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Corruption, state capacity and government accountability
Adam, I., Fazekas, M., Kazmina, Y., Teremy, Zs., Tóth, B., Villamil, I., R. and Wachs, J. (2022). Public procurement cartels: A systematic testing of old and new screens. GTI-WP/2022:01, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute.
Brenner, Dominik & Fazekas, Mihály (2021) Can impact assessments tame legislative drift? Event history analysis of modifications of laws across Europe. Governance, available online.
Fazekas, Mihály, Sberna, Salvatore & Vannucci, Alberto (2021) The Extra-legal Governance of Corruption. Tracing the Organization of Corruption in Public Procurement. Governance, available online.
Adam, Isabelle & Fazekas, Mihály (2021) Are emerging technologies helping win the fight against corruption? A review of the state of evidence. Information Economics and Policy, 57.
Fazekas, Mihály & Czibik, Ágnes (2021) Measuring regional quality of government: the public spending quality index based on government contracting data, Regional Studies, 55(8)
Dahlström, Carl; Fazekas, Mihály; & Lewis, David E., (2021), Partisan Procurement. Contracting with the United States Federal Government, 2003–2015, American Journal of Political Science, 65(3)
Wachs, Johannes, Fazekas, Mihály, & Kertész, János, (2021), Corruption risk in contracting markets: a network science perspective. International Journal of Data Science and Analytics. 12.
Abdou, Aly; Czibik, Ágnes; Fazekas, Mihály; and Tóth, Bence. (2021) COVID-19 emergency public procurement in Romania: Corruption risks and market behavior. GTI-WP/2021:03, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute.
Adam, I., Sanchez, A. H. and Fazekas, M. (2021). Global Public Procurement Open Competition Index. GTI-WP/2021:02, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute.
Adam, I., Fazekas, M. and Zellmann, C. (2021). Open and sustainable procurement. Towards deepened collaboration between reformers. GTI-WP/2021:01, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute.
Fazekas, Mihály; Blum, Jürgen Rene. (2021) Improving Public Procurement Outcomes: Review of Tools and the State of the Evidence Base. Policy Research Working Paper: WPS 9690, Washington, D.C.: The World Bank.
Fazekas, Mihály; De Oliveira, Alexandre; & Regős, Nóra. (2021) Lowering Prices of Pharmaceuticals, Medical Supplies, and Equipment. Insights from Big Data for Better Procurement Strategies in Latin America. Policy Research Working Paper: WPS 9689, Washington, D.C.: The World Bank.
Fazekas, Mihály; Nishchal, Shrey & Søreide, Tina (2021) Public Procurement Under and After Emergencies. in Erica Bosio and Giancarlo Spagnolo (Eds.) Discretion, Efficiency and Abuse in Public Procurement in (Ordinary and) Extra-Ordinary Times. Centre for Economic Policy Research. Chapter 3.
Fazekas, Mihály, and Sánchez, Alfredo H Hernandez (2021) Emergency Procurement: The Role of Big Open Data. In S. Arrowsmith, L. Butler, A. L. Chimia and C. Yukins (eds.) Public Procurement in (a) Crisis: global lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic. Hart Publishing. chapter 23.
Czibik, Ágnes; Fazekas, Mihály; Sanchez, Alfredo Hernandez & Wachs, Johannes (2021) Networked Corruption Risks in European Defense Procurement. In Oscar M. Granados & José R. Nicolás-Carlock (eds.) Corruption Networks. Chapter 5. Springer.
Horn, P., Czibik, Á., Fazekas, M., and Tóth, B.. (2021): Analyzing Public Procurement Risks: Training manual. Budapest: R2G4P / Government Transparency Institute.
Fazekas Mihály and Nikulina, Olena (2021) Modelling the Estimates of EU Expenditure-Related Fraud. In Jack Malan and Ivan Bosch Chen (eds.) Impact of Organised Crime on the EU’s Financial Interests. Section 4. European Parliament, Brussels.
