Mihaly Fazekas

Central European University (CEU)

associate professor

Quellenstrasse 51

Vienna, 1140

Austria

Government Transparency Institute

Kecskemét

Hungary

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1.

Are EU Funds a Corruption Risk? The Impact of EU Funds on Grand Corruption in Central and Eastern Europe

In Alina Mungiu-Pippidi (ed.), The Anticorruption Frontline. The ANTICORRP Project, vol. 2., Barbara Budrich Publishers, Berlin, pp.68-89
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 06 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 06 Nov 2014
Mihaly Fazekas, Jana Chvalkovska, Jiri Skuhrovec, István János Tóth and Lawrence P. King
Central European University (CEU), Charles University in Prague, Charles University in Prague, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS) and Yale University - Department of Sociology
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public procurement, grand corruption, corruption indicators, Central and Eastern Europe, EU funds, aid dependency

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Uncovering High-Level Corruption: Cross-National Corruption Proxies Using Government Contracting Data

European Research Centre for Anti-Corruption and State-Building Working Paper No. 46
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 08 Jan 2016
Mihaly Fazekas and Gábor Kocsis
Central European University (CEU) and Government Transparency Institute
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corruption, measurement, Europe, public procurement

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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
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 29 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2018
Mihaly Fazekas, Luciana Cingolani and Bence Tóth
Central European University (CEU), UNU-MERIT and University of Cambridge - Department of Sociology
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Corruption, particularism, public procurement, measurement, objective indicators, Big Data

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Anatomy of Grand Corruption: A Composite Corruption Risk Index Based on Objective Data

Corruption Research Center Budapest Working Papers No. CRCB-WP/2013:02
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 29 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2013
Mihaly Fazekas, István János Tóth and Lawrence P. King
Central European University (CEU), Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS) and Yale University - Department of Sociology
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public procurement, grand corruption, corruption technique, composite corruption risk index

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Corruption Manual for Beginners: 'Corruption Techniques' in Public Procurement with Examples from Hungary

Corruption Research Center Budapest Working Paper No. CRCB-WP/2013:01
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 30 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2013
Mihaly Fazekas, István János Tóth and Lawrence P. King
Central European University (CEU), Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS) and Yale University - Department of Sociology
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public procurement, grand corruption, corruption technique, corruption indicators

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From Corruption to State Capture: A New Analytical Framework with Empirical Applications from Hungary

Corruption Research Center Budapest Working Papers No. CRCB-WP/2014:01
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 29 Nov 2014
Mihaly Fazekas and István János Tóth
Central European University (CEU) and Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS)
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public procurement, institutionalised grand corruption, social network analysis, state capture, elite power struggle

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New Ways to Measure Institutionalised Grand Corruption in Public Procurement

U4 Brief: October 2014:9, U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, Bergen, Norway.
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 06 Nov 2014
Mihaly Fazekas and István János Tóth
Central European University (CEU) and Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS)
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high-level corruption, measurement, public procurement, spending efficiency

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Corruption, Government Turnover, and Public Contracting Market Structure – Insights Using Network Analysis and Objective Corruption Proxies

GTI-WP/2017:02, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 24 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 28 Jan 2018
Mihaly Fazekas, Jiří Skuhrovec and Johannes Wachs
Central European University (CEU), Charles University in Prague - Department of Economics and Central European University (CEU)
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corruption, public procurement, network analysis, electoral accountability

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Hidden Depths: The Case of Hungary

In Mungiu-Pippidi, Alina (Ed.) (2013) Controlling Corruption in Europe Vol. 1 (pp. 74-82). Berlin: Barbara Budrich Publishers., European Research Centre for Anti-Corruption and State-Building Working Paper No. 36
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 15 Oct 2013
Mihaly Fazekas, Lawrence P. King and István János Tóth
Central European University (CEU), Yale University - Department of Sociology and Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS)
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legal corruption, Hungary, public procurement, EU funds

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Assessing Vulnerabilities to Corruption in Public Procurement and Their Price Impact

