News / Department of Economics and Business

Csaba on the Hungarian Economy and Expected Challenges for 2017

November 7, 2016

http://hirtv.hu/magyarorszageloben/kilatasok-1370243 - Hungarian commercial television Hir TV interviewed Laszlo Csaba, professor at CEU’s Department of Economics on the occasion of the Hungarian economy regained traction according to the latest economic indicators. Csaba was also asked about the expected economic challenges for 2017. Further coverage item: http://www.echotv.hu/video/117213/20161205_Analizis_1

Economics Blog Defacto on the Correlation Between Government Measures and Press Freedom

November 7, 2016

http://index.hu/gazdasag/defacto/2016/11/07/a_foglyul_ejtett_magyar_nemzet/ - Hungarian news portal index.hu’s blog Defacto posted its latest article with the title “News Concealed in Return for Money?” The article investigates whether it is possible to document that the Hungarian government is endangering press freedom.

INET’s Young Scholars Initiative Convenes; Soros Addresses Group

October 28, 2016

Some 500 scholars from around the globe came to Budapest to search together for frameworks in economic thinking that help us understand the big picture, at the first-ever plenary of the Young Scholars Initiative (YSI), held at CEU October 19-22. YSI was created under the rubric of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET), which was founded by George Soros and colleagues in 2009.

Economics Blog Defacto on Whether Vendors Keep VAT Reduction Profit

October 18, 2016

http://index.hu/gazdasag/defacto/2016/10/18/lenyelik-e_az_eladok_az_afa_csokkeneset/ - Hungarian news portal index.hu’s blog Defacto posted its latest article with the title “Will vendors keep the profit resulting from the decrease of VAT?” The article predicts this unlikely. Defacto is a bi-weekly economics blog created and maintained by professors from CEU’s Department of Economics Gabor Kezdi, Peter Kondor, Miklos Koren, Botond Koszegi, and Adam Szeidl.

De Chiara Wins Goran Skogh Award

October 3, 2016

Alessandro De Chiara, assistant professor in the Department of Economics, was awarded the Goran Skogh Award for young scholars for the most promising paper presented at the 33rd Annual Conference of the European Association of Law and Economics (EALE) in Bologna. The award, given in the memory of Goran Skogh, first President of EALE, aims to encourage outstanding young scholars of law and economics to remain in academia.

History is Repeating Itself in Hungary, Warns Lajos Bokros

September 29, 2016

CEU's Lajos Bokros is interviewed by the Budapest Beacon on the upcoming Hungarian referendum, the country's economic situation and Orban's relationship to the Visegrad 4 and Putin. http://budapestbeacon.com/featured-articles/history-is-repeating-itself-in-hungary-says-lajos-bokros/39917

Economics Blog Defacto on How Aggression Spreads

September 28, 2016

http://index.hu/gazdasag/defacto/2016/09/28/ezert_bantjuk_a_kisebbsegeket/ - Hungarian news portal index.hu’s blog Defacto posted its latest article with the title “This is how aggression spreads.” The article discusses research results conducted with non-Roma children in connection with aggressivity.

Baniak Awarded Hungarian "Egyetemi Tanar" Title

September 20, 2016

Andrzej Baniak, associate professor in the Department of Economics, was awarded the prestigious title of “egyetemi tanar." The appointment, made by Janos Ader, the President of Hungary, is effective September 1, 2016.

Economics Blog Defacto on the Labor Market

September 8, 2016

http://index.hu/gazdasag/defacto/2016/09/08/kina_utotte_lyuk_tatong_a_munkaeropiac_kozepen - Hungarian news portal index.hu’s blog Defacto posted its latest article with the title “Somebody hit a big hole in the middle of the labour market.” The article observes that in the past decades due to China’s economic growth, those who earn average wages in western countries were worse off, while those who work in fields demanding special skills pulled through this time period very

Economics Blog Defacto on the Correlation Between Education and the Length of Life

August 23, 2016

http://index.hu/gazdasag/defacto/2016/08/23/uj_eredmeny_a_hosszu_elet_titkarol/ - Hungarian news portal index.hu’s blog Defacto posted its latest article with the title “New Facts Disclosed About the Secret of Long Life.” The article reveals that early childhood education prolongs life and helps to live a healthier adulthood.