The Role of Luxury in Economic Growth – this is the title of a professional roundtable discussion organized by the Development Economics Section of the Hungarian Economic Association (HEA) on Friday, October 2, 2026, starting at 10:00 a.m. at the HEA Community Space (ELTE Faculty of Law, Building B, 1053 Budapest, Kecskeméti út 10–12, 4th floor, Room 403) and on the HEA YouTube channel.
The participants in the discussion will be Erzsébet Bachmann, Professor and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries at METU, and Máté Botos, Associate Professor and Head of Institute at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of Pázmány Péter Catholic University. The discussion will be moderated by László Trautmann, Associate Professor at Neumann János University and President of the HEA Development Economics Section.
The discussion will be streamed live on the HEA YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m32MbI2lhvs.
Attendance at the event in person is free of charge, but due to the limited capacity of the venue, prior registration is required. We kindly ask those interested in attending to indicate their intention to participate as soon as possible in advance by emailing mkt@mkt.hu !