Fazekas, Mihály, Kazmina, Yuliia; and Fays, Clément (2021) Risk factors for serious and organised crime infiltration of companies and public procurement. In Shann Hulme, Emma Disley and Emma Louise Blondes (2021) Mapping the risk of serious and organised crime infiltrating legitimate businesses. European Commission, Brussels. Chapter 3.3.
Fazekas, Mihály; Dávid-Barrett, Elizabeth; Abdou, Aly; and Basdevant, Olivier (2020) The Corruption Cost Tracker. Quantifying the costs of corrupt contracting and the savings to be made from reform. Government Transparency Institute Reports: GTI-R/2020:02, Policy Brief. Government Transparency Institute Reports, Budapest.
Fazekas, Mihály; Kazmina, Yuliia; and Wachs, Johannes (2020) Gender in European public procurement: Extent, distribution, and impacts. EBRD, London.
Adam, Isabelle; Dávid Barrett, Elizabeth; and Fazekas, Mihály (2020) Modelling Reform Strategies for Open Contracting in Low and Middle Income Countries. Transparency International, London, UK.
Adam, Isabelle; Fazekas, Mihály; Regős, Nóra; and Tóth, Bence (2020) Beyond Leakages: Quantifying the Effects of Corruption on the Water and Sanitation Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean. Technical Note No IDB-TN-2055. Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, DC.
Turkewitz, Joel, Fazekas, Mihály, and Islam, Zafrul (2020), E-Procurement Reform in Bangladesh in World Bank (2020) Enhancing Government Effectiveness and Transparency: The Fight Against Corruption, Case Study 2, World Bank, Washington, DC.
Yukins, Christopher R. & Fazekas, Mihály (2020), Public procurement and international trade agreements – CETA, TTIP and beyond: Colloquium. In Annalisa Castelli, Gustavo Piga, Stéphane Saussier, Tünde Tátrai (Eds.) The Challenges of Public Procurement Reforms. Ch. 10. Routledge, London.
Mungiu-Pippidi, Alina & Fazekas, Mihály (2020), How to define and measure corruption. In Alina Mungiu-Pippidi & Paul M. Heywood (eds.) A Research Agenda for Studies of Corruption. Ch. 2. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham.
Fazekas, Mihály & Wachs, Johannes (2020), Corruption and the network structure of public contracting markets across government change. Politics and Governance, 8(2)
Czibik, Ágnes; Fazekas, Mihály; Hernandez Sanchez, Alfredo; and Wachs, Johannes. (2020): State Capture and Defence Procurement in the EU. GTI-WP/2020:05, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute.
Fazekas, Mihály; Allakulov, Umrbek;, Hernandez Sanchez, Alfredo; Aje, Joshua. (2020): Water and Sanitation Sector Integrity Risk Index. GTI-WP/2020:04, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute.
Brenner, Dominik; & Fazekas, Mihály. (2020): Legislative Effects of Regulatory Impact Assessment: A Comparative Event History Analysis of Modifications of Law in France, Italy, Hungary, and the UK. GTI-WP/2020:03, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute.
Adam, Isaelle; & Fazekas, Mihály. (2020): Are emerging technologies helping win the fight against corruption? A review of the state of evidence. GTI-WP 2020:02, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute.
Adam, Isabelle; Fazekas, Mihály; & Tóth, Bence. (2020): Measuring the benefits of open contracting: Case studies on Mexico, Paraguay, and Slovakia. GTI-WP/2020:01, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute.
Dávid-Barrett, Elizabeth & Fazekas, Mihály (2020) Anti-corruption in aid-funded procurement: Is corruption reduced or merely displaced? World Development, 132
Luciana Cingolani & Mihály Fazekas, (2020) The role of agencification in achieving value-for-money in public spending. Governance. 33(3)
Fazekas, Mihály & Hellmann, Olli, (2019), Elections and corruption: incentives to steal or incentives to invest? GTI-WP/2019:02, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute.
Dahlström, Carl; Fazekas, Mihály; & Lewis, David E., (2019), Agency Design, Favoritism and Procurement in the United States, QoG Working Paper Series 2019:4, Quality of Government Institute, University of Gothenburg.
