"When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind; it may be the beginning of knowledge, but you have scarcely, in your thoughts, advanced to the stage of science, whatever the matter may be."
Lord Kelvin

Presentations

Útépítés Magyarországon – 2020

Presentations

December 15, 2020

A Strabag építette 2020-ban az M76-os út Balatonszentgyörgy – Sármellék közötti szakaszát, belerétve az M76 és 71-es út kereszteződését.

Térképen itt látható a helyszín: https://www.google.com/maps/@46.6774003,17.2166509,12z

Az M76 építése során Balatonszentgyörgynél felépített felüljáró és az M76-71-es csomópont között mintegy 4-5 méterre emelték meg az út szintjét a korábbi 76-os út szintjéhez képest kb. 2-2,5 kilométeren keresztül. A töltést teljes egészében kőzuzalékból emelték a read more

Cronyism in Hungary

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April 26, 2020

Crony System in Hungary

This video presents some new results of an ongoing research project of the CRCB.
The research project is supported by Hungarian citizens and Hungarian companies.

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September 12, 2019

Toth, I. J., & Hajdu, M. (2019, September 12). Cronyism in Hungary. An Empirical Analysis of Public Tenders 2010-2018 [Presentation]. IWE HAS Workshop, Budapest, read more

Data, Public Goods, Public Interest and Good Governance

Presentations, Publications

 

April 18, 2019

 

Data, Public Goods, Public Interest, and Good Governance
Multiple Actors and Several Methods for Transparency and Good Governance

 

in April 2019 from 9:00 to 13:30 at Mozsar Coffee (Budapest, Nagymező u. 21.)

A conference organized by the CRCB with the support of commonfare.net and the EU.

Citizens, grassroots initiatives and movements, as well as NGOs, think tanks, and institutes have stepped up to support good governance from the bottom up. At the conference, we would like to present several actors and activities with diverse professional backgrounds who use various methods to achieve the same goal, and we want to create a forum for exchanging ideas on experiences, barriers, and best practices. How can the data disclosure, the read more

The Impact of Russia’s State-run Propagand Apparatus on Online Media in Hungary 2010–2017

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May 11, 2018

 

Presentation in the POLTEXT Incubator Workshop in the Hungarian Academy of Science (PDF)

Suggested citation:

Tóth, I. J., & Nyirő, Zs. (2018, May 10). The Impact of Russia’s State-run Propaganda Apparatus on Online Media in Hungary – 2010–2017 [Conference Presentation].  POLTEXT Incubator Workshop of the Hungarian Academy of Science, Budapest, Hungary. https://www.crcb.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/crcb_2017_mrsrpphnm_presentation_poltext_180511.pdf

 

May 8, 2018

Presentation in Hungarian at an event organised by MENSA Hungary  (PDF)

April 12, 2018

Presentation in Hungarian at the Budapest Science Meetup (PDF, read more

Cronyism in Hungary. Empirical analysis of public tenders 2010-2016

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February 21, 2018

 

Presentation at the conference “János Kornai 90th birthday “, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest,
21-22 February 2018

 

Abstract

 

In this paper, we use a public procurement database that contains data from more than 230,000 public tenders from 1997 to 2017. The analysis is based on data from 126,330 public procurement contracts from 2010 to 2016. The focus of the study is public tenders (without framework agreements) awarded to companies read more

In the Footsteps of a Kleptocratic State. A Presentation at the Budapest Science Meetup

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November 9, 2017

 

A rablóállam nyomában: magyar közbeszerzések empirikus elemzése 2009-2016. Előadás a Budapest Science Meetup-on (PDF)

Abstract

In the presentation, we examined the effect of friendship and family ties with the Hungarian Prime Minister (Viktor Orbán) on the intensity of competition in public tenders won by companies owned by his close friends and family members. The analysis is based on more than 151,000 Hungarian public procurement tenders from 2009 read more

CMS & CRCB joint Press Conference in Zagreb

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October 10, 2017

 

The CRCB team presented the results of the study “Intensity of Competition, Corruption Risk and Estimation of Direct Social Loss in Public Procurement of Zagreb” on October 10th, 2017, in Zagreb, which was financed by the Centre for Peace Studies (Centar za Mirovne Studije).

The press release in Croatian

Presentation of the press conference (PDF)

Detailed presentation of the results & methods (PDF)

The paper in English (PDF)

Presentation on the DCPP software (PDF) and on the SPSS read more

Consultacy with the Commission of Budgetary Control of European Parliament

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September  18, 2017

 

The head of CRCB participated as an expert in the consultation with the Commission of Budgetary Control of the European Parliament on Monday, September 18th, in Budapest, and presented the CRCB’s research results on corruption risks, intensity of competition, and the phenomenon of political favouritism in Hungarian public procurement.

The presentation: (PDF)

The handout: (PDF)

Data publication. The list of public tenders won by Orban’s close friends and read more

Analysing Corruption as Black Holes – Intensity of Competiton, CorruptionRisks & Price Distortion

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July 3, 2017

 

The head of CRCB attended the LEAR Public Procurement Conference – 2017 as a guest speaker. The presentation dealt with the analytical framework used by CRCB to analyse corruption risks, the intensity of competition, and price distortions, and demonstrated some results on these topics for Italian public procurement.

The presentation (PDF)

 

Suggested citation:

 

Tóth, I. J. (2017, July 3). Analysing Corruption as Black Holes: Intensity of Competition, Corruption Risks & read more

Analysing Corruption as Black Holes – A Study on Hungarian Public Procurement

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June 22, 2017

 

Presentation for a meeting in the building of the EU Commission, Brussels. The presentation deals with three issues. (1) It presents the analytical framework of corruption risks and competititon intensity of public tenders used by CRCB;  (2) it deals with the results of report “Intensity of Competition, Corruption Risks and Price Distortion in the Hungarian Public Procurement – 2009-2016″ made by CRCB for the European Commission; (3) and it demonstrates some read more