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Papers on the Web

• "The Great Transformation of Central Eastern Europe: Success and Disappointment". Presidential Address, International Economic Association, 14th World Congress, Marrakech, Morocco. Presentation on August 29, 2005.
  

• "Honesty and Trust in the Light of the Post-Socialist Transition. Some ideas arising from the 'Honesty and Trust' research at Collegium Budapest". in Beszélõ, June 2003. Vol. 8. No. 6. pp. 20-29.

• "Understanding the Soft Budget Constraint." By János Kornai, Eric Maskin, and Gérard Roland. 2002.
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• "Hidden in an Envelope: Gratitude Payments to Medical Doctors in Hungary." In Lord Dahrendorf and Yehuda Elkana, eds. The Paradoxes of Unintended Consequences, Budapest: CEU Press, 2000.
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• "What the Change of System from Socialism to Capitalism Does and Does Not Mean."Journal of Economic Perspectives. Winter 2000, 14:1, pp. 27-42.
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• "Ten Years After 'The Road to a Free Economy', The Author Self-Evaluation." In Boris Pleskovic and Nicholas Stern, eds. Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2000, pp. 49-66. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001.
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• The main objective: lasting growth. The Hungarian central bank, says János Kornai, is on the wrong track if it one-sidedly tries to curb inflation. (A legfontosabb: a tartós növekedés. Kornai János szerint tévúton jár a jegybank, ha egyoldalúan erõlteti az infláció csökkentését) Interview with János Kornai. Published in the Hungarian daily newspaper: Népszabadság, January 25, 2003. Vol. 61. No. 21. pp. 23, 27
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• "Turning Visions into Reality," Economist János Kornai Talks about Welfare, Freedom and the Transition of Central and Eastern Europe, Options (IIASA), Summer 1996, pp. 16-17.

Links to Papers in Hungarian

• "Tisztesség és bizalom a posztszocialista átmenet fényében. Gondolatok a Collegium Budapest 'Honesty and Trust' kutatásának alapján." in Beszélõ, June 2003. Vol. 8. No. 6. pp. 20-29.

• "Kiigazítás recesszió nélkül. Esettanulmány a magyar stabilizációról,"Közgazdasági Szemle, 1996, 7-8, pp. 585-613.

• "A magyar gazdaságpolitika dilemmái,"Közgazdasági Szemle, 1995, 7-8, pp. 633-649.

• "Négy jellegzetesség. A magyar fejlõdés politikai gazdaságtani megközelítésben,"Közgazdasági Szemle, 1995, 12, pp. 1097-1117, and 1996, 1-2, pp. 1-29.