De Oliveira, Alexandre; Fabregas, Abdoulaye; & Fazekas, Mihaly. (2019): Auction Length and Prices: Evidence from Random Auction Closing in Brazil. Policy Research working paper; no. WPS 8828. Washington, D.C.: World Bank Group.
Fazekas, Mihály, (2019) Single bidding and non-competitive tendering procedures in EU Co-funded Projects. European Commission, Brussels.
Fazekas, Mihály, Ugale, Gavin, and Zhao, Angelina, (2019) Analytics for Integrity. Data-Driven Approaches for Enhancing Corruption and Fraud Risk Assessments. OECD, Paris.
Adam, Isabelle and Fazekas, Mihály (2019) Are emerging technologies helping win the fight against corruption in developing countries? Pathways for Prosperity Commission Background Paper Series; no. 21. Oxford, United Kingdom
Fazekas, Mihály and Maslova, Natalya (2019) Handbook: Good governance practices and measures to prevent corruption in procurement process at municipal level in the Russian Federation. Council of Europe, Strasbourg. [in Russian]
Bauhr, Monika, Czibik, Agnes, Fazekas, Mihály & de Fine Licht, Jenny, (2019), Lights on the Shadows of Public Procurement. Transparency as an antidote to corruption. Governance, available online.
Dávid-Barrett, Elizabeth & Fazekas, Mihály (2019), Grand corruption and government change: an analysis of partisan favoritism in public procurement. European Journal of Criminal Policy and Research, available online.
Broms, Rasmus, Dahlström, Carl, & Fazekas, Mihály, (2019), Political Competition and Public Procurement Outcomes. Comparative Political Studies, 52 (9)
Fazekas, Mihály, and King, Peter Lawrence, (2019), Perils of development funding? The tale of EU Funds and grand corruption in Central and Eastern Europe. Regulation & Governance, 13(3).
Dávid-Barrett, Elizabeth, Fazekas, Mihály, Smirnov, Nikolay V., and Maslova, Natalya (2018), Study on the scale, forms and manifestations of corruption in the procurement processes in the Russian Federation at municipal level. Council of Europe, Strasbourg. [in Russian]
Fazekas, Mihály & Stéphane Saussier (2018), Big Data in Public Procurement. Colloquium, in Gustavo Piga & Tünde Tátrai (Eds.) Law and Economics of Public Procurement Reform. ch. 3. Routledge, London.
Mihály Fazekas, Luciana Cingolani, & Bence Tóth (2018), Innovations in Objectively Measuring Corruption in Public Procurement. In Helmut K. Anheier, Matthias Haber, and Mark A. Kayser (eds.) Governance Indicators. Approaches, Progress, Promise. Ch. 7. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Scheiring, Gábor, Stefler, Dénes, Irdam, Daja, Fazekas, Mihály, et al., (2018), The gendered effects of foreign investment and prolonged state ownership on mortality in Hungary: an indirect demographic, retrospective cohort study. The Lancet Global Health 6 (1).
Fazekas, M., Ferrali, R., Wachs, J. (2018): Institutional quality, campaign contributions, and favouritism in US federal government contracting. GTI-WP/2018:01, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute.
Fazekas, Mihály and Tóth, Bence, (2018), The extent and cost of corruption in transport infrastructure. New evidence from Europe. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 113, July 2018.
Mendes, Mara and Fazekas, Mihály (2017), DIGIWHIST Recommendations for the Implementation of Open Public Procurement Data. An Implementer‘s Guide. DIGIWHIST and Open Knowledge Foundation Deutschland.
Fazekas, Mihály and Szalai, Bálint, (2017), Corruption risk assessment of the public procurement area in Kosovo. Council of Europe, Strasbourg.
Fazekas, Mihály, (2017): Assessing the Quality of Government at the Regional Level Using Public Procurement Data. WP 12/2017, Brussels: European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional Policy.
Fazekas, Mihály, & Kocsis, Gábor, (2017), Uncovering High-Level Corruption: Cross-National Corruption Proxies Using Public Procurement Data. British Journal of Political Science, available online.
