This study analyses the effectiveness of government incentives on household savings in Hungary prior to the Covid pandemic and the ensuing economic turmoil. Time series pertaining to life insurance, voluntary pension savings, and long-term and short-term government bonds are tested in relation...

In this article we study how the monetary transmission mechanism (the process through which monetary policy affects aggregate demand and inflation) alters when the nominal interest rates become negative, through the case of Switzerland. The results of our models show that the effectiveness of...

Households supply the workforce for the modern economy, increasingly based on information and communication technology (IT). The access of households to e-devices and e-channels has been continuously growing in the last two decades. The aim of the study is to reflect these theoretical concepts...

2020 tavaszán érkezett meg Európába a koronavírus-járvány, ami a gazdasági aktivitás jelentős visszaesését okozta. Jelen tanulmány 25 európai ország esetében vizsgálja, hogy milyen összefüggések láthatók egyes országok makrogazdasági, sebezhetőségi, kitettségi...

The coronavirus epidemic arrived in Europe in the spring of 2020, causing a significant slowdown in economic activity. The study examines the preparedness, vulnerability, exposure and performance of 25 European countries during the economic crisis caused by the Covid-19 epidemic. Countries can...

Before the coronavirus epidemic and the related lockdowns, the EU countries represented various image of social, fiscal and external economic characteristics which is the base of the cluster analysis. The puzzle is whether the pre-crisis preparedness results in different or similar damages...

There are numerous publications in the literature reporting physical development and motor performances of children of different ages based on sex and various environmental factors. However, there are not many publications on the birth season effect. The aim of the study was to evaluate the...

In July 2022 the European Central Bank closed the eight years long era of negative nominal interest rates, which provides an opportunity for the evaluation of the negative interest rate policy. The assessment of this unprecedented new monetary policy tool is rather controversial in the economic...

A hagyományos közgazdasági elméletek többnyire általánosan elutasították a negatív nominális kamatlábak gyakorlati alkalmazásának lehetőségét. Ám az utóbbi években bebizonyosodott, hogy a kamatok nullás alsó korlátja valójában átléphető. Az elméleti szinten...