The intensity of competition is typically measured according to the number of bidders on any given public procurement market. By analysing the Tenders Electronic Daily database 2017–2020, we examine the conditions in the contract notices which have an impact on increasing competition in...

Gas consumption and its source are a strategic issue for all European countries. our study examines the consumption of natural gas in central and southeastern Europe, the level and structure of consumption in the region, and analyses the network developments and the construction of LNG ports...

Supporting agriculture in Europe is important for many reasons: on the one hand, to secure food supplies, and on the other, to ensure the sustainability of rural lifestyles. But in recent decades, rural populations have also been affected by population ageing. Different agricultural pension...

This paper investigates to what extent tax burden can be used to compare countries with different pension systems. It was concluded that in one respect tax burden ratios used by international institutions fail to completely represent the share of income left after taxation, as the contributions...

In our article we have analysed the problem, how can the small enterprises (SME-s) survive in the shadow of the transnational companies (TNCs). Besides analysing the historical process of globalization, and its latest form, the 'neo-globalization', we were mainly focusing on wage levels. Local...

This study intends to identify the indicator(s) being the most suitable to analyse the volume of the tax burden on labour income. The conclusions drawn indicate that for microeconomic analyses the rate of non-tax compulsory payments, calculated by the OECD, while for macroeconomic analyses the...

The article seeks to find an answer to how sharply taxation principles contrasted with practice in the case of VAT and PIT for the last 18 years in Hungary. After a comparison with historical and nearby countries, it comes to the conclusion that there was a role change of sorts occurring in our...

The region’s post-crisis investment rates of 18 to 22 per cent are made sustainable by a higher level of savings. Where the rate is lower, three major factors are at play: development in the energy industry is on a smaller scale (Hungary), public investment is low (Slovakia), and...

It has been a tradition of state tasks (for 250 years) to focus on financing current expenditures. The task financing system introduced undertakes to fund average current expenditures, with utilisation rules stricter than before. In addition, the features characterising the management of assets...