With nearly 200 publications, spanning diverse disciplines such as political science, economics and data science, this page presents Mihály’s publications. More details and citation information can be found on the following academic platforms.
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Cohesion Policy Capacity Index (CPCI). Methodology Report
Fazekas, Mihaly; Abdou, Aly & Rudinac, Ivana
European Commission. Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO): Brussels. 2026
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Fazekas, Mihály; Rudinac, Ivana & Adam, Isabelle
CoST Infrastructure Transparency Initiative. London. 2026
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Mitigating High-Risk Corruption in EU Member States
Persson, Anna; Worth, Mark; Fazekas, Mihaly; Adam, Isabelle & Jeney, Petra
Publications Office of the European Union: Luxembourg. 2026
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Public Procurement’s Long COVID: Emergency Responses and Shifting Corruption Risks in Europe.
Fazekas, Mihály; Veljanov, Zdravko & Abdou, Aly
Regulation and Governance. 2026
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Medina-Hernandez, Marti, Kertész, János & Fazekas, Mihály
Scientific Reports. Av.online. 2026
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Arista, Irene Tello; Fazekas, Mihály & Volkotrub, Antonina
European Journal of Criminal Policy and Research, available online. 2026
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Public procurement cartels: A large-sample testing of screens using machine learning.
Fazekas, Mihály; Tóth, Bence; Wachs, Johannes & Abdou, Aly
International Journal of Industrial Organization. 114. 2026
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Czibik, Ágnes; Tóth, Bence; Kofrán, Dániel; Adam, Isabelle; Fazekas, Mihály & Nagy, Mihály
Government Transparency Institute, Budapest. 2025
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The impact of emergencies on corruption risks: Italian natural disasters and public procurement.
Fazekas, Mihály; Nishchal, Shrey & Soreide, Tina
Regulation & Governance. 19(4). 2025
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The Political Economy of Open Contracting Reforms in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.
Adam, Isabelle; Dávid-Barrett, Elizabeth & Mihály Fazekas
Governance, 38(2). 2025
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Predicting pharmaceutical prices. Advances based on purchase-level data and machine learning.
Fazekas, Mihály; Veljanov, Zdravko & de Oliveira, Alexandre Borghes
BMC Public Health, 24. 2024
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Corruption Risk Indicators in Public Procurement: An extended opentender.eu framework
Kofrán, Dániel; Czibik, Ágnes & Fazekas, Mihály
Government Transparency Institute, Budapest. 2024
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Global Contract-level Public Procurement Dataset.
Fazekas, Mihály; Bence, Tóth; Abdou, Aly & Ahmed Al-Shaibani
Data in Brief, 54. 2024
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Collusion Risk in Corporate Networks.
Villamil, Isabela; Kertész, János & Fazekas, Mihály
Scientific Reports, 14. 2024
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Elections and corruption: incentives to steal or incentives to invest?
Fazekas, Mihály & Hellmann, Olli
Studies in Comparative International Development. Av. Online. 2023
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Wittberg, Emanuel & Fazekas, Mihály
Public Choice. 197. 2023
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Brenner, Dominik & Fazekas, Mihály
Governance, 36(1). 2023
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Agency independence, campaign contributions, and favouritism in US federal government contracting.
Fazekas, Mihály; Ferrali, Romain & Wachs, Johannes
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 33(2). 2023
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Development Aid Contracts Database: World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, and EuropeAid.
Fazekas, Mihály; Abdou, Aly; Kazmina, Yuliia & Regős, Nóra
Data in Brief, 42. 2022
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Fazekas, Mihály; Sberna, Salvatore & Vannucci, Alberto
Governance, (35)4. 2022
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Adam, Isabelle & Fazekas, Mihály
Information Economics and Policy, 57. 2021
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Fazekas, Mihály & Czibik, Ágnes
Regional Studies, 55(8). 2021
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Partisan Procurement. Contracting with the United States Federal Government, 2003–2015.
Dahlström, Carl; Fazekas, Mihály; & Lewis, David E
American Journal of Political Science, 65(3). 2021
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Corruption risk in contracting markets: a network science perspective.
Wachs, Johannes, Fazekas, Mihály, & Kertész, János
International Journal of Data Science and Analytics. 12. 2021
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Controlling Corruption in Development Aid: New Evidence from Contract-Level Data.
Dávid-Barrett, Elizabeth, Fazekas, Mihály, Hellmann, Olli, Márk, Lili, & McCorley, Ciara
Studies in Comparative International Development, 55. 2020
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Corruption and the network structure of public contracting markets across government change.
