I am a Research Fellow in the QSMS research group at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. My research applies tools from microeconomic theory and statistics to study social problems such as corruption, inequality, and environmental degredation. I particularly enjoy coding and writing proofs. I also teach MSc courses on econometrics and pricing theory, and I organise seminars. Please get in touch if you would like to give a talk!
I previously worked as a research fellow at the University of Aberdeen on the ESRC funded project "The Economics of Marine Plastic Pollution – What are the Benefits of International Cooperation?" (ES/S002448/2). In the same year, I was awarded a PhD in Economics from the University of Edinburgh, under the supervision of Andrew Clausen and Ina Taneva. I also hold MSc's in Economics (University of Edinburgh) and Mathematics (London School of Economics). Before switching to an academic career, I worked as an Assistant Economist at the Office for National Statistics. Find more details in my CV.
Besides research, I enjoy trail running, rock climbing and foraging.
Research
Publications
Abul Naga, R., Stapenhurst, C. and Yalonetzky, G. (2024) Inferring Inequality: Testing for Median-Preserving Spreads in Ordinal Data. Econometric Reviews. Code: functions, results
Abul Naga, R., Stapenhurst, C. and Yalonetzky, G. (2020) Asymptotic Versus Bootstrap Inference for Inequality Indices of the Cumulative Distribution Function, Econometrics 8.
Abul Naga, R. and Stapenhurst, C. (2015) Estimation of inequality indices of the cumulative distribution function, Economics Letters 130.
Working Papers
Significant benefits from international cooperation over marine plastic pollution (with Nicola Beaumont, Tobias Börger, James Clark, Nick Hanley, Robert Johnston, Keila Meginnis, and Frans de Vries, funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) under grant number ES/S002448/2). Under review. Code. Poster.
Policymaker risk preferences in a portfolio model of industrial sectors (with András Bethlendi, funded by the Sustainable Development and Technologies National Programme of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences). Submitted. Code.
Efficient, Fair and Stable Agreements for Abating Marine Plastic Pollution (with Sreoshi Banerjee, funded by the Sustainable Development and Technologies National Programme of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences). Code.
Deterring Bribery with Scotch Hold ’em Poker (with Andrew Clausen; formerly Lemons by Design: Sowing Secrets to Curb Corruption). Play Scotch Hold'em Poker! Poster.
Works in progress
Coordinated and Results-based Payments for Ecosystem Services (with Charlotte Gerling).
Student-Supervisor Matching (with Fatma Aslan and Vivien Surman).
Cooperative Redistribution (with Ramses Abul Naga and Sreoshi Banerjee).
Guess my Card (with Andrew Clausen and John Moore)
Product Information Design with Private Information Acquisition (with Alfonso Montes).