{"id":230,"date":"2021-01-06T01:57:48","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T01:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kopint-tarki.hu\/?page_id=230"},"modified":"2021-03-29T08:00:44","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T08:00:44","slug":"kopint-tarki-tortenete","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kopint-tarki.hu\/en\/kopint-tarki-tortenete\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kopint Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kopint-T\u00e1rki Institute for Economic Research Co. was founded on March 1, 2007 by the research team of Kopint Datorg with a decades-long standing in economic research, the\u202fKOPINT Foundation for Economic Research<\/a>, the empirical social research centre\u202fT\u00c1RKI Co.<\/a> and several private individuals. The research team of the new institute seceded from Kopint-Datorg, whose legal predecessor was the Institute for Economy and Market Research (Kopint) founded in 1964. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The joint venture with T\u00e1rki rests on the premise that bringing economic and social research together creates a complex profile that is for the moment missing from the Hungarian spectrum. In our activity we strive to safeguard the critical spirit and independent thinking which has always characterized the research undertaken by Kopint, and which enabled it to produce results of significant quality on both national and international level. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main mission of the Institute is to stand out as a reliable source of balanced, independent and objective analysis, a long-standing feature of the research activity of Kopint. With its 12 full-time or associate researchers, Kopint-T\u00e1rki is one of the leading Hungarian economic research institutes, providing economic analyses and forecast both in Hungarian and English in its regular reports, occasional papers and a wide range of research projects. Research by Kopint-T\u00e1rki has covered essentially all sectors and dimensions of the Hungarian and global economy in past decades. In recent years, the development and impacts of Global Value Chains became one of the focus of research of the institute. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

An important trait particular to our Institute has been that its studies combine theoretical background with an empirical, hands-on approach, which means that while our analyses stand on solid theoretical and methodological foundations, they also provide viable decision-making options to our partners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kopint-T\u00e1rki researchers regularly give lectures, teach courses at several universities, and they have authored numerous articles in Hungarian and international publications, books and book chapters, available nationally or internationally. They have high level of statistical, econometrical and model building experience \u2013 the models created at our institute proved themselves several times in comparison with models from other expert teams. This is reflected by the fact that Kopint-T\u00e1rki has been regularly among the top finalists in the forecasting competition jointly organized by the NBH and Reuters, since 2013, and it got the highest rank in 2016. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kopint-T\u00e1rki is deeply involved in the international research community. It has been a member of AIECE (Association of European Conjuncture Institutes) since 1968, and has acted as the Hungarian partner of the World Economic Forum (WEF) for about 20 years. Since 2018, Kopint-T\u00e1rki has been the Hungarian correspondent of Eurofound (European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kopint-T\u00e1rki has participated in many international projects \u2013 primarily in research projects under the aegis of the European Union, but USAID, UNCTAD and UNICEF has been among its partners as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kopint-T\u00e1rki cooperates closely with the\u202fKopint Foundation for Economic Research<\/a>\u202ffounded in 1991, which likewise participates in various Hungarian and international research projects. The foundation is the publisher of the journal K\u00fclgazdas\u00e1g [Foreign Economy] as well as numerous specialised publications, carrying on educational activity and support, also providing grants to young economists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MAJOR FIELDS OF RESEARCH <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n