Fazekas, Mihály & Wachs, Johannes
Politics and Governance, 8(2). 2020
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Anti-corruption in aid-funded procurement: Is corruption reduced or merely displaced?
Dávid-Barrett, Elizabeth & Fazekas, Mihály
World Development, 132. 2020
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The role of agencification in achieving value-for-money in public spending.
Luciana Cingolani & Mihály Fazekas
Governance. 33(3). 2020
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Uncovering High-Level Corruption: Cross-National Corruption Proxies Using Public Procurement Data.
Fazekas, Mihály, and Kocsis, Gábor
British Journal of Political Science, 50(1). 2020
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Lights on the Shadows of Public Procurement. Transparency as an antidote to corruption.
Bauhr, Monika, Czibik, Agnes, Fazekas, Mihály & de Fine Licht, Jenny
Governance. 33(3). 2020
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Grand corruption and government change: an analysis of partisan favoritism in public procurement.
Dávid-Barrett, Elizabeth & Fazekas, Mihály
European Journal of Criminal Policy and Research, 26. 2020
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Political Competition and Public Procurement Outcomes.
Broms, Rasmus, Dahlström, Carl, & Fazekas, Mihály
Comparative Political Studies, 52(9). 2019
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Fazekas, Mihály, and King, Peter Lawrence
Regulation & Governance, 13(3). 2019
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The extent and cost of corruption in transport infrastructure. New evidence from Europe.
Fazekas, Mihály and Tóth, Bence
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 113, July 2018. 2018
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Scheiring, Gábor, Stefler, Dénes, Irdam, Daja, Fazekas, Mihály, et al
The Lancet Global Health 6 (1). 2018
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Careers, Connections and Corruption Risks in Europe.
Charron, Nicholas; Dahlström, Carl; Fazekas, Mihály; and Lapuente, Victor
Journal of Politics, 79(1). 2017
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Red tape, bribery and government favouritism: evidence from Europe.
Fazekas, Mihály
Crime, Law and Social Change, 68(4). 2017
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Fazekas, Mihály and Cingolani, Luciana
Slavonic & East European Review, 95(1). 2017
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Aytalina Azarova, Darja Irdam, Alexi Gugushvili, Mihály Fazekas et al
The Lancet, 2(5). 2017
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Fazekas, Mihály and Tóth, István János
Political Research Quarterly, 69(2). 2016
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An Objective Corruption Risk Index Using Public Procurement Data.
Fazekas, Mihály, Tóth, István János, and King, Peter Lawrence
European Journal of Criminal Policy and Research, 22. 2016
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The Effectiveness of EU Law: Insights from the EU Legal Framework on Asset Confiscation.
Fazekas, Mihály and Nanopoulos, Eva
European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, 24(1). 2016
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Irdam, Darja, King, Lawrence, Gugushvili, Alexi, Azarova, Aytalina, Fazekas, Mihaly, et al
BMC Public Health, 16(1). 2016
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A coat of many colours: building a taxonomy of Impact Assessment practices in Europe.
Lianos, Ioannis and Fazekas, Mihály
Revue Française d’Administration Publique, 2014/1 No. 149, pp. 29 – 59. [in French]. 2014
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Forecasting labour market demand based on enterprise surveys: Lessons of two surveys.
Czibik, Ágnes, Fazekas, Mihály, Németh, Nándor, Semjén, András, and Tóth, István János
Közgazdasági Szemle, vol. LX., pp. 189–223. [in Hungarian]. 2013
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Assessing health care planning – A framework-led comparison of Germany and New Zealand.
Ettelt, Stefanie, Fazekas, Mihály, Mays, Nicholas, and Nolte, Ellen
Health Policy, 106(1). 2012
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Fazekas, Mihály
Review of Sociology, 15(2). 2009
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Data Science Meets Political Economy: Applications to Legislative Favouritism around the World.
Benoit, Cyril; Brenner, Dominik & Fazekas, Mihály
In Sarah Giest, Bram Klievink, Alex Ingrams, and Matt Young (eds.): Handbook of Governance and Data Science. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK. Chapter 3. 2025
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Public procurement corruption.
Arista, Tello Irene & Fazekas, Mihály
In Luís de Sousa and Susana Coroado (eds.) Elgar Encyclopedia of Corruption and Society. Entry 62. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK. 2024
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Data Analytics for Anti-Corruption in Public Procurement.
Poltoratskaya, Viktoriia & Fazekas, Mihály
In Sope Williams and Jessica Tillipman (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Public Procurement Corruption. Chapter 4. Routledge. 2024
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Corruption risks in emergencies.
