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922
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1989 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 1976 - Foreign Honorary Member, the American Economic Association
  • 1972 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1968 - Fellows of the Econometric Society
  • Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association
  • Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association
  • Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association

Overview

János Kornai was affiliated with Corvinus University of Budapest in Hungary. Their academic work spanned various fields including Political Science and International Relations as well as Geography, Planning and Development. Kornai's research notably covered topics such as Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics and Hungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies.

Kornai authored several papers, with recent publications including:

  • 1956 in Hungary: as I saw it then and as I see it now (2020, Public Choice)
  • Innováció és dinamizmus. Kölcsönhatás a rendszerek és a technikai haladás között (2022, Közgazdasági Szemle)
  • A puha költségvetési korlát - II. (2022, Közgazdasági Szemle)
  • A puha költségvetési korlát - I. (2022, Közgazdasági Szemle)
  • Bürokratikus és piaci koordináció (2022, Közgazdasági Szemle)

Their frequent publication venues included:

  • Közgazdasági Szemle
  • Public Choice

Kornai collaborated repeatedly with coauthors Eric Maskin and Gérard Roland.

Kornai also contributed to book literature, with a notable publication titled The Socialist System published by Princeton University Press in 2021.

The career of Kornai was recognized through several honors and memberships, including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2016)
  • Member of Academia Europaea (1989)
  • Foreign Honorary Member of the American Economic Association (1976)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1972)
  • Fellow of the Econometric Society (1968)
  • Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association

Best Publications

  • The Socialist System: The Political Economy of Communism

    János Kornai

  • The soft budget constraint

    János Kornai

  • The Socialist System

    Janos Kornai

  • Economics of shortage

    János Kornai

  • The road to a free economy: Shifting from a socialist system : the example of Hungary

    János Kornai

  • Creating a Market Economy in Eastern Europe: The Case of Poland

    David Lipton;Jeffrey Sachs;Stanley Fischer;Janos Kornai

  • Resource-Constrained versus Demand-Constrained Systems

    J. Kornai

  • Understanding the Soft Budget Constraint

    János Kornai;Eric Maskin;Gérald Roland

  • Anti-Equilibrium: On Economic Systems Theory and the Tasks of Research

    János Kornai

  • The Hungarian Reform Process: Visions, Hopes, and Reality

    János Kornai

  • Transformational Recession: The Main Causes

    János Kornai

  • Two-Level Planning

    J. Kornai;Th. Liptak

  • What the Change of System From Socialism to Capitalism Does and Does Not Mean

    Janos Kornai

  • Contradictions and Dilemmas: Studies on the Socialist Economy and Society

    János Kornai

  • Overcentralization in Economic Administration: A Critical Analysis Based on Experience in Hungarian Light Industry

    János Kornai;John Knapp

  • Growth, Shortage and Efficiency: A Macrodynamic Model of the Socialist Economy

    János Kornai

  • The Postsocialist Transition and the State: Reflections in the Light of Hungarian Fiscal Problems

    János Kornai

  • Transformational Recession; A General Phenomenon Examined Through the Example of Hangary's Development

    János Kornai

  • The great transformation of Central Eastern Europe

    János Kornai

  • Creating social trust in post-socialist transition

    János Kornai;Bo Rothstein;Susan Rose-Ackerman

  • The soft budget constraint: An introductory study to volume IV of the Life’s Work series

    János Kornai

  • Perestroika in Eastern Europe: Hungary's Economic Transformation 1945-1988.@@@The Road to a Free Economy: Shifting from a Socialist System: The Example of Hungary.

    Marek Belka;Gabor Revesz;Janos Kornai

Frequent Co-Authors

Gérard Roland
Gérard Roland University of California, Berkeley
Eric Maskin
Eric Maskin Harvard University
Stephan Haggard
Stephan Haggard University of California, San Diego
Susan Rose-Ackerman
Susan Rose-Ackerman Yale University
Jörgen W. Weibull
Jörgen W. Weibull Stockholm School of Economics
Robert Stehrer
Robert Stehrer Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies
Anthony B. Atkinson
Anthony B. Atkinson London School of Economics and Political Science
Yingyi Qian
Yingyi Qian Tsinghua University
Jacques H. Dreze
Jacques H. Dreze Université Catholique de Louvain
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Jeffrey D. Sachs Columbia University

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