Mária Augusztinovics (also Marija Augustinovič or Maria Augustinovics, 1930 – 21 November 2014) was a Hungarian

macroeconomist Macroeconomics is a branch of economics that deals with the performance, structure, behavior, and decision-making of an economy as a whole. This includes regional, national, and global economies. Macroeconomists study topics such as output/GDP ( ...

known for her work in

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and on

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systems. Augusztinovics graduated from the

Karl Marx University of Economics Corvinus University of Budapest () is a private research university in Budapest, Hungary. The university currently has an enrolment of approximately 9,600 students, with a primary focus on business administration, economics, and social sciences, ...

in Budapest in 1952, defended her doctoral dissertation there in 1956, and completed a

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in 1980. In 1979, as Head of Department in the Hungarian National Planning Office, Augusztinovics was elected as a

Fellow of the Econometric Society In the scientific discipline of economics, the Econometric Society is a learned society devoted to the advancement of economics by using mathematical and statistical methods. This article is a list of its (current and in memory) fellows. Fellows ...

. She was given the in 2000, the prize of the János Arany Public Foundation for Science in 2002, the Officer's Cross of the

Hungarian Order of Merit The Hungarian Order of Merit () is the fourth highest State Order of Hungary. Founded in 1991, the order is a revival of an original order founded in 1946 and abolished in 1949. Its origins, however, can be traced to the Order of Merit of the K ...

in 2008, and the

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in 2010. She was also a consulting member of the

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and an honorary professor at

Corvinus University of Budapest Corvinus University of Budapest () is a private university, private research university in Budapest, Hungary. The university currently has an enrolment of approximately 9,600 students, with a primary focus on business administration, economics, ...

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