Broms, Rasmus, Dahlström, Carl, & Fazekas, Mihály, (2017), Procurement and competition in Swedish municipalities. QoG Working Paper Series 2017:5, Quality of Government Institute, University of Gothenburg.
Nicholas Charron, Carl Dahlström, Mihály Fazekas, and Victor Lapuente, (2017), Careers, Connections and Corruption Risks In Europe. Journal of Politics, 79(1).
Fazekas, Mihály, (2017), Red tape, bribery and government favouritism: evidence from Europe. Crime, Law and Social Change, (68)4.
Fazekas, Mihály and Cingolani, Luciana, (2017), Breaking the cycle? How (not) to use political finance regulations to counter public procurement corruption. Slavonic & East European Review, 95(1).
Fazekas, Mihály, & Tóth, Bence, (2017), Infrastructure for whom? Corruption risks in infrastructure provision across Europe. In G. Hammerschmid, G. Kostka, & K. Wegrich (Eds.), Governance Report 2016. Governance of Infrastructure. ch. 11, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Fazekas, Mihály, & Tóth, István János, (2017), Corruption in EU Funds? Europe-wide evidence on the corruption effect of EU-funded public contracting. In J. Bachtler et al (Eds.), EU Cohesion Policy. Reassessing performance and direction. ch. 13. Routledge, London.
Fazekas, Mihály, & Tóth, Bence, (2017): The effectiveness of the European Union in safeguarding competition in public procurement markets. GTI-WP/2017:04, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute.
Dávid-Barrett, Elizabeth, Fazekas, Mihály, Hellmann, Olli, Márk, Lili, & McCorley, Ciara, (2017): Controlling Corruption in Development Aid: New Evidence from Contract-Level Data. GTI-WP/2017:03, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute.
Fazekas, Mihály, Skuhrovec, Jiri, & Wachs, Johannes, (2017): Corruption, government turnover, and public contracting market structure – Insights using network analysis and objective corruption proxies. GTI-WP/2017:02, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute.
Tóth, Bence, & Fazekas, Mihály, (2017): Compliance and strategic contract manipulation around single market regulatory thresholds – the case of Poland. GTI-WP/2017:01, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute.
Fazekas, Mihály , & Tóth, Bence, (2017), Proxy indicators for the corrupt misuse of corporations. U4 Brief. October 2017:6. U4 – Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen, Norway.
Fazekas, Mihály and Kurekova, Lucia Mytna, (2016), A Skills beyond School Review of the Slovak Republic, OECD, Paris.
Fazekas, Mihály, Cingolani, Luciana, & Tóth, Bence , (2016), A comprehensive review of objective corruption proxies in public procurement: risky actors, transactions, and vehicles of rent extraction. GTI-WP/2016:03, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute.
Dávid-Barrett, Elizabeth and Fazekas, Mihály, (2016). Corrupt Contracting: Partisan Favouritism in Public Procurement. GTI-WP/2016:02, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute.
Fazekas, Mihály and Tóth, István János, (2016), From corruption to state capture: A new analytical framework with empirical applications from Hungary. Political Research Quarterly, 69(2).
Fazekas, Mihály, Tóth, István János, and King, Peter Lawrence, (2016), An Objective Corruption Risk Index Using Public Procurement Data. European Journal of Criminal Policy and Research, 22(3).
Fazekas, Mihály and Cingolani, Luciana, (2016). Breaking the cycle? How (not) to use political finance regulations to counter public procurement corruption. GTI-WP/2016:01, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute. (published in Slavonic and East European Review)
Fazekas, Mihály and Nanopoulos, Eva, (2016). The Effectiveness of EU Law: Insights from the EU Legal Framework on Asset Confiscation. European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, 24(1).
Fazekas, Mihály, & Tóth, Bence, (2016), Assessing the potential for detecting collusion in Swedish public procurement. Uppdragsforskningsrap. 2016:3, Swedish Competition Authority, Stockholm.
