"When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind; it may be the beginning of knowledge, but you have scarcely, in your thoughts, advanced to the stage of science, whatever the matter may be."
Lord Kelvin

Presentations

Competitive Intensity, Overpricing, Corruption Risks and Crony Capitalism in Hungary 2009-2015

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September 16, 2016

 

Presentation of the CRCB’s new research results in the William Gates Building of the Computer Laboratory at the conference  “Frontiers of Data Science for Government: Ideas, Practices, and Projections. Data for Policy -2016” organised by the University of Cambridge.

The presentation covered corruption risk detection, measuring competitive intensity, and a new way to analyse overpricing suggested by the CRCB’s researchers. Based on statistical analyses of 127,000 Hungarian read more

Integrity Pacts – Preventing Fraud in Public Procurement Through Civil Society Oversight Mechanisms

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June 15, 2015
We presented the CRCB’s new research results at Transparency International Croatia’s conference ‘Integrity Pacts – Preventing Fraud in Public Procurement Through Civil Society Oversight Mechanisms‘ in Zagreb on 10th June 2015.
The presentation provided an overview of measurable differences in corruption risk between EU-funded and nationally funded public procurement procedures. It highlighted some network characteristics of Hungarian organisations with high corruption risk.
The presentation (PDF)

Suggested citation:

Fazekas, M., & Czibik, Á. (2015, June 15). EU read more

Data Publication for Workshop at Big Data for Policy Conference

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June 17, 2015

 
A dataset and analysis codes are released to support the workshop held by Mihály Fazekas at the conference “Policy-making in the Big Data Era: Opportunities and Challenges” at the University of Cambridge on the 17th of June 2015. The data and codes are solely for demonstrating some interesting ways structured public procurement data can be used to measure favouritism in government contracting.
The presentation: (PDF)
UK government supplier data (2009-2013): Public procurement supplier-level dataset, half-yearly aggregation, read more

ANTICORRP Conference on Public Procurement and Corruption Risk

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May 12, 2015

 

The Corvinus University of Budapest (CUB) organized a conference about the ANTICORRP research program, the Hungarian government’s anti-corruption policy, and the new public procurement law on 12th May 2015, after István János Tóth’s (CRCB) opening and presentation about the ANTICORRP program’s objectives and results, Dr. László Kovács (Prime Minister’s Office) presented the most critical changes in the new Hungarian public procurement law. Mihály Fazekas (CUB, CRCB) highlighted recent results on measuring corruption risks in read more

EU Funds and Corruption Risk in Hungary

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April 17, 2015

 

According to CRCB research, corruption risk for EU-funded contracts is slightly higher than for national agreements at the European level, but in Hungary, it is significantly higher. These additional corruption risk is related to the poor quality of the country’s institutional environment. This press release in Hungarian presents empirical results on corruption risks and the use of EU funds in Hungary and other EU countries.

Press release (in read more

Corruption Risk of the Nuclear Power Plant Investments: What Can We Expect in the Case of Paks II?

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December 22, 2014

 

In January 2014, the Hungarian Government announced that it had reached an agreement with the Russian Government to construct two new reactors to replace the current capacity at the Paks nuclear power plant. Paks I is a Soviet-built plant that has been operational since 1983. It is the only nuclear power plant in the country and provides about 40% of Hungary’s electricity. With an estimated budget of 3-4 trillion Hungarian forint (9-13 billion euros), the project will be Hungary’s read more

Finding the Hay Stack and the Needle. Using Big Data to Evaluate Public Procurement Performance

Presentations, Publications

December 8, 2014

 

Mihály Fazekas presented at the International Corruption Hunters Alliance meeting organised by the World Bank in Washington, DC. This conference brought together heads and senior officials of corruption investigating bodies and prosecuting authorities, anti-corruption experts, academics, and representatives of international organizations from over 130 countries. His presentation was part of the panel on how to use data mining and ‘Big Data’ to better detect, investigate, and read more

Analytical Framework to Capture Corruption and Collusion Risks in Public Procurement

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November 12, 2014

 

The staff of CRCB briefed European Commission and Member State public procurement officials about the CRCB risk assessment methodology and future perspectives for collaboration within CRCB’s new large-scale research program, called DIGIWHIST. His presentation was part of the 12th of November 2014 meeting of the Economic and Statistical Working Group (Advisory Committee on Public Procurement), Brussels.

The presentation: (PDF)

 

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EU Funds’ Curse? The Impact of EU Funds on Institutionalised Grand Corruption in CEE

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October 28, 2014

 

Mihály Fazekas presented CRCB’s research at the launch event for the second ANTICORRP volume, The Anticorruption Frontline, at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin.

The presentation focused on the main findings of the chapter co-authored by CRCB researchers István Jánost Tóth and Mihály Fazekas. In addition, it also presented new research perspectives, including the author’s work using EU-wide public procurement data as well as the exciting new research grant they recently won, called read more

Corruption Risk of the Nuclear Power Plant Development in Paks

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On 28th October 2014 Istvan Janos Toth presented CRCB’s research results on the corruption risks of the investment of Paks nuclear power plant. The study was prepared for the Energiaklub Institute.

The study examines corruption risks based on economic theory and the specific characteristics of large investment projects. We provide an estimate of the corruption risks associated with the proposed investment and put forward suggestions for an anti-corruption strategy. One of the key arguments in the study is that as investment read more