth Dries

80
Citations
Economic Efficiency, Energy Consumption and Sustainable Development

Štefan Bojnec;Drago Papler

75
Citations
Gender and the environmental concerns of young farmers: Do young women farmers make a difference on family farms?

İlkay Unay-Gailhard;Štefan Bojnec

75
Citations
Contributions of small and medium enterprises to employment in the European Union countries

Laura Južnik Rotar;Roberta Kontošić Pamić;Štefan Bojnec

74
Citations
Does EU Enlargement Increase Agro‐Food Export Duration?

Štefan Bojnec;Imre Fertő

73
Citations
Testing the Pollution Haven Hypothesis with the Role of Foreign Direct Investments and Total Energy Consumption

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60
Citations
The Effect of Investment, LFA and Agri-environmental Subsidies on the Components of Total Factor Productivity: The Case of Slovenian Farms

Lajos Baráth;Imre Fertő;Štefan Bojnec

58
Citations
Impact of the Internet on Manufacturing Trade

Štefan Bojnec;Imre Fertö

46
Citations
Farm income sources, farm size and farm technical efficiency in Slovenia

Štefan Bojnec;Imre Fertő

46
Citations
The Role of Agriculture in Central and Eastern European Rural Development: Engine of Change or Social Buffer?

Heinz Ahrens;Borbala Balint;Grigore Baltag;Irina V. Bezlepkina

11
Citations
Export competitiveness of dairy products on global markets

S. Bojnec;Imre Fertő

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Laure Latruffe INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

Johan F.M. Swinnen International Food Policy Research Institute

Erik Mathijs KU Leuven

Jose Maria Gil Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Ruud B.M. Huirne Wageningen University & Research

Yang Liu Linköping University

Alfons Oude Lansink Wageningen University & Research

Jozef Konings Nazarbayev University

External Links

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