Sándor Richter

Dr. Sándor Richter is a Senior Research Associate at The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies.
His research focuses on the EU budget, new EU Member States, EU enlargement, regional economic integration of the Visegrád countries, and East-West economic integration.
He is also a country expert for Hungary.
Recent projects include studies on the cohesion policy in the new EU member states.
In his research, he has been analyzing various issues related to the budget of the European Union and the negotiating positions of specific EU members and applicant countries.
He also worked on trade integration of NMS and was part of a team assessing the impact of the EU/IMF financial assistance program in Hungary.
He obtained an M.A.
and a university doctorate title in Economics, International Trade, and Finance at the predecessor of Corvinus University in Budapest.