
István Benczes
Personal details
Place of birth: Budapest
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Fields of research
Economics of European integration, integration theories;
Economic and Monetary Union – euro-adoption;
Macroeconomic policies, rules-based economic policy, fiscal policy;
International political economy, economics of globalisation;
Economic transformation and integration in Central and Eastern Europe;
Comparative analysis of economic policies of CEE countries.
Education and degrees
1992-1998: Budapest University of Economic Sciences (Finance, European integration)
2004-2005: University College London, MSc
2001-2006: Central European University, PhD
2021: DSc
Work experience
2022- Scientific adviser, Institute for World Economics, ELKH KRTK
2018- Scientist-in-Charge, Horizon 2020
2015- Professor, Department of World Economy, Corvinus University of Budapest
2013-2015: Fulbright Visiting Professor, Indiana University
2007-2014: Associate Professor, Department of World Economy, CUB
1999-2007: Assistant professor, Department of World Economy, CUB
Language skills
English
Hungarian
Selected publications
MTMT link: https://m2.mtmt.hu/gui2/?type=authors&mode=browse&sel=10001691
Benczes, I. (2021): Taking back control over the economy : From economic populism to the economic consequences of populism. European Policy Analysis, https://doi.org/10.1002/epa2.1134
Benczes, I. (2020): Válság és válságrendezés a Gazdasági és Monetáris Unióban: A pénzügyi és gazdasági integráció forgatókönyvei. [Crisis and crisis management in the Economic and Monetary Union: Scenarios of integration]Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó.
Benczes, I. (2018): Az euróövezet válságrendezése a liberális kormányköziség elméletének értelmezésében. Közgazdasági Szemle, 65:(9), 923-948.
Benczes, I. (2016): From goulash communism to goulash populism: The unwanted legacy of reform socialism. Post-Communist Economies, 28:(2), 146-166.
Benczes, I. – Kutasi, G. (2010): Költségvetési pénzügyek:Hiány, államadósság és fenntarthatóság. [Public finances: Deficit, debt and sustainability] Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó.
Benczes, I. (2008): Trimming the sails: The comparative political economy of expansionary fiscal consolidations. Budapest-New York: CEU Press.