Lianos, Ioannis, Fazekas, Mihály and Karliuk, Maxim, (2016). Cross national diffusion of impact assessment practices in Europe. In Claire A. Dunlop and Claudio M. Radaelli (Eds.) (2016) Handbook of Regulatory Impact Assessment. pp. 286-303. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Fazekas, Mihály and Kocsis, Gábor (2015). Uncovering High-Level Corruption: Cross-National Corruption Proxies Using Government Contracting Data. GTI-WP/2015:02, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute.
Charron, Nicholas, Dahlström, Carl, Fazekas, Mihály and Lapuente, Victor, (2015). Careers, Connections and Corruption Risks In Europe. Working Paper Series 2015:6, QOG – The Quality of Government Institute, Gothenburg. (published in Journal of Politics)
Mungiu-Pippidi, Alina, Ramin Dadašov, Mihály Fazekas et al, (2015) Public Integrity and Trust in Europe. European Research Centre for Anti-Corruption and State-Building (ERCAS), Hertie School of Governance, Berlin.
Cingolani, Luciana; Fazekas, Mihály; Kukutschka, Roberto Martínez B.; Tóth, Bence (2015) Towards a comprehensive mapping of information on public procurement tendering and its actors across Europe. DIGIWHIST, University of Cambridge
Fazekas, Mihály, Lukács, Péter András, and Tóth, István János, (2015). The Political Economy of Grand Corruption in Public Procurement in the Construction Sector of Hungary. In Alina Mungiu-Pippidi (Ed.), Government Favouritism in Europe The Anticorruption Report 3 (pp. 53–68). Berlin: Barbara Budrich Publishers.
Fazekas, Mihály and Tóth, István János, (2015). Corruption in EU Funds? Europe-wide evidence on the corruption effect of EU funded public contracting. GTI-WP/2015:01, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute.
Fazekas, M. (2015). The Cost of One-Party Councils: Lack of Electoral Accountability and Public Procurement Corruption. London: Electoral Reform Society.
Mihály Fazekas – Elizabeth Dávid-Barrett (2015): Corruption Risks in UK Public Procurement and New Anti-Corruption Tools. GTI-R/2015:01, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute.
Fazekas, Mihály and Tóth, István János, (2014), New ways to measure institutionalised grand corruption in public procurement. U4 Brief. October 2014:9. U4 – Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen, Norway.
Fazekas, Mihály, Chvalkovska, Jana, Skuhrovec, Jiri, Tóth, István János, and King, Peter Lawrence, (2014), Are EU funds a corruption risk? The impact of EU funds on grand corruption in Central and Eastern Europe. In Alina Mungiu-Pippidi (ed.), (2014), Controlling Corruption in Europe. ch. 5. Barbara Budrich Publishing, Berlin.
Fazekas, Mihály and Tóth, István János, (2014), From corruption to state capture: A new analytical framework with empirical applications from Hungary. GTI-WP/2014:01, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute. (published in Political Research Quarterly)
Tóth, Bence, Fazekas, Mihály, Czibik, Ágnes, and Tóth, István János, (2014), Toolkit for detecting collusive bidding in public procurement. With examples from Hungary. GTI-WP/2014:02, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute.
Fazekas, Mihály, (2014), The Use of ‘Big Data’ for Social Sciences Research: An Application to Corruption Research. SAGE Research Methods Cases.
Lianos, Ioannis and Fazekas, Mihály, (2014), A coat of many colours: building a taxonomy of Impact Assessment practices in Europe, Revue Française d’Administration Publique, 2014/1 No. 149, pp. 29 – 59. [in French]
Fazekas, Mihály, Chvalkovska, Jana, Skuhrovec, Jiri, Tóth, István János, and King, Peter Lawrence, (2013), Are EU funds a corruption risk? The impact of EU funds on grand corruption in Central and Eastern Europe. GTI-WP/2013:03, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute.
Fazekas, Mihály, Tóth, István János, and King, Peter Lawrence, (2013), Anatomy of grand corruption: A composite corruption risk index based on objective data. GTI-WP/2013:02, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute. (published in the European Journal of Criminal Policy and Research)
Fazekas, Mihály, Tóth, István János, and King, Peter Lawrence, (2013), Corruption manual for beginners: ‘Corruption techniques’ in public procurement with examples from Hungary. GTI-WP/2013:01, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute.
