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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.

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Review of Economic Studies Meeting in CEU

Submitted by Apora on Apr 23, 2013

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

Submitted by KorenM on Mar 28, 2013

CEU professors Botond Kőszegi and Ádám Szeidl published their study titled A Model of Focusing in Economic Choice in the Quarterly Journal of Economics. The 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

Submitted by KorenM on Mar 20, 2013

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.

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