Effective decision making uses various databases including both micro and macro level datasets. In many cases it is a big challenge to ensure the consistency of the two levels. Different types of problems can occur and several methods can be used to solve them. The paper concentrates on the...

Ageing is one of the main social crises of the developed world. Predicted longer life expectancy and rising health mean that travel is playing a more decisive role in the ageing generation’s attitude to leisure time – even after retirement. The current study analyses the steep rise in senior...

The paper estimates the distribution of income of the Hungarian households in 2012. Since the first statistical data concerning the incomes of 2012 will be available only in 2014, the figures have been determined by a microsimulation model. It ages the income data of the official Household...

EU transfers play a significant role in the long-term convergence of the Hungarian economy. The paper presents several channels through which transfers can be effective. First the modelling experiences and other techniques are summarised which can be useful to estimate the impact of EU...

The coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic created a shock not only for the health-care industry but also the global economy and finances. The pandemic also caused an increase in the risk of investing in various financial assets worldwide. To investigate this phenomenon empirically, this study analyzes...

This paper examines the interrelationship between inflation, inflation uncertainty, growth, and growth uncertainty. We find a negative effect of output uncertainty on output growth and a positive effect of output growth on output uncertainty. Inflation uncertainty has a negative effect on the...

Egyre fontosabbá válik az a kérdés, hogy az EU által nyújtott támogatások mekkora szerepet játszanak a tagállamok felzárkózási folyamatában, mennyiben járulnak hozzá a gazdasági növekedéshez. Ennek a kérdésnek igen nagy jelentősége van Magyarország szempontjából is,...

The objective of this paper is twofold: 1) investigates the impact of process innovation on business performance in the context of a dependent market economy (DME); 2) look into the industrial specifics of the question. We assume that due to the context, process innovation is an important...