Fazekas, Mihály, King, Lawrence Peter. and Tóth, István János, (2013), Hidden Depths. The Case of Hungary. In Alina Mungiu-Pippidi (ed.), (2013), Controlling Corruption in Europe. ch. 6. Barbara Budrich Publishing, Berlin.
Fazekas, Mihály and Tóth, István János, (2013), Corruption risks in EU funds spending in Hungary. Report for the meeting ‘Understanding Corruption in the EU: the Policy Dimension‘ based on preliminary findings for 2009-2012. Corruption Research Centre, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest.
van Stolk, Chris, and Fazekas, Mihály, (2013), How Evaluation is Accommodated in Emergency Policy making: A comparision in the UK and the US. In Jan-Eric Furubo, Ray Rist and Sandra Speer (eds.), (2013), Evaluation in Turbulent Times. ch. 6. Transaction Publishing, Piscataway, NJ.
Fazekas, Mihály and Tóth, István János, (2013), Political influence on the Hungarian Public Procurement market? Analysis of market shares 2009-2011 – preliminary findings. Corruption Research Centre, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest.
Fazekas, Mihály and Tóth, István János, (2012), Public Procurement, Corruption and State Capacity in Hungary – objective measures and new insights. MTA KTI research seminars, Budapest.
Forsaith, James, Irving, Barrie, Nanopoulos, Eva, and Fazekas, Mihály, (2012), Study for an impact assessment on a proposal for a new legal framework on the confiscation and recovery of criminal assets (Prepared for the European Commission Directorate General Home Affairs). RAND Europe, Cambridge.
Ettelt, Stefanie, Fazekas, Mihály, Mays, Nicholas, and Nolte, Ellen, (2012), Assessing health care planning – A framework-led comparison of Germany and New Zealand. Health Policy, Vol. 106, No. 1 , pp. 50-59
Fazekas, Mihály and Tóth, István János (2012), Errors, corrections, and results – Public procurement in Hungary 2010-2011. Corruption Research Centre, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest. [in Hungarian]
Fazekas, Mihály, and Burns, Tracey, (2012), Exploring the complex interaction between governance and knowledge. Synthesis of the literature. OECD Education Working Papers, No. 67, OECD Publishing.
Fazekas, Mihály, (2011), Analysis of the decision making processes of Regional Development and Training Committees in 2008-2010. MKIK GVI, Budapest. [in Hungarian]
Fazekas, Mihály, (2011), Policy failure and the advent of organized crime in post-socialist Hungary. The analysis of how the state subsidy for domestic heating oil resulted in organised criminal network formation. Cambridge Journal of Politics – Art of the Possible. Vol. 1. No. 1.
Fazekas, Mihály, (2010), International Policy Learning and Learning Capacity. The Case of Hungarian Vocational Education and Training. Hertie School of Governance, WP. 49.
Eva Heidbreder, Kai Wegrich, and Fazekas, Mihály, (2010), The Double Beat of the Standard Cost Model Adoption Across Europe: How Policy Diffusion and Europanisation Mechanisms Interconnect. Paper presented at the third biannual conference of the ECPR Standing Group on Regulatory Governance: Regulation in the Age of Crisis. 17-19 July 2010, Dublin.
Fazekas, Mihály, Ettelt, Stefanie, Newbould, Jennifer, Nolte, Ellen, (2010), Framework for assessing, improving and enhancing healthcare planning. RAND Europe, Cambridge
van Stolk, Christian and Fazekas, Mihály, (2010), Tackling error, fraud and corruption in Romanian cash benefits. RAND Europe, Cambridge, unpublished manuscript.
