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The economic consequences of the Fidesz government on the Hungarian economy and the regional economic inequality in Hungary

van Doorn, Sarina LU (2020) EKHS42 20201
Department of Economic History
Abstract
The Fidesz government has likely had an impact on the Hungarian economy through the “nationalistic” policies implemented. The analysis in this thesis aims to calculate the extent of the economic impact of the Fidesz government on the Hungarian economy in the period 2010 till 2018. Moreover, in Hungary the regional economic inequality is significant. The second aim of the analysis is to see how the Fidesz government influenced the regional economic disparity. The causal effects of the Fidesz government are measured by using the synthetic control method. With the synthetic control method, Hungary and its regions are compared with their “synthetic” counterparts. The “synthetic” counterparts consist of other European countries/regions which... (More)
The Fidesz government has likely had an impact on the Hungarian economy through the “nationalistic” policies implemented. The analysis in this thesis aims to calculate the extent of the economic impact of the Fidesz government on the Hungarian economy in the period 2010 till 2018. Moreover, in Hungary the regional economic inequality is significant. The second aim of the analysis is to see how the Fidesz government influenced the regional economic disparity. The causal effects of the Fidesz government are measured by using the synthetic control method. With the synthetic control method, Hungary and its regions are compared with their “synthetic” counterparts. The “synthetic” counterparts consist of other European countries/regions which best resemble the economic output determinants of Hungary and the Hungarian regions in the pre-Fidesz period. With the synthetic control method, it was found that there was likely no slowdown experienced by the Hungarian economy. Moreover, it seems that the Fidesz government has resulted in an increase in regional economic inequality. (Less)
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author
van Doorn, Sarina LU
supervisor
organization
course
EKHS42 20201
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Real GDP per capita, synthetic control method, Fidesz government, economic impact, regional economic inequality
language
English
id
9020659
date added to LUP
2020-07-03 12:21:50
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2020-07-03 12:21:50
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  abstract     = {{The Fidesz government has likely had an impact on the Hungarian economy through the “nationalistic” policies implemented. The analysis in this thesis aims to calculate the extent of the economic impact of the Fidesz government on the Hungarian economy in the period 2010 till 2018. Moreover, in Hungary the regional economic inequality is significant. The second aim of the analysis is to see how the Fidesz government influenced the regional economic disparity. The causal effects of the Fidesz government are measured by using the synthetic control method. With the synthetic control method, Hungary and its regions are compared with their “synthetic” counterparts. The “synthetic” counterparts consist of other European countries/regions which best resemble the economic output determinants of Hungary and the Hungarian regions in the pre-Fidesz period. With the synthetic control method, it was found that there was likely no slowdown experienced by the Hungarian economy. Moreover, it seems that the Fidesz government has resulted in an increase in regional economic inequality.}},
  author       = {{van Doorn, Sarina}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The economic consequences of the Fidesz government on the Hungarian economy and the regional economic inequality in Hungary}},
  year         = {{2020}},
}