July 1, 2025
Tóth, I. J. (2025). EU Taxpayers’ Contribution to Building the Orbán Kleptocracy. CRCB Research Notes, 2025:2, CRCB.
Research Notes: 2025:2 (PDF - revised version[26.03.2026]) read more
2025. június 11.
Tóth, I. J. (2025). Statisztikai adatok, anomáliák, csalásfelderítés. Néhány gondolat Tátrai Annamária és Gábos András “Kutatói aggodalmak az EU-SILC magyarországi jövedelemadataival kapcsolatban” című tanulmányához. CRCB Research Notes, 2025:1, CRCB.
Research Notes: 2025:1 (PDF)
A Newcomb-Benford törvénnyel kapcsolatok publikációk listája 2025 május 20-ig,
https://www.benfordonline.net/ adatai alapján read more
May 23, 2024
The research was supported by the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
October 17, 2023
In 2023, the risk of corruption increased for public contracts awarded to crony companies, while it decreased for those awarded to ordinary Hungarian companies with no political ties. This suggests that, following the EU’s measures to restore the rule of law in Hungary, the advantage of crony companies in the Hungarian public procurement market actually increased. They have won public contracts with a higher risk of corruption than before the measures were taken.
The corruption risk of tenders won by read more
March 13, 2023
Tóth, I. J. and Hámori, Á. 2023. The Role of Ukrainian and Russian Sources in the First Articles on the Makiivka Missile Attack: A content analysis of articles from six leading news portals (BBC, CNN, The Guardian, The New York Times, Reuters, and The Washington Post). CRCB Research Notes: 2023:2. Budapest: read more
January 29, 2023
Vida, M., Matuz, A., & Tóth, I. J. (2023). White Elephants in Hungary. Lessons of some EU-funded projects – Case studies. read more
March 7, 2022
Tables, figures, and database description (XLS)
Database in DTA and CSV format, and the STATA do file (ZIP)
Suggested citation:
Tóth, I. J. (2022). Corruption Risk and the Crony System in Hungary. A brief analysis of EU-funded contracts in Hungarian public procurement 2005-2021. read more