Centre for Economic and Regional Studies Hungarian Academy of Sciences Centre of Excellence

KTI seminar

11/11/2019

Lengyel Balázs:

Inequality is rising where social network segregation interacts with urban topology

Gergő Tóth, Johannes Wachs, Riccardo Di Clemente, Ákos Jakobi, Bence Ságvári, János Kertész
and Balázs Lengyel

 

Helyszín: MTA HTK 1097 Budapest Tóth Kálmán u. 4. fszt. K011-12-es előadóterem

Transition in Agriculture – Agricultural Economics in Transition XVI.

11/14/2019 - 11/15/2019

 

Program

 

Thursday, 14 November, 2019

 

9:00     Imre Fertő (CERS IE/KU): Introduction

 

Efficiency

 

9:10     J. Stephen Clark (Dalhousie University) and Lukas Cechura (Czech University of Life Sciences): Heteroskedasticity in Crop Yields with small N large T panels: An Application to Grains Yields for Crop Districts in the Province of Saskatchewan

 

9:50     Lukas Cechura (Czech University of Life Sciences) and J. Stephen Clark (Dalhousie University): Crop Area Response as a Spatial Econometric Problem with an Application to Cropping Districts in  Saskatchewan

 

10:30   10: 50 Coffee break

 

Efficiency 

 

10:50   Lajos Baráth (CERS IE) and Raushan Bokusheva (Zurich University of Applied Sciences): Modelling state-contingent technology: the case of production and price uncertainty

 

11:30   Heinrich Hockmann (IAMO): The dynamics of efficiency analysis

 

12:10   13:10 Lunch break

 

Food Chain Governance

 

13:10   Gaetano Martino (Università degli Studi di Perugia): Governing milk quality through meso-institutions: A comparative analysis

 

13:50   Gábor G. Szabó (CERS IE): Co-operation in the agri-food economy: trends, models - challenges, barriers

 

14:30   14:50 Coffee break

 

Rural Development

 

14:50   Katarzyna Zawalińska (Institute of Rural and Agricultural Development - Polish Academy of Sciences): Impact of generational renewal measures of CAP on Polish economy and rural areas

 

15:30   Zoltán Bakucs (CERS IE/CUB): Regional Development Convergence in Central-East Europe - A spatial perspective at NUTS3 level

 

18:30   Conference dinner at the Dreher Brewery

 

Friday, 15 November, 2019

 

9:00     Chris High (University of Lund): A research agenda for the implementation of the sustainable development goals in rural Europe

 

9:40     Dan-Marius Voicilas (Institute of Agricultural Economics, Romanian Academy): Organic farming evolution and EU quality schemes

 

10:20   Coffee break

 

Local Food

 

10:40   Zsófia Benedek (CERS IE) and Imre Fertő (CERS IE/KU): The multiplier effect of local food: a systematic review

 

11:20   Gusztáv Nemes (CERS IE/CUB): Eat the view! - local food in a rural tourism destination

 

12:00   13:00   Lunch break

 

Farm sector analysis

 

13:00: Štefan Bojnec (University of Primorska) and Imre Fertő (CERS IE/KU): Drivers of farm growth in Slovenia

 

13:40   Vitalij Krupin (Institute of Rural and Agricultural Development - Polish Academy of Sciences): Resilience of horticulture farming in Poland: SURE-Farm H2020 approach and collected evidence

 

14:20 Coffee break

 

Farm sector analysis

 

14:40   Anca Izvoranu (Institute of Agricultural Economics, Romanian Academy): Impact of taxation on farmers in Romania

 

15:20 Enikő Vígh, Krisztina Miskó, A Németh and József Fogarasi (Research Institute of Agricultural Economics): Willingness to participate in results-oriented agri-environmental measures. An ecosystem service analysis

16:00   Imre Fertő (CERS IE/KE): Conference closure

Helyszín: Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (CERS IE-HAS), 1097 Budapest, Tóth Kálmán u. 4. Ground Floor room K 11-12

KTI seminar – Vítézslav Titl

11/21/2019

The Cost of Favouritism in Public Procurement

Abstract:

We study the effects of favoritism in public procurement. Exploiting detailed data on firm representatives’ political affiliations in the Czech Republic, we show that favoritism
to politically connected firms increases the final price of procurement contracts while no gains in terms of quality are generated. To quantify the total distortion, we formalize a
model of the public procurement market where politically connected firms are favored by procurers. The calculation based on the model suggests that procurement contracts
allocated to favored firms are overpriced by at least 5%. Given the size of the market and the share of contracts delivered by politically connected firms, this induces a welfare
loss of .08% of Czech GDP. This can be considered a lower bound of the true welfare for several reasons laid out in the paper. Finally, we discuss and document channels of
such favouritism, and present suggestive evidence that politicians tailor technical specification of projects to fit the comparative advantage of specific firms.

Helyszín: Hungarian Academy of Sciences - Research House, 1097 Budapest, Tóth Kálmán u. 4. Ground Floor room K 11-12.

5th The Role of State in Varieties of Capitalism (SVOC)

11/28/2019 - 11/29/2019

On behalf of the Organising Committee, the Institute of World Economics of the Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Center for European Neighborhood Studies, Central European University we invite you to join us in Budapest, for the 5th International Conference entitled The Role of State in Varieties of Capitalism.

 

 

Our keynote speakers will be:

 

Professor Ziya Önis (Koç University Istanbul, Professor of International Political Economy) 

Professor László Csaba (Professor of International Political Economy at Central European University and Corvinus University of Budapest)

Helyszín: Central European University - Nádor u. 9, Budapest, H-1051, Hungary