Research

This is the list of my working papers and publications in refereed journals from the last several years.  Other publications are listed in my CV.

Working papers

"The Effects of a Disability Employment Quota when Compliance is Cheaper than Definance" (with Judit Krekó), IZA Discussion Paper No. 15726. 

Publications in refereed journals

"Subsidy-Driven Firm Growth: Does Loan History Matter? Evidence from a European Union Subsidy Program" (with Ádám Banai, Tirupam Goel, Előd Takáts), Journal of Corporate Finance, forthcoming.

"The Effects of Enterprise Relief Grants during COVID-19," Economics Letters, 234, 111482, 2024.

"The Effects of EU-Funded Enterprise Grants on Firms and Workers” (with Balázs Muraközy), Journal of Comparative Economics 51(1), 216-234, 2023. 

Public Wage Spillovers: The Role of Individual Characteristics and Employer Wage Policies, Labour Economics 55, 116-129, 2018.

Foreign Ownership and Wages: Evidence from Hungary, 1986-2008 (with John S. Earle, Gábor Antal), Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 71(2), 458-491, 2017. (Appendix)

Where Does Privatization Work?  Understanding the Heterogeneity in Estimated Firm Performance Effects (with J. David Brown, John S. Earle), Journal of Corporate Finance  41, 329-362, 2016.  (Appendix)

Political Incentives and State Subsidy Allocation: Evidence from Hungarian Municipalities (with Balázs Muraközy), European Economic Review  89, 327-344, 2016.

Employment Adjustment in the Global Crisis: Differences between Domestic, Foreign and State-Owned Enterprises, Economics of Transition 24(4), 683-703, 2016.