Papers

Last update: 2026/08/31

Working Papers

• Central Bank Communication in a Small Open (Unorthodox) Economy - joint with Marton Kovacs
  • working paper
• Perverse Effects of Imperfectly Enforced Price Controls - joint with Boris Knapp
  • working paper
• The Long-run Performance of Mergers and Acquisitions - joint with Sudheer Chava
  • working paper](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4742401)
• Discovering Heterogeneous Treatment Effects in Regression Discontinuity Designs - R&R at Journal of Applied Econometrics -working paper, MatLab codes
• Machine Learning - joint with László Mátyás (CEU) & Essie Maasoumi (Emory)
  • [book chapter WIP] in A History of Econometrics: The Challenge of Remaining Relevant Editors: Matyas L, Pirotte A, Publisher: Springer, Expected publication: 2027 Spring
• Data Privacy - joint with Zsigmond Pálvölgyi (CUB)
  • [book chapter WIP] in A History of Econometrics: The Challenge of Remaining Relevant Editors: Matyas L, Pirotte A, Publisher: Springer, Expected publication: 2027 Spring

Published papers

• Modelling with Sensitive Variables - joint work with with Felix Chan (Curtin) and László Mátyás (CEU)
  • publised in AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis
• When and How Much Do Fixed Effects Matter? (2024) - joint work with with Felix Chan (Curtin) and László Mátyás (CEU)
  • published book chapter, in Matyas, L. (eds) The Econometrics of Multi-dimensional Panels. Advanced Studies in Theoretical and Applied Econometrics, vol 54. Springer, Cham.
• The Use of Machine Learning in Treatment Effect Estimation (2022) - joint work with Robert Lieli (CEU) and Yu-Chin Hsu (National Central University and National Chengchi University)
  • published book chapter, in: Chan, F., Matyas, L. (eds), Econometrics with Machine Learning. Advanced Studies in Theoretical and Applied Econometrics, vol 53. Springer, pp. 79-109

Publication from my BA/MA studies

• Constructing Hungarian Zero-Coupon Yield Curve Models, Using Global Optimalization Methods (2015)

  • published paper - only in Hungarian

• Macroeconometric Modelling of Inflation, Wages and Money Supply: Implementing David F. Hendry’s reduction theory to the Hungarian Economy between 1995 and 2014 (2015)

  • MA thesis - only in Hungarian

• Forecasting the Hungarian Nelson-Siegel Yield Curve with Mixed Factor Model (2014)

  • Conference Paper: Hungarian Society of Economist Yearly Conference (2014, December 19) - only in Hungarian

• Happiness of Economic Man (2014) – joint work with Katalin Martinás, Zsolt Gilányi, Veronika Poór – The Happiness Compass, Chapter 19 Nova Science Publishers, editors: Francesco Sarracino

• Reappraisal of Rational Choice Theory (2013) – joint work with Katalin Martinás

  • Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems (INDECS), 11(1)

• Behavioral models of pension systems, part II. (2013)

  • Economists’ Forum - only in Hungarian

• Behavioral models of pension systems, part I. (2012)

  • Economists’ Forum - only in Hungarian

• Behavioral models of pension systems (2012)

  • BA Thesis - only in Hungarian