Welcome

The Department of Economics of CEU is a research-oriented department with an international faculty
holding PhDs from some of the best universities in the world. We offer several Masters programs and a PhD in Economics. Our graduates are in high demand from both the private and public sectors; many pursue successful academic careers later on.

News

Review of Economic Studies Meeting in CEU

This year, for the first time, the Review of Economic Studies May Meetings come to Budapest.

Professors Kőszegi and Szeidl publish in the Quarterly Journal of Economics

CEU professors Botond Kőszegi and Ádám Szeidl published their study titled A Model of Focusing in Economic Choice in the Quarterly Journal of EconomicsThe paper asks what aspects of their often complex choices people pay attention to and put more weight on.

Professor Lychagin publishes in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

CEU assistant professor Sergey Lychagin published a paper with Sanghamitra Das, Kala Krishna and Rohini Somanathan, entitled “Back on the Rails: Competition and Productivity in State-owned Industry,” in the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. The paper looks at the effect that private sector competition can have on public sector companies protected from competition in the past.

Upcoming Events

May 16, 2013 - May 17, 2013
External presenter(s):
Petra Persson (Columbia University)
Melanie Morten (Yale University)
Joachim Freyberger (Northwestern University)
Rebecca Diamond (Harvard University)
Nikhil Agarwal (Harvard University)
Bradley Larsen (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Timothy J. McQuade (Harvard University)
Conference
Open to the Public
Oktober 6. u. 12
803
May 22, 2013
External presenter(s): Arun G. Chandrasekhar (Microsoft Reserach, New England)
Seminar
Open to the Public
Nador u. 9, Faculty Tower
FT 509
TBA
May 27, 2013
External presenter(s): Manuela Angelucci (University of Michigan)
Seminar
Open to the Public
Nador u. 9, Faculty Tower
FT 509