México y Hungría: Relaciones Políticas, Diplomáticas, Económicas y Culturales

Attila Miklós Kovács; Sándor Gyula Nagy

doi:10.29105/pgc8.15-2

Authors

Attila Miklós Kovács Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church
Sándor Gyula Nagy Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29105/pgc8.15-2

Keywords:

Hungary, Mexico, FDI, trade, politics, case study analysis

Abstract

Hungary and Mexico have mutually beneficial political, economic, and cultural ties. The bilateral relations enriched both countries during the last two centuries of shared history. We apply case study and quantitative analyses to explore the evolving relations between the two countries. Political and diplomatic relations intensified in the last decades and global trade and capital flows brought benefits for both countries. We found that the mutually beneficial, win-win cooperation of the two countries underpin the complex interdependence theory of international relations. Our findings also corroborate the validity of the relative and absolute gains theory for the Mexican-Hungarian relations.

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Author Biographies

Attila Miklós Kovács, Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church

PHD at Corvinus University of Budapest, associate professor, Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church, Email: kovacs.attila@kre.hu and ORCID Code 0000-0002-3133-9686.

Sándor Gyula Nagy, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary

PHD at Corvinus University of Budapest, associate professor, Corvinus University of Budapest, Email: sandorgyula.nagy@uni-corvinus.hu and ORCID Code 0000-0003-2374-702X

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