Fazekas, Mihály, (2010), Civil society against corruption. Hungary. For more information see: www.againstcorruption.eu
van Stolk, Christian, Fazekas, Mihály, and Martinescu, Andra-Lucia, (2010), Evaluation in turbulent times – How is evaluation accommodated in emergency policy-making: A comparison of post 9/11 emergency legislation in the UK and the US. Paper presented at the 9th European Evaluation Society International Conference: 6-8 October, Prague
Fazekas, Mihály, (2009), Analysis of the decision making processes of Regional Development and Training Committees in 2008. Collating Committee decisions, preparatory resolutions, and labour market forecasts. MKIK GVI, Budapest [in Hungarian]
Czibik, Ágnes, Fazekas, Mihály, and Néray, Bálint, (2007), Foregone opportunities? The possibility of applying an integrated development approach in the decision making mechanisms in Hungarian municipalities. Tudományos Diákköri Konferencia, Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem, Budapest. [in Hungarian]
Hidden economy and tax evasion
Fazekas, Mihály, Medgyesi, Márton, and Tóth, István János, (2013), Diversity of motivations to engage in tax evasion in Hungary . Paper presented at the 3rd International Conference on The Shadow Economy, Tax Evasion and Governance: July 25-28, 2013, University of Münster, Germany.
Fazekas, Mihály, Medgyesi, Márton, and Tóth, István János, (2010), The determinants of informal work in Hungary. Paper presented at the Fourth Annnual Conference of the Hungarian Economic Association: 20-21. December 2010, Budapest.
Fazekas, Mihály, (2009), Dilemmas of enterprises leaving the hidden economy. Case study – messenger service providers in Budapest, 2006-2008. Review of Sociology, Vol. 15., No. 2.
Lackó, Mária, Semjén, András, Fazekas, Mihály, and Tóth, István János, (2009), The hidden economy and undeclared work: a survey of research findings and government policies. in Semjén, András and Tóth, István János (eds.), (2009), Hidden economy, Undeclared employment and non-reported income: government policies and the reaction of economic agents. Hungarian Academy of Sciences: Institute of Economics, Budapest. [in Hungarian]
Semjén, András, Tóth, István János, and Fazekas, Mihály, (2009), Simplified Entrepreneurial Tax taxation in the light of interviews with enterprises. in Semjén, András and Tóth, István János (eds.), (2009), Hidden economy, Undeclared employment and non-reported income: government policies and the reaction of economic agents. Hungarian Academy of Sciences: Institute of Economics, Budapest. [in Hungarian]
Semjén, András, Tóth, István János, Fazekas, Mihály, and Makó, Ágnes, (2009), Employment with temporary work booklet: a study based on interviews with employers and employees and on a survey of casual workers. in Semjén, András and Tóth, István János (eds.), (2009), Hidden economy, Undeclared employment and non-reported income: government policies and the reaction of economic agents. Hungarian Academy of Sciences: Institute of Economics, Budapest. [in Hungarian]
Fazekas, Mihály, (2009), Dilemmas of enterprises leaving the hidden economy. Case study – messenger service providers in Budapest, 2006-2008. in Semjén, András and Tóth, István János (eds), (2009), Hidden economy, Undeclared employment and non-reported income: government policies and the reaction of economic agents. Hungarian Academy of Sciences: Institute of Economics, Budapest. [in Hungarian]
Education and labour market
Fazekas, Mihály and Kurekova, Lucci Mytna, (2016), A Skills beyond School Review of the Slovak Republic, OECD, Paris.
Field, Simon, Alvarez-Galvan, Jose-Luis, Fazekas, Mihály, Kis, Viktória, Kuczera, Małgorzata and Musset, Pauline, (2014), Skills Beyond School: Synthesis Report, OECD Reviews of Vocational Education and Training. OECD, Paris.
Fazekas, Mihály and Litjens, Ineke, (2014), A Skills beyond School Review of the Netherlands. OECD, Paris.
Fazekas, Mihály and Field, Simon, (2013), A Skills beyond School Review of Germany. OECD, Paris.
Musset, Pauline, Bloem, Simone, Fazekas, Mihály, and Field, Simon (2013), A Skills beyond School Review of Austria. OECD, Paris.
Fazekas, Mihály and Field, Simon, (2013), A Skills beyond School Review of Switzerland. OECD, Paris.
