Member of the CASE Foundation Council

Expertise:
Macroeconomics, inflation and monetary policy

Background:
Previous CASE projects:
• Poland: Sustaining growth through reform consolidation, USAID , 1998-1999
• Poland: Disinflation in Poland as Compared to Experiences of other Countries of Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Union, Polish Scientific Research Committee, 1996-1997
• Poland: Core Inflation and Changes in Relative Prices in Poland, National Bank of Poland, 2001-2002,
• Poland: Seasonal adjustment of inflation data. The Polish monthly CPI series, Central Statistical Office of Poland, 2002-2003,
• Poland: Strategies for joining the European Economic and Monetary Union: A Comparative Analysis of Possible Scenarios (funded by State Committee for Scientific Research, 2002-2004
• Poland: Estimating and Forecasting of Core inflation by the Generalized Dynamic Factor Model, State Committee for Scientific Research, Polish Scientific Research Committee, 2006-2007
• CEE: Credibility of exchange rate policy in transition economies, Freedom House, 1999
• CEE: Transmission of Monetary Policy in Central and Eