Istota monografii ekonomicznej na przykładzie „Roczników Naukowych Stowarzyszenia Ekonomistów Rolnictwa i Agrobiznesu”

The aim of the paper is to identify characteristic features of a monograph, including an economic monograph, as well as to search an answer for a question: can the economic monograph use research methods characteristic for idiographic sciences whereas it is a nomothetic science. There was presented the monograph as a research method. There was also proposed a division of the monograph into macro-monograph and micro-monograph. The monograph as a scientific method should use more than one research method as well as a representative selection of samples for research (macro-monograph) and purposive sampling for research (micro-monograph). The paper includes also description of general recommendations for the monograph , presentation of the essence of the branch monograph (agricultural) and recommendations for the micro-monograph. Next there were presented characteristics of a case study as a useful method especially for teaching but representing also some advantageous of a scientific method. Moreover, there was presented a range of the monographic method use (macro- and micro-monograph) in the Annals of The Polish Association of Agricultural and Agribusiness Economists. There was proved an increasing role of the monograph, especially the macro-monograph in the researched journal.