The Uptake of Green Finance Tools in Agriculture – Results of a Q-methodology

Author information:

Anett Parádi-Dolgos: Hungarian University of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Associate Professor. E-mail: paradi-dolgos.anett.katalin@uni-mate.hu

Tibor Bareith: Hungarian University of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Assistant Professor (corresponding author). E-mail: btibor09@gmail.com

László Vancsura: Hungarian University of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Ph.D. Student. E-mail: vancsura.laszlo@phd.uni-mate.hu

Arnold Csonka: Hungarian University of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Associate Professor. E-mail: csonka.arnold@uni-mate.hu

Cite as (APA):

Parádi-Dolgos, A., Bareith, T., Vancsura, L., & Csonka, A. (2023). The Uptake of Green Finance Tools in Agriculture – Results of a Q-methodology. Financial and Economic Review, 22(2), 99–123. https://doi.org/10.33893/FER.22.2.99

Column:

Study

Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) codes:

D25, O13, Q14

Keywords:

green finance, sustainability, pig sector, agricultural financing, Q-methodology

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