KRTK Világgazdasági Intézet
Centre for Economic and Regional Studies
Institute of World Economics
Listed as one of the "Top International Economic Think Tanks"
(2019 Global Go To Think Tank Report, University of Pennsylvania)
István Benczes

István Benczes

Personal details

Position: scientific advisor
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.