Publications

Martin, József Péter, and Áron Hajnal. “Trials and Errors: Limitations of Anti-Corruption and Rule-of-Law Policies in the Context of Systemic Corruption. The Case of Hungary.” Public Integrity (ahead of print): 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/10999922.2025.2554409. (preprint avaialble here)

Hajnal, Áron, Attila Bartha, and József Péter Martin. 2025. “Varieties of Corruption? A Typology of Country-Level Corruption Patterns Using Fuzzy-Set Ideal Type Analysis.” Political Studies Review, May 20, 14789299251335227. https://doi.org/10.1177/14789299251335227.

Hajnal, Áron. 2025. “Popular Autocrats: Why Do Voters Support Viktor Orbán’s Government in Hungary? A Quantitative Analysis.” Public Choice 202 (1): 51–75. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-024-01175-z.

Hajnal, Áron. 2025. “Rational Autocrats? Drivers of Corruption Patterns in Competitive Authoritarian Regimes: Towards an Explanatory Framework with Empirical Applications from Hungary.” European Political Science, ahead of print, January 23. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41304-025-00514-y.

Hajnal, Áron. 2025. “Two Tales of Polarization? How Affective and Ideological Polarization Influence Political Corruption—A Panel Analysis of 153 Countries Between 2000 and 2021.” Political Studies, March 18, 00323217251324306. https://doi.org/10.1177/00323217251324306.

Hajnal, György, and Áron Hajnal. 2024. “Economics, Ideas or Institutions? Agencification through Government-Owned Enterprises in Illiberal Contexts: The Case of Hungary.” Public Policy and Administration 39 (2): 171–92. https://doi.org/10.1177/09520767221144346.

Hajnal, Áron, and Ágota Scharle. 2023. “What Works for Whom? What Theories May Predict about the Effectiveness of Measures against Employment Discrimination.” International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy 43 (11/12): 1098–113. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-12-2022-0318.

Krekó, Judit, Hanna Erős, Bori Greskovics, Áron Hajnal, and Ágota Scharle. 2023. “The Redistributive Effect of the Hungarian Flat Tax and Family Allowance System.” Acta Oeconomica 73 (4): 481–503. https://doi.org/10.1556/032.2023.00011.

Hajnal, Áron. 2021. “Cyberbullying Prevention: Which Design Features Foster the Effectiveness of School-Based Programs? A Meta-Analytic Approach.” Intersections. East European Journal of Society and Politics 7 (1): 1. https://doi.org/10.17356/ieejsp.v7i1.648.

Hajnal, Áron. 2024. “Political Polarization and Corruption: A Theoretical and Empirical Review.” Intersections. East European Journal of Society and Politics 10 (2): 21–33. https://doi.org/10.17356/ieejsp.v10i2.1310.

Reszkető, Petra, Balázs Váradi, and Áron Hajnal. 2022. Local Governments and Types of Political Favouritism - Theoretical Approaches, Empirical Evidence, and Plan for an Empirical Analysis in Hungary. Budapest Institute. Available at: https://www.budapestinstitute.eu/uploads/BI_Helsinki_political_favoritism_20221.pdf

Hajnal, Áron. 2023. “Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century. By Sergei Guriev, and Daniel Treisman, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. 2022. Pp. 360. $29.95 (Cloth).” Governance 36 (3): 1004–5. https://doi.org/10.1111/gove.12791.

Hajnal, Aron. 2023. “Commissioned Book Review: Daron Acemoglu and James A Robinson, The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty.” Political Studies Review 21 (2): NP11–12. https://doi.org/10.1177/14789299221090833.

Hajnal, Áron. 2023. “The Great Experiment: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure.” Democratization 30 (8): 1630–32. https://doi.org/10.1080/13510347.2023.2253433.

"How political polarization influences political corruption, and how contextual factors mitigate the relationship: A comparative analysis of Hungary and Turkey". (with Veronika Patkós and Aslinur Inalci)

"The anatomy of authoritarianism: A conceptual and analytical framework of authoritarian governance practices". (with György Hajnal)

"Polarized values? Patterns and dynamics of value-based polarization and its effect on partisan polarization in Europe (2000-2024)". (with Veronika Patkós)