Fazekas, Mihály & Nishchal, Shrey
In Mark Pieth and Tina Søreide (eds.) Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Corruption Law. Chapter 38. Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK. 2023
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Measurement. Dictionary of Corruption.
Fazekas, Mihály
in Robert Barrington, Elizabeth David-Barrett, and Rebecca Dobson Phillips (eds.). Newcastle upon Tyne: Agenda Publishing. 2023
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Government Analytics Using Procurement Data.
Serena Cocciolo, Sushmita Samaddar, and Mihaly Fazekas
in Daniel Rogger and Christian Schuster (eds) The Government Analytics Handbook: Leveraging Data to Strengthen Public Administration. Chapter 12. Washington, DC: World Bank. See: http://hdl.handle.net/10986/39857. 2023
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Public Procurement Under and After Emergencies.
Fazekas, Mihály; Nishchal, Shrey & Søreide, Tina
in Oriana Bandiera, Erica Bosio and Giancarlo Spagnolo (Eds.) Procurement in Focus. Rules, Discretion, and Emergencies. Centre for Economic Policy Research. Chapter 3. 2021
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Emergency Procurement: The Role of Big Open Data.
Fazekas, Mihály, and Sanchez, Alfredo H Hernandez
In S. Arrowsmith, L. Butler, A. L. Chimia and C. Yukins (eds.) Public Procurement in (a) Crisis: global lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic. Hart Publishing. chapter 23. 2021
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Networked Corruption Risks in European Defense Procurement.
Czibik, Ágnes; Fazekas, Mihály; Sanchez, Alfredo Hernandez & Wachs, Johannes
In Oscar M. Granados & José R. Nicolás-Carlock (eds.) Corruption Networks. Chapter 5. Springer. 2021
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Turkewitz, Joel, Fazekas, Mihály, and Islam, Zafrul
Case Study 2, World Bank, Washington, DC. 2020
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Public procurement and international trade agreements – CETA, TTIP and beyond: Colloquium.
Yukins, Christopher R. & Fazekas, Mihály
In Annalisa Castelli, Gustavo Piga, Stéphane Saussier, Tünde Tátrai (Eds.) The Challenges of Public Procurement Reforms. Ch. 10. Routledge, London. 2020
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How to define and measure corruption.
Mungiu-Pippidi, Alina & Fazekas, Mihály
In Alina Mungiu-Pippidi & Paul M. Heywood (eds.) A Research Agenda for Studies of Corruption. Ch. 2. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham. 2020
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Innovations in Objectively Measuring Corruption in Public Procurement.
Fazekas, Mihály, Luciana Cingolani, & Bence Tóth
In Helmut K. Anheier, Matthias Haber, and Mark A. Kayser (eds.) Governance Indicators. Approaches, Progress, Promise. Ch. 7. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 2018
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Big Data in Public Procurement. Colloquium.
Fazekas, Mihály & Stéphane Saussier
In Gustavo Piga & Tünde Tátrai (Eds.) Law and Economics of Public Procurement Reform. ch. 3. Routledge, London. 2018
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Infrastructure for whom? Corruption risks in infrastructure provision across Europe.
Fazekas, Mihály, & Tóth, Bence
In G. Hammerschmid, G. Kostka, & K. Wegrich (Eds.), Governance Report 2016. Governance of Infrastructure. ch. 11, Oxford University Press, Oxford. 2017
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Fazekas, Mihály, & Tóth, István János
In J. Bachtler et al (Eds.), EU Cohesion Policy. Reassessing performance and direction. ch. 13. Routledge, London. 2017
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Cross national diffusion of impact assessment practices in Europe.
Lianos, Ioannis, Fazekas, Mihály and Karliuk, Maxim
In Claire A. Dunlop and Claudio M. Radaelli (Eds.) (2016) Handbook of Regulatory Impact Assessment. pp. 286-303. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. 2016
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Fazekas, Mihály, Lukács, Péter András, and Tóth, István János
In Alina Mungiu-Pippidi (Ed.), Government Favouritism in Europe The Anticorruption Report 3 (pp. 53–68). Berlin: Barbara Budrich Publishers. 2015
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Are EU funds a corruption risk? The impact of EU funds on grand corruption in Central and Eastern Europe.
Fazekas, Mihály, Chvalkovska, Jana, Skuhrovec, Jiri, Tóth, István János, and King, Peter Lawrence
In Alina Mungiu-Pippidi (ed.), (2014), Controlling Corruption in Europe. ch. 5. Barbara Budrich Publishing, Berlin. 2014
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The use of ‘big data’ for social sciences research: An application to corruption research.
