New article, co-authored by Attila Gáspár in the journal Plos One
Why are some countries rich and others poor? development and validation of the attributions for Cross-Country Inequality Scale (ACIS) Michela Vezzoli, Roberta Rosa Valtorta, Attila Gáspár, Carmen Cervone, Federica Durante, Anne Maass, Caterina Suitner Abstract Understanding lay theories on the causes of economic inequality is the first step to comprehending why people tolerate, justify, or react against […]
New article, co-authored by Ágnes Cseh in the journal Games and Economic Behavior
Popular matchings with weighted voters Klaus Heeger, Ágnes Cseh Abstract We consider a natural generalization of the well-known POPULAR MATCHING problem where every vertex has a weight. We call a matching 𝑀 more popular than matching 𝑀′ if the weight of vertices preferring 𝑀 to 𝑀′ is larger than the weight of vertices preferring 𝑀′ […]
New journal article by Tamás Hajdu, Judit Krekó, and Csaba Tóth G. in the journal Scientific Reports
Inequalities in regional excess mortality and life expectancy during the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe Tamás Hajdu, Judit Krekó, Csaba Tóth G. Abstract Using data for 201 regions (NUTS 2) in Europe, we examine the mortality burden of the COVID-19 pandemic and how the mortality inequalities between regions changed between 2020 and 2022. We show that […]
New article, co-authored by Anikó Bíró, Péter Elek in the journal Econometrics of Multi-dimensional Panels
Multi-dimensional Panels in Health Economics with an Application on Antibiotic Consumption Bíró Anikó, Elek Péter, Kungl Nóra Abstract Variation in healthcare use and health outcomes is a major concern for health policy. The availability of multi-dimensional administrative panel data sets has facilitated the study of the sources of variations. This chapter reviews the health economics […]
New article, co-authored by Péter Biró in the journal Cenral European Journal of Operations Research
Optimization methods and algorithms Péter Biró, Sándor Bozóki, Tamás Király, Alexandru Kristály Abstract Recent results of three areas, pickup and delivery, optimal mass transportation, matching under preferences are highlighted. The topics themselves have been selected from the active research fields of Hungarian Operations Research. We also provide a short summary of selected research results from […]