The aim of this paper is to analyse students’ perceptions of teaching from three different perspectives: students’ interest, teacher and course assessment. We use ordinal logistic model to quantify the effects of grade, pass rate and class size on results of evaluation of undergraduate and graduate courses held during the summer and winter semesters in the academic year 2016/2017. The data were collected using a standardised online questionnaire. Research results indicate that on the observed economic HEI, both teacher and course assessment is positively and significantly affected by student’s achieved grade, and by class size. Moreover, we find large and significant difference between students’ interest in study programmes delivered in Croatian and those delivered in English. Students enrolled in English study programme value pass rate over grade, as opposed to students enrolled in Croatian study programme. We attribute this to the different motivation of students, that is, students enrolled in English programme are more prone to participation in student mobility programmes.

This paper focuses on the determinants of wine production in the European wine industry. In the last two decades, the European wine industry has undergone many changes due to the entry of new countries into the world wine market....

The aim of this research was to provide a better understanding of factors influencing the performance of (small) agricultural producers. Considering the importance of agricultural producers, not just for maintaining a steady supply of products but also for the preservation of the population (and cultural tradition) of rural areas, the development of sustainable agricultural business is a matter of public interest. This paper considers wine producers and their market channels, i.e., the factors influencing the relationship between wine producers and market intermediaries, by applying ideas taken from agency theory. We developed a conceptual model with our defined measure of agency costs as the mediator variable between multiple regressors and the firms’ financial and non-financial performance as regressions. We used the approach of Baron and Kenny to investigate whether agency costs act as a mediator variable. The data needed to test the proposed conceptual model were collected through questionnaires and contextual interviews with the Croatian wine producers (n = 124). We found that more self-reliance in the distribution process, supported by factors related to the bargaining strength, had a positive influence on wine producers’ performance. The results also support the assumption that agency costs act as a full mediator variable between a producer’s attributes and its performance.

Porez na promet nekretnina u širokoj je međunarodnoj primjeni, iako je to jedan od imovinskih poreza s većim distorzivnim učinkom od većine ostalih imovinskih poreza. Stoga je glavni cilj ovog istraživanja ispitati stavove stanovništva Republike Hrvatske o ovom porezu, dok ostali ciljevi obuhvaćaju utjecaj relevantnih demografskih i ekonomskih varijabli na ovaj stav. Podaci su se prikupljali telefonskom anketom na području cijele Hrvatske. Obrađeni su ordinalnom logističkom regresijom te procjenom graničnog učinka svake varijable. Medijan i mod odgovora iznose 3 (neutralan odgovor s obzirom na raspon odgovora 1 - 5), što znači da stanovništvo nema izražen stav niti protiv niti u korist ovog oporezivanja. Utvrđeno je da ga odobravaju osobe koje žive u urbanom području i one koji imaju viši stupanj obrazovanja. Negativan stav iskazali su ispitanici ženskog spola, oni koji štede u banci, a utvrđen je i regionalni utjecaj (stanovništvo koje živi u južnim dijelovima Hrvatske ima negativniji stav o ovom oporezivanju).