IMF Working Paper No. 2022/094
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 27 Jun 2022
Aly Abdou, Olivier Basdevant, Elizabeth Dávid-Barrett and Mihaly Fazekas
Government Transparency Institute, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - IMF Institute, University of Sussex and Central European University (CEU)
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public procurement, corruption, corruption risks, procurement cost, price differential, corruption risk, price impact, procurement contract, data collection methodology, Global

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Controlling Corruption in Development Aid: New Evidence from Contract-Level Data

GTI-WP/2017:03, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 24 Jan 2018
Elizabeth Dávid-Barrett, Mihaly Fazekas, Olli Hellmann, Lili Márk and Ciara McCorley
University of Sussex, Central European University (CEU), University of Sussex, Central European University, Students and University of Sussex
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development aid, World Bank, corruption, regulation

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The Political Economy of Grand Corruption in Public Procurement in the Construction Sector of Hungary

Alina Mungiu-PIppidi (ed.) (2015), Government Favouritism in Europe. The Anticorruption Report 3. Barbara Budrich, London
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 08 Jan 2016
Mihaly Fazekas, Péter Lukács and István János Tóth
Central European University (CEU), Corruption Research Center and Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS)
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corruption, Hungary, infrastructure

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Careers, Connections and Corruption Risks in Europe

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 08 Jan 2016
Nicholas Charron, Carl Dahlström, Mihaly Fazekas and Victor Lapuente
University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg - Department of Political Science, Central European University (CEU) and University of Gothenburg - Department of Political Science
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corruption, bureaucracy, Europe

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Breaking the Cycle? How (Not) to Use Political Finance Regulations to Counter Public Procurement Corruption

GTI-WP/2016:01, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 16 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 29 Dec 2016
Mihaly Fazekas and Luciana Cingolani
Central European University (CEU) and UNU-MERIT
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corruption, political finance, Europe, procurement

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The Diffusion of Impact Assessment Practices in Europe

Ioannis Lianos, Mihály Fazekas, Maksim Karliuk, The Diffusion of Impact Assessment Practices in Europe, CLES Research Paper series 2/2014
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 27 Dec 2014
Ioannis Lianos, Mihaly Fazekas and Maksim Karliuk
University College London - Faculty of Laws, Central European University (CEU) and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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Impact assessment, Diffusion, Comparative, Governance, Europe, Administration

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The Impact of Emergencies on Corruption Risks. Italian Natural Disasters and Public Procurement

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 19 Jan 2023
Mihaly Fazekas, Shrey Nishchal and Tina Soreide
Central European University (CEU), Western Norway University of Applied Sciences and NHH Norwegian School of Economics - Department of Accounting, Auditing and Law
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corruption, public procurement, emergency, disaster

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The Effectiveness of the European Union in Safeguarding Competition in Public Procurement Markets

GTI-WP/2017:04, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 24 Jan 2018
Mihaly Fazekas and Bence Tóth
Central European University (CEU) and University of Cambridge - Department of Sociology
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EU, single market, public procurement, competition, courts

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Auction Length and Prices: Evidence from Random Auction Closing in Brazil

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8828
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 23 Apr 2019 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2019
Alexandre Oliveira, Abdoulaye Fabregas Masllovet and Mihaly Fazekas
affiliation not provided to SSRN, World Bank and Central European University (CEU)
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Regulatory Regimes, Judicial System Reform, Legal Reform, Legislation, Public Sector Economics, Social Policy, Public Finance Decentralization and Poverty Reduction, Legal Products, International Trade and Trade Rules, Telecommunications Infrastructure, Health Care Services Industry, ICT Applications

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Diversity of Motivations to Engage in Tax Evasion

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 26 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 05 May 2015
Mihaly Fazekas, Marton Medgyesi and Istvan Janos Toth
Central European University (CEU), Independent and Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS) - Institute of Economics CERS-HAS (IEHAS)
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hidden employment, unreported employment, tax evasion typology, motivations for tax evasion

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Compliance and Strategic Contract Manipulation Around Single Market Regulatory Thresholds – The Case of Poland

GTI-WP/2017:01, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 24 Jan 2018
Bence Tóth and Mihaly Fazekas
University of Cambridge - Department of Sociology and Central European University (CEU)
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single market, EU, public procurement, regulation