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Career overview
• Born on December 25, 1961, in Knin.
• Graduated, former Faculty of Foreign Trade at the University of Zagreb, 1986.
• Center for Economic Development of the City of Zagreb, planner for comparative and operational research, 1987 to 1989.
• Employed at the Faculty of Economics in Zagreb, since February 1989.
• Teaching Macroeconomics, Faculty of Science - Department of Mathematics, University of Zagreb
• Visiting scholar at the Graduate Center (The City University of New York), in academic year 2006/2007.
• Member of the Council of the Croatian National Bank, July 2006 to July 2013.
• President of the Governing Council of the Economic Institute Zagreb, since July 29, 2024.
Research areas
Current account, economic openness, financial liberalization, economic complexity, export competitiveness, income inequality
External activity
• Project leader for "The Role of Structural Reforms in Enhancing the External Competitiveness of EU Countries" from May 1, 2015, to April 30, 2019, funded by the Croatian Science Foundation.
• Member of the Management Board of the Economic Institute, Zagreb, June 1997 to April 2000.
• President of the Supervisory Board of the Science and Higher Education Trade Union of the Republic of Croatia from 2003 to 2006.
• Member of the Council of the Croatian National Bank, July 2006 to July 2013.
• Special Advisor to the President of the Republic of Croatia for the economy, March 10, 2010, to October 1, 2012.
•President of the Economic Council of the President of the Republic of Croatia, March 26, 2010, to February 18, 2015.• Member of the Economic Council of the President of the Republic of Croatia since November 30, 2020.
• Member of the editorial board of the Periodical Publications of the Croatian National Bank., since November 1, 2020.
• Member of the Academic Advisory Committee for the book "Common Sense Economics (What Everyone Should Know About Personal and National Prosperity)", Economic Fundamentals Initiative, www.econfun.org.
•Member of Scientific Society of Economists (ZDE), Croatia
•President of the Governing Council of the Economic Institute Zagreb, since July 29, 2024.
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Biography
Career overview
• Born on December 25, 1961, in Knin.
• Graduated, former Faculty of Foreign Trade at the University of Zagreb, 1986.
• Center for Economic Development of the City of Zagreb, planner for comparative and operational research, 1987 to 1989.
• Employed at the Faculty of Economics in Zagreb, since February 1989.
- Master's degree thesis "Empirical Analysis of Business Cycles", Faculty of Economics, University of Zagreb,1992.
- Teaching Macroeconomics, Economic Policy, Economic Policy Models, and Macroeconomics of Financial Markets, Faculty of Economics, University of Zagreb
• Teaching Macroeconomics, Faculty of Science - Department of Mathematics, University of Zagreb
• Visiting scholar at the Graduate Center (The City University of New York), in academic year 2006/2007.
• Member of the Council of the Croatian National Bank, July 2006 to July 2013.
• President of the Governing Council of the Economic Institute Zagreb, since July 29, 2024.
Research areas
Current account, economic openness, financial liberalization, economic complexity, export competitiveness, income inequality
External activity
• Project leader for "The Role of Structural Reforms in Enhancing the External Competitiveness of EU Countries" from May 1, 2015, to April 30, 2019, funded by the Croatian Science Foundation.
• Member of the Management Board of the Economic Institute, Zagreb, June 1997 to April 2000.
• President of the Supervisory Board of the Science and Higher Education Trade Union of the Republic of Croatia from 2003 to 2006.
• Member of the Council of the Croatian National Bank, July 2006 to July 2013.
• Special Advisor to the President of the Republic of Croatia for the economy, March 10, 2010, to October 1, 2012.
•President of the Economic Council of the President of the Republic of Croatia, March 26, 2010, to February 18, 2015.• Member of the Economic Council of the President of the Republic of Croatia since November 30, 2020.
• Member of the editorial board of the Periodical Publications of the Croatian National Bank., since November 1, 2020.
• Member of the Academic Advisory Committee for the book "Common Sense Economics (What Everyone Should Know About Personal and National Prosperity)", Economic Fundamentals Initiative, www.econfun.org.
•Member of Scientific Society of Economists (ZDE), Croatia
•President of the Governing Council of the Economic Institute Zagreb, since July 29, 2024.