Czibik, Ágnes, Fazekas, Mihály, Németh, Nándor, Semjén, András, Tóth, István János, (2013), Forecasting labour market demand based on enterprise surveys: Lessons of two surveys. Közgazdasági Szemle, vol. LX., pp. 189–223. [in Hungarian]
Fazekas, Mihály, (2012), School funding formulas – literature review. OECD Education Working Papers, No. 74, OECD, Paris.
Fazekas, Mihály, and Hajdú, Miklós (2011), Projected labour market demand for vocational school leavers – 2011. Supporting document for Regional Development and Training Committees in determining vocational school intake. MKIK GVI, Budapest. [in Hungarian]
Fazekas, Mihály, (2010), Projected labour market demand for vocational school leavers – 2010. Supporting document for Regional Development and Training Committees in determining vocational school intake. MKIK GVI, Budapest. [in Hungarian]
Fazekas, Mihály, and Bálint, Tamás, (2010), Business strategy of system for the Regional Vocational Training Centre of Kecskemét. MKIK GVI, Budapest. [in Hungarian]
Fazekas, Mihály, (2010), Proposal for a labour market feedback system for the Regional Vocational Training Centre of Kecskemét. MKIK GVI, Budapest. [in Hungarian]
Fazekas, Mihály, Tóth, István János, and Makó, Ágnes, (2009), Which profession to choose? Introduction to the basic datasets underpinning profession choice in vocational education and training. MKIK, Budapest. [in Hungarian]
Fazekas, Mihály, (2009), Projected labour market demand for vocational school leavers – 2009. Supporting document for Regional Development and Training Committees in determining vocational school intake. MKIK GVI, Budapest. [in Hungarian]
Fazekas, Mihály and Tóth, István János, (2008), The first steps towards forecasting the supply of and demand for vocational school graduates – overview and proposals for improvement. in MKIK (2008) Labour Market Actors in Determining the Structure of Vocational Educaion and Training. MKIK, Budapest, ch. 3, p 33-51 [in Hungarian]
Fazekas, Mihály and Makó, Ágnes, (2008), Projected labour market demand for vocational school leavers – 2008. Supporting document for Regional Development and Training Committees in determining vocational school intake. MKIK GVI, Budapest. [in Hungarian]
Fazekas, Mihály, (2008), Accuracy of labour market forecasts based on enterprise responses. The analysis of the quarterly surveys of State Employment Office. MKIK GVI, Budapest [in Hungarian]
Further publications
Aytalina Azarova, Darja Irdam, Alexi Gugushvili, Mihály Fazekas et al, (2017), The effect of rapid privatisation on mortality in mono-industrial towns in post-Soviet Russia: a retrospective cohort study. The Lancet, 2(5).
Darja Irdam et al (2016), Mortality in Transition: Study Protocol of the PrivMort Project, a multilevel convenience cohort study. BMC Public Health, 16:672.
Tiessen, Jan, Hunt, Priscillia, Celia, Claire, Fazekas, Mihály, De Vries, Han, Staetsky, Laura, Diepeveen, Stephanie, Rabinovich, Lila, Ridsdale, Helen, and Ling, Tom, (2010), Assessing the impacts of revising the Tobacco Products Directive. RAND Europe, Cambridge.
Fazekas, Mihály and Kőhegyi, Gergely, (2010), Regional differences in New Economic Geography perspective. unpublished manuscript. [in Hungarian]
Fazekas, Mihály, (2010), Participatory Budgeting. The opportunity to strengthen democratic decision making in Hungarian local governments. Védegylet, Budapest. [in Hungarian] (further info)
Fazekas, Mihály and Domonkos Sík, (2008), Fund Raising Strategies of Special Colleges in Higher Education and their Civil Society Role. Civil Review, Vol. 5., No 3. [in Hungarian]
Fazekas, Mihály and Domonkos Sík, (2007), Special Colleges in Hungary: Fund Raising, Interests, and Communication. Final research report. Erasmus Collegium, Budapest. [in Hungarian]