BME FIEK
Opening hours
M-Th: 8:00–16:00
F: 8:00–13:00
Full Professor
Dr. Judit Kapás
PhD
H-1111 Budapest, Műegyetem rkp. 3.
+3614631907
Research keywords:
· institutions
· economic development
· culture
· technological revolutions
· economic freedom
Horizon Europe keywords:
· Democratic governance
Publications
Kapás, J. – Czeglédi, P. (2020) The Impact of Culture on FDI Disentangled: Separating the “Level” and the “Distance” Effects. Economia Politica, Vol. 37. No. 1. pp. 223-250. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40888-020-00175-8
Kapás, J. (2019) The Interaction of Individual Values and Sticky Formal Institutions in Economic Development. European Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 16. Issue 1. pp. 41-67.
Kapás, J. - Czeglédi, P. (2018) Social Orders, and a Weak Form of the Hayek–Friedman Hypothesis. International Review of Economics, Vol. 65. No. 3. pp. 291-328.
Kapás, J. - Czeglédi, P. (2017) Institutions and Policies of Economic Freedom: Different Effects on Income and Growth. Economia Politica, Vol. 34. No. 2. pp. 259-282.
Kapás, J. - Czeglédi, P. (2010) Economic Freedom and Government: A Conceptual Framework. Journal des Economist et des Etudes Humaines, Vol. 16. No. 1. pp. 1-24.
Awards
Certificate of Merits, Board of the János Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2011.
Plaque of the Center of Arts, Humanities and Sciences, University of Debrecen, 2008.
Bolyai Plaquette for Excellence in Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2006.
Certificate of Merits, Board of the János Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2005.
Projects
2016 – 2022, “Layers of Culture: Determinants of Institutions, of Development, or of Both?, National Research, Development and Innovation Office, project leader
2011 – 2015, "The Role of Civil Rights and Informal Institutions in Economic Development", Hungarian Scientific Research Fund, project leader
2008 – 2009, “Economic Freedom and Development” (book publication), Hungarian Scientific Research Fund
2007 – 2011, "Technological Advance and Institutional Change: A Co-evolution and Developmental Paths", Hungarian Scientific Research Fund, project leader
2007 – 2010, "Technological Revolutions and the Evolution of the Firm", Hungarian Academy of Sciences, individual research grant
Conferences
Kapás, J. – Czeglédi, P. (2019) The Impact of Culture on FDI Disentangled: Separating the “Level” and the “Distance” Effects
6th World Interdisciplinary Network for Institutional Research (WINIR) Conference “Institutions for Inclusive Societies”, September 19-22, 2019, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden
Kapás, J. (2019) The Development-enhancing Impact of Culture Dehomogenized: The Role of Different Cultural Layers
Annual Conference of the European Public Choice Society, April 1-4, 2019, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Kapás, J.: The Interaction of Individual Values and Sticky Formal Institutions in Economic Development
21st Annual Conference of the Society for Institutional and Organizational Economics (SIOE), June 23-25, 2017, Columbia University, New York, USA
Kapás, J. – Czeglédi, P.: Institutions and Policies of Economic Freedom: Different Effects on Income and Growth
Annual Conference of the International Society for New Institutional Economics (ISNIE), June 17-19, 2010, University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom
Kapás, J. – Czeglédi, P.: Economic Freedom and the Process of Economic Growth: An Empirical Analysis Based on a New Measure
13th Annual Conference of the International Society for New Institutional Economics (ISNIE), June 18-20, 2009, University of California, Berkeley, USA