Ludovika University of Public Service
Research Institute of Competitiveness and Economy
Nyitólap Conferences 6th Budapest Public Finance Seminar

Guns or Butter? 6th Budapest Public Finance Seminar

6th Budapest Public Finance Seminar: Guns or Butter – fiscal and welfare effects of arms race in 2020s

Conference,

Co-organizers:

     Hungarian Ministry of Finance

     Hungarian Economic Association, Public Finance Section

     Hungarian Economic Association, Finance Section

date: 16 May 2024 (Thursday) 9:30-16:00

venue: Ludovika University of Public Service, Ludovika Main Building, Chapel (Szt. László kápolna) (1082. Budapest, Ludovika tér 2.)

ONLY IN PRESENCE (no online broadcast)

Participation is free, but please, register.

registration: https://ludevent.uni-nke.hu/event/3954/

Program:

9.30-9.40 Opening speech by the Rector

9.40-9.50 Welcome Speech by Dean of Faculty of Public Governance and International Studies

9.50-10.20 Keynote speech: Gábor Szőcs, deputy state secretary of Ministry of Finance: The impact of arms race on the Hungarian budget and welfare spending

 

10.30-11.00 Coffee break

 

11h-12h Speaker Session I.

Ourania Dimitraki (Bedfordshire University, UK) Does Military Spending Crowd Out Social Welfare Expenditures?

Jakub Odehnal (University of Defence, Brno) Taxing butter and buying guns

chair: Gábor Kutasi (Ludovika University of Public Service)

 

12.00-13.00 Lunch break

 

13h-14h Speaker Session II.

Grzegorz Waszkiewicz (Faculty of Security, Logistics and Management, Military University of Technology,): Fiscal Dilemmas in the Time of Insecurity Threat.The Case of Poland

Balázs Taksás (Ludovika University of Public Service): Defense industry for economic growth and competitiveness

Ádám Marton (Ludovika University of Public Service): Russo-Ukranian war and welfare trade-off in EU countries

chair: Gábor Kutasi (Ludovika University of Public Service)

 

14.00-14.20 Coffee break

 

14.20-16h Roundtable – The welfare trade-off of the Russo-Ukrainian war

discussants: Jakub Odehnal, Ourania Dimitraki, Balázs Taksás

chair: Grzegorz Waszkiewicz

 

Information about the past events:

https://rice.uni-nke.hu/conferences/5th-budapest-public-finance-seminar-2023

https://conference.tcs.allamkincstar.gov.hu/en/budapest-public-finance-seminar/past-events.html