Pál Czeglédi is an associate professor at University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary, where he teaches several courses in economics at introductory and graduate level. He holds an M.A. and a Ph.D. in economics (University of Debrecen), and a habilitation degree (University of Szeged, Hungary). His focus of research includes institutional economics and Austrian economics as applied to understanding cross-country differences in institutions and economic performance. He is an author of two books, the second of which is entitled Economic Freedom and Development and co-authored with Judit Kapás. In addition, he published several articles in journals such as Acta Oeconomica, Review of Austrian Economics, International Review of Economics, European Journal of Comparative Economics, and Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy.