The first Corvinus-edited issue of Public Finance Quarterly has been published

The journal has a nearly seven-decade old history. It was first owned and published by the Ministry of Finance, then by the State Audit Office of Hungary, and the ownership rights has been transferred to Corvinus in April 2023. The Public Finance Quarterly pursues the primary goal of providing a credible picture on the financial systems, the main features of the operations of public sector and national economy, the efforts to catch up with economically developed countries and build future and on the related professional debates. Another goal is to achieve that the professional results as published in our periodical are utilized as much as possible, promote the spreading of a better financial culture, provide solid foundations for decision-making in the fields of financial and economic policy and contribute to “good governance”. 

The new editor-in-chief of the journal is Prof. Dr. János Lukács, Professor and Head of Department at the Institute of Accounting and Law and former President of the Chamber of Hungarian Auditors. 

The University’s priority is also to ensure that the journal gets as a good position as possible in the national and international journal rankings, supporting both the academic career of talented researchers and the reputation of the University. 

The Editor-in-Chief’s foreword is a good guide to the diverse content of the latest issue and the future goals of the journal, which are reinforced by the greetings of previous and current owner of the journal. Readers can also read content related to two of Corvinus University’s eminent academics, in the form of a review of Tamás Bánfi’s latest book and an interview on János Száz’s 70th birthday. 

For any questions about the journal, please contact us at penzugyiszemle@uni-corvinus.hu.  

Contents of issue 2023/2: 

Foreword: 

• Prof. Dr. János Lukács, Editor-in-Chief 

Greetings: 

• Prof. Dr. Előd Takáts, Rector of Corvinus University of Budapest 
• Dr. László Windisch, President of the State Audit Office of Hungary 

Studies: 

• Éva Szabóné Bonifert: Characteristics of splitting family tax benefit and strategies of those choosing the splitting 
• Tünde Gergics: The impact of convergence of inequalities in the European Union since 2004 
• László Csorba: The perfect quality model and the quality of public finances 
• Imre Dobos, Péter Halmai, Péter Sasvári: Compilation of an International Journal List in the HAS IX. Section of the Doctoral Committee for Economics and Management 
• Nikolett Ágnes Tóth, Gábor Mátrai: The system of Hungarian sport financing, with special regard to public finance aspects 
• Tibor Hajdu, János Lukács, Anita Reizingerné Ducsai: Squaring the Circle, or a Quantified Rating of ESG Reports 
• László Vancsura, Tibor Bareith: Analysis of the performance of predictive models during Covid-19 and the Russian-Ukrainian war 

Book review: 

• Tamás Pesuth: Review of the book by Tamás Bánfi: APOCALYPSE! and again in PARADISE! Paradigm shift in society and finance? 

Interview:  

• Ágnes Vidovics Dancs: For the 70th birthday of Prof. Száz