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László Szalai, Ph.D.


Department of Business and Economics
Accounting

Education

Ph.D. in International Economics
Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2010-2022
M.Sc. in Business and Management
Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2005-2010

Practice Areas

  • Microeconomic Modeling
  • Macroeconomic Analysis
  • International Trade & Economic Integration
  • Applied Game Theory

Research Interests

  • Microeconomic Modeling of Addictive Behavior
  • The Resource Curse
  • Gamification and Experimental Economics

Publications and Media Placements

(2023) Zs. Biedermann, T. Barczikay, L. Szalai: The Dutch Disease in Angola – An Empirical Analysis. Engineering Proceedings, 39, 40, DOI:10.3390/engproc2023039040

(2021) Zs. Biedermann, T. Barczikay, L. Szalai: Difficulties in Diversification in Resource Rich Countries – The Case of Botswana. Külgazdasá, 65(5–6), pp. 31–55. DOI:10.47630/KULG.2021.65.5-6.31 [Hungarian]

(2020) T. Barczikay, Zs. Biedermann, L. Szalai: An Investigation of a Partial Dutch Disease in Botswana. Resources Policy, 67, 101665 DOI:10.1016/j.resourpol.2020.101665

(2020) L. Szalai: An Experimental Approach to the Resource Curse. In G. Družić & T. Gelo (eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on the Economics of Decoupling, Scientific Conference Papers, 14, pp. 289-308. Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb. ISBN:978-953-347-337-6

(2020) E. Guillén Tortajada, M. P. Jiménez Martínez, L. Szalai, P. A. Caballero García, R. E. Alcaraz Rodríguez: Instrument Design & Validation for Measuring Entrepreneurial Competence. Comunicación y Hombre, 16, pp. 193-224. ISSN:1885-365X [Spanish]

(2019) Tóth-Bozó, B. and Szalai, L. Political Announcements and Exchange Rate Expectations. World Journal of Applied Economics, 5(2), 53-66. DOI:10.22440/wjae.5.2.2

(2018) Szalai, L. A Review on the Resource Curse. Periodica Polytechnica Social and Management Sciences, 26(2), 179-189. DOI:10.3311/PPso.10021

(2018) Szalai, L. Institutions and Resource-driven Development. World Journal of Applied Economics, 4(1), 39-53. DOI:10.22440/wjae.4.1.3

(2011) Szalai, L. Paradox of Plenty. In L. Balogh, D. Meyer, and H.-D. Wenzel (Eds.), Analysis of Monetary Institutions and Space (pp. 111-138). Kaposvár: BERG-Verlag.

(2010) Szalai, L. Park and Pay – A microeconomic pricing model for urban parking. Forum Scientiarum Oeconomicarum, 2010(10), 1-11., Budapest: BUTE.