Fazekas, Mihály
In Sage Research Methods Cases Part 1. SAGE Publications. 2014
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Hidden Depths. The Case of Hungary.
Fazekas, Mihály, King, Lawrence Peter. and Tóth, István János
In Alina Mungiu-Pippidi (ed.), (2013), Controlling Corruption in Europe. ch. 6. Barbara Budrich Publishing, Berlin. 2013
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How Evaluation is Accommodated in Emergency Policy making: A comparision in the UK and the US.
van Stolk, Chris, and Fazekas, Mihály
In Jan-Eric Furubo, Ray Rist and Sandra Speer (eds.), (2013), Evaluation in Turbulent Times. ch. 6. Transaction Publishing, Piscataway, NJ. 2013
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The hidden economy and undeclared work: a survey of research findings and government policies.
Lackó, Mária, Semjén, András, Fazekas, Mihály, and Tóth, István János
in Semjén, András and Tóth, István János (eds.), (2009), Hidden economy, Undeclared employment and non-reported income: government policies and the reaction of economic agents. Hungarian Academy of Sciences: Institute of Economics, Budapest. [in Hungarian]. 2009
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Simplified Entrepreneurial Tax taxation in the light of interviews with enterprises.
Semjén, András, Tóth, István János, and Fazekas, Mihály
in Semjén, András and Tóth, István János (eds.), (2009), Hidden economy, Undeclared employment and non-reported income: government policies and the reaction of economic agents. Hungarian Academy of Sciences: Institute of Economics, Budapest. [in Hungarian]. 2009
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Semjén, András, Tóth, István János, Fazekas, Mihály, and Makó, Ágnes
in Semjén, András and Tóth, István János (eds.), (2009), Hidden economy, Undeclared employment and non-reported income: government policies and the reaction of economic agents. Hungarian Academy of Sciences: Institute of Economics, Budapest. [in Hungarian]. 2009
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Fazekas, Mihály; Poltoratskaya, Viktoriia; Wells, Helene; and Tierens, Michel
OECD, Paris. 2025
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Integrity, transparency and anti-corruption.
Adam, Isabelle; and Fazekas, Mihály
In European Commission: Quality of Public Administration. A Toolbox for Practitioners. See: https://reform-support.ec.europa.eu/public-administration-and-governance-coordination/quality-public-administration-toolbox-practitioners/integrity-transparency-and-anti-corruption-1_en. 2025
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Maximising the Benefits of Effective Competition in Public Procurement in Slovenia.
Jugo, Sanda; Bozzay, Erika; Fazekas, Mihály; Tóth, Bence; and Veljanov, Zdravko
OECD, Paris. 2025
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The state of play of competition in public procurement in Hungary.
Fazekas, Mihály; Tóth, Bence; and Veljanov, Zdravko
In OECD (2024) Improving Competitive Practices in Hungary’s Public Procurement. OECD, Paris. Chapter 2. 2024
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Improving the Efficiency of Public Procurement.
Fazekas, Mihály; Regős, Nóra; Tóth, Bence; Ibrahimi, Klea; and Veljanov, Zdravko
In World Bank (2024) North Macedonia: Public Finance Review. Ensuring Stability and Boosting Resilience. Chapter 6.A. World Bank, Washington, DC. 2024
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Pryor, Joseph Dixon Callisto; Madzarevic-Sujster, Sanja; Zdraveva, Pavlina; Jooste, Charl; Ravnik, Rafael; Dedinec, Aleksandar; Victor Mylonas; Fazekas, Mihaly; and Madjoska, Joana
World Bank, Washington, DC. 2024
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The Governance Risk Assessment System (GRAS).
Ortega Nieto, Daniel; Fazekas, Mihály; Vaz Mondo, Bianca; Tóth, Bence; and Braem Velasco, Rafael
Advanced Data Analytics for Detecting Fraud, Corruption, and Collusion in Public Expenditures. World Bank, Washington DC. 2023
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The Corruption Cost Tracker: An Online Tool to Assess Corruption Risks in Public Procurement.
Basdevant, Olivier and Fazekas, Mihály
Technical Notes and Manuals No. 2023/001, International Monetary Fund, Washington DC. 2023
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Linked Beneficial Ownership Data? Challenges and Opportunities.
Fazekas, Mihály; Poltoratskaya, Viktoriia; Vianello, Marco; and Trautvetter, Christoph
Network of Experts on Beneficial Ownership Transparency – NEBOT Policy Paper 6. Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg. 2023
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Poltoratskaya, Viktoriia; Fazekas, Mihály
Bergen: U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Issue 2023:2), 2023
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Overview of corruption and anti-corruption in infrastructure development.
