Balassa
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Balassa is a Hungarian surname and may refer to:
- Bálint Balassa, Hungarian poet (1554-1594)
- Balint Balassi Memorial Sword AwardBalint Balassi Memorial Sword AwardThe Balint Balassi Memorial Sword Award is a European award for literature presented in Budapest since 1997. The native form of this name is Balassi Bálint-emlékkard . This award commemorates the 16th century Hungarian poet Bálint Balassi...
, Hungarian literary award - Béla BalassaBéla BalassaBéla Balassa was a Hungarian economist and world-renowned professor at Johns Hopkins University; most famous for his work on the relationship between purchasing power parity and cross-country productivity differences .Balassa received a law degree from the University of Budapest...
, Hungarian economist (1928-1991) who gave his name to the Balassa-Samuelson effectBalassa-Samuelson effectThe Balassa–Samuelson effect, also known as Harrod–Balassa–Samuelson effect , the Ricardo–Viner–Harrod–Balassa–Samuelson–Penn–Bhagwati effect , productivity biased purchasing power parity and the rule of five eights is either of two related things:#The observation that consumer price levels... - János BalassaJános BalassaJános Balassa Surgeon, university professor, and one of the leading personalities of the Hungarian medical society at the time. He was also an internationally recognized authority within the field of plastic surgery...
, Hungarian surgeon (1815-1893) - Ivan BALAZ Kral, Balassa, Slovak poet (*1978)