This study analyses the effectiveness of government incentives on household savings in Hungary prior to the Covid pandemic and the ensuing economic turmoil. Time series pertaining to life insurance, voluntary pension savings, and long-term and short-term government bonds are tested in relation...

In this article we study how the monetary transmission mechanism (the process through which monetary policy affects aggregate demand and inflation) alters when the nominal interest rates become negative, through the case of Switzerland. The results of our models show that the effectiveness of...

There is no consensus in the economics theory about the determinants of household saving. The article composes vector error correction (VEC) models to identify the determinants of household saving in the East Central European countries from 2005–2020. Its novelty is that it identifies push and...

Households supply the workforce for the modern economy, increasingly based on information and communication technology (IT). The access of households to e-devices and e-channels has been continuously growing in the last two decades. The aim of the study is to reflect these theoretical concepts...

The coronavirus epidemic arrived in Europe in the spring of 2020, causing a significant slowdown in economic activity. The study examines the preparedness, vulnerability, exposure and performance of 25 European countries during the economic crisis caused by the Covid-19 epidemic. Countries can...

Katalin Botos, in issue 2023/4 of Pulic Finance Quarterly, examined the causes of inflation in the crisis years of 2020, its management, which she considers inadequate, and finally its fiscal impact. On the occasion of her assessment of the inflationary period, we reflect on her thoughts on...

Before the coronavirus epidemic and the related lockdowns, the EU countries represented various image of social, fiscal and external economic characteristics which is the base of the cluster analysis. The puzzle is whether the pre-crisis preparedness results in different or similar damages...

In July 2022 the European Central Bank closed the eight years long era of negative nominal interest rates, which provides an opportunity for the evaluation of the negative interest rate policy. The assessment of this unprecedented new monetary policy tool is rather controversial in the economic...

As the cryptocurrency market dynamically evolves, important financial and economic issues arise. The main focus of the present research is on the price of cryptocurrencies. Following the exploration of the literature base, special emphasis was put on the comparison between the crypto market and...