Adam, Isabelle and Fazekas, Mihály
U4 Helpdesk Answer. 24 March 2023. CMI-U4 and Transparency International. 2023
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Civil Society Interventions To Enhance Parliamentary Oversight.
Brenner, Dominik and Fazekas, Mihály
Transparency International, Berlin. 2023
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Mineva, Daniela; Fazekas, Mihály; Poltoratskaya, Viktoriia; and Tsabala, Kristina
Center for the Study of Democracy, Sofia. 2023
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Adam, Isabelle; Fazekas, Mihály; Hernandez Sanchez, Alfredo; Horn, Peter; and Regős, Nóra
Technical Note No 2608. Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, DC. 2023
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Fiscal cost of noncompetitive procurement.
Fazekas, Mihály; Bence, Tóth; Veljanov, Zdravko; and Poltoratskaya, Viktoriia
In World Bank (2023) Bulgaria Public Finance Review 2023, World Bank, Washington DC. Chapter 3, p 46-49. 2023
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Procurement AntiCorruption and Transparency Platform (ProACT): Technical Report.
Al-Shaibani, Ahmed; Fazekas, Mihály; Regös, Nóra; Tóth, Bence and Abdou, Aly
World Bank, Wachington DC. 2022
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Reducing the risk of corruption in public procurement.
Fazekas, Mihály; Bence, Tóth; and Poltoratskaya, Viktoriia
In World Bank (2022) Bulgaria Country Economic Memorandum. A Path to High Income, World Bank, Washington DC. Chapter 5.2, p 49-53. 2022
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Designing Political Integrity Risk Indicators: A How-To Guide in 11 Steps.
Poltoratskaya, Viktoriia; Fazekas, Mihály; and Tóth, Bence
Transparency International, Berlin. Also in Spanish. 2022
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Public Procurement: Saving and Greening.
Fazekas, Mihály; Ziolkowska, Barbara; and Regos, Nóra
In World Bank (2022) Poland Public Finance Review, World Bank, Washington DC. Chapter 4. 2022
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Study on the Cost of Corruption in Uganda.
Fazekas, Mihály; Adam, Isabelle; and Nikulina, Olena
Inspectorate of Government, Uganda, Kampala. 2021
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Study on the Extent and Costs of Corruption in the Health Sector in Uganda.
Fazekas, Mihály; Adam, Isabelle; Nikulina, Olena; Dina Balabanova; Dávid-Barrett, Elizabeth; Hutchinson, Eleanor; Kirya, Monica; and Peiffer, Caryn
Inspectorate of Government, Uganda, Kampala. 2021
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Study on the Extent and Costs of Corruption in the Education Sector in Uganda.
Fazekas, Mihály; Adam, Isabelle; Nikulina, Olena; Dina Balabanova; Dávid-Barrett, Elizabeth; Hutchinson, Eleanor; Kirya, Monica; and Peiffer, Caryn
Inspectorate of Government, Uganda, Kampala. 2021
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Ugale, Gavin; Fazekas, Mihály; and Poltoratskaya, Viktoriia
OECD Public Governance Reviews, Paris: OECD Publishing. 2021
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Analyzing Public Procurement Risks: Training manual.
Horn, Peter; Czibik, Ágnes; Fazekas, Mihály; and Tóth, B
Budapest: R2G4P / Government Transparency Institute. 2021
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Modelling the Estimates of EU Expenditure-Related Fraud.
Fazekas, Mihály and Nikulina, Olena
In Jack Malan and Ivan Bosch Chen (eds.) Impact of Organised Crime on the EU’s Financial Interests. Section 4. European Parliament, Brussels. 2021
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Risk factors for serious and organised crime infiltration of companies and public procurement.
Fazekas, Mihály; Kazmina, Yuliia; and Fays, Clément
In Shann Hulme, Emma Disley and Emma Louise Blondes (2021) Mapping the risk of serious and organised crime infiltrating legitimate businesses. European Commission, Brussels. Chapter 3.3. 2021
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Fazekas, Mihály; Dávid-Barrett, Elizabeth; Abdou, Aly; and Basdevant, Olivier
Government Transparency Institute Reports: GTI-R/2020:02, Policy Brief. Government Transparency Institute Reports, Budapest. 2020
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Gender in European public procurement: Extent, distribution, and impacts.
Fazekas, Mihály; Kazmina, Yuliia; and Wachs, Johannes
EBRD, London. 2020


