"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

Publications

Data publication for Hungarian citizens – II.

Databases, Reports

Data publication for Hungarian citizens – II. Basic data on Hungarian public procurement spending in 2009-2012 using the MaKAB database, January 23 2014 [in Hungarian: Adatközlés a magyar állampolgárok számára – II.  A magyar közbeszerzések alapadatai 2009-2012 a MaKAB alapján, 2014 január 23.].
 “…ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” [J. F. Kennedy]

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Database for download, 24/01/2014 update (files are compressed with rar compression): por, sav, dta, csv, xlsx

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Hidden Depths. The Case of Hungary

Chapters and articles

Fazekas, M. – King, L. P. – Tóth, I. J.: Hidden Depths. The Case of Hungary. In: Alina Mungiu-Pippidi (ed.): Controlling Corruption in Europe. The Anticorruption Report Vol. 1., Barbara Budrich Publishers. Opladen – Berlin – Toronto. 2013. pp. 74-85.

This report investigates corruption risk of EU funds spending in Hungary within the framework of the Public Procurement Law. Its finding is that in spite of what is a tight regulatory framework EU funds are likely to fuel the abuse of public read more

CRCB-WP/2013:03

Working Papers

Fazekas, M. – Chvalkovska, J. – Skuhrovec, J. –  Tóth, I. J. – King L. P.: Are EU funds a corruption risk? The impact of EU funds on grand corruption in Central and Eastern Europe. Working Paper Series: CRCB-WP/2013:03.

The paper explores the impact of EU funds on institutionalised grand corruption in public procurement between 2009-2012 in three countries: Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia. We analyse a unique pooled database containing contract-level public procurement information for all three countries. We develop a composite corruption risks indicator based on the incidence and logical structure of ‘red flags’ in read more

CRCB-WP/2013:02

Working Papers

Fazekas, M – Tóth, I. J. – King, L. P.: Anatomy of grand corruption: A composite corruption risk index based on objective data. Working Paper Series: CRCB-WP/2013:02.

This paper develops 30 novel quantitative indicators of grand corruption that operationalize 20 distinct techniques of corruption in the context of public procurement. Each indicator rests on a thorough qualitative understanding of rent extraction from public contracts by corrupt networks as evidenced by academic literature, interviews and media content analysis. Feasibility and usefulness of the proposed indicators are read more

CRCB-WP/2013:01

Working Papers

Fazekas, M. – Tóth, I. J. – King, L. P.: Corruption manual for beginners. “Corruption techniques” in public procurement with examples from Hungary. Working Paper Series: CRCB-WP/2013:01.
This paper develops 30 novel quantitative indicators of grand corruption that operationalize 20 distinct techniques of corruption in the context of public procurement. Each indicator rests on a thorough qualitative understanding of rent extraction from public contracts by corrupt networks as evidenced by academic literature, interviews and media content analysis. Feasibility and usefulness of the proposed indicators are read more

How to Improve the Public Procurement Authority’s Database?

Reports

Public Procurement & Grand Corruption: Report 06. How to Improve the Public Procurement Authority’s Database? – An Analysis of the Admin Modul of Public Procurement Portal and improvement suggestions. [in Hungarian: Hogyan lehetne javítani a Közbeszerzési Hatóság közbeszerzési adatbázisát? A Központi Bejelentkező Modul (KBEJ) elemzése, megoldási javaslatok] September read more

Data publication for Hungarian citizens – I.

Databases, Reports

Public Procurement & Grand Corruption: Report 05. Data publication for Hungarian citizens – I. Basic data on Hungarian public procurement spending in 2010-2011 using the MaKAB database [in Hungarian: Adatközlés a magyar állampolgárok számára – I. A magyar közbeszerzések alapadatai 2010-2011 a MaKAB alapján] February 2013.

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Political Influence in the Public Procurement Market?

Reports

Public Procurement & Grand Corruption: Report 04. Political Influence in the Public Procurement Market? Analysis of market shares 2009-2011 – preliminary results, [in Hungarian: Politikai befolyás a közbeszerzési piacon? A piaci részesedések elemzése 2009-2011 - előzetes eredmények], February read more

Public procurement in Hungary 2010-2011

Reports

Public Procurement & Grand Corruption: Report 03. Faults, fixes and preliminary results – public procurement in Hungary 2010-2011 (Hibák, javítások és előzetes eredmények – magyarországi közbeszerzések 2010-2011) [Hibák, javítások és előzetes eredmények - magyarországi közbeszerzések 2010-2011] March read more