Abstracts of the Articles Interpreting the disintegration of the eurozone from the perspective of state-centric approaches ISTVÁN BENCZES The crisis of the eurozone, the option of a Grexit, the fact of the Brexit or the steady ascent of Europe-sceptic parties…

Abstract of the Article Earnings and Skill Premia at Foreign-Owned and Exporting Firms of Manufacturing Industries In Hungary KÁROLY ATTILA SOÓS In Hungary, one of the most open member countries of the European Union, an obviously important question is how…

Slovak-Hungarian cross-border migration/Slovensko-maďarská pohraničná migrácia  Project reference number: HUSK 1101/1.2.1/0171 Lead Partner / Vedúci Partner: Kopint Foundation For Economic Research,  Budapest CB partner / Cezhraničný partner: Kempelen Institute Duration of the project (month) / Dĺţka projektu (vmesiacoch):12 The place of implementation…

Inquiry on the prospects and conditions of economic growth The pace of economic growth, gathering steam after 2012 but decelerating more recently, is shaped by complex and contradictory factors. Our inquiry asks for an assessment of these factors. On the…

Nationalizations: Hungarian specialty or a new European trend? ÉVA VOSZKA The expansion of public ownership after 2008 is a new phenomenon in many developed countries. How can we interpret the Hungarian nationalizations, having been accelerated form 2010 on: as part…

Political networks in the European Parliament Network analysis of the 2013 reform of the Common Agricultural Policy ATTILA KOVÁCS EU-level decision-making has already been analysed from a number of point of views. Nevertheless, social network analysis in the context of…

Quo vadis Rhine capitalism? The future of the German social market economy: chances and dilemmas KATALIN ANTALÓCZY – ZSÓFIA NASZÁDOS In this article, the authors examine the sustainability and possible ways of development  and  transformation  of  the  German  social  market…

Differences of economic development and ways of cooperation in the Slovak- Hungarian cross border region KATALIN NAGY – NÓRA SERFŐZŐ The article gives an overview of economic processes in the Slovak-Hungarian border region. The main conclusions are based on the…

Economic Analyses in Spring 2014 Having experienced the last year’s surprise GDP growth, the economic research institutes foresee for 2015 slowdown, temporarily continuing deflation – without hard tensions in the state budget. That’s the common message of the spring forecasts…

Overcoming Asymmetric Information in Venture Capital Finance Theoretical approach and evaluation of Hungarian findings SEJLA AMAN – ANITA LOVAS  Venture capital investors aim to invest in potentially prosperous companies with high- yielding projects, operating in innovative industries. In return for their…