Kopint-Tárki Konjunktúrakutató Intézet Zrt
KOPINT-TÁRKI Economic Research Institute Ltd
The Kopint-Tárki staff of 15 highly qualified researchers publishes analyses concerning economic policy issues of Hungary, Central and Eastern Europe. Major research areas also cover fiscal and monetary developments, labour markets, factors of competitiveness, regional economic issues and foreign trade. Over the past years the staff prepared several empirical and analytical studies on the service sector, focusing on specific aspects, e.g. reasons for, and consequences of, contracting out of service activities, SMEs in the service sector, trade and FDI in services etc. International comparisons of the Hungarian service sector with neighbouring countries were conducted.
Major clients are government agencies, private sector and bodies of the EU.
The main contribution will be to the research on non-market services (WP5, WP6 and WP7). Contributions relating to the experience of East European countries will also feature in WP3 on the market environment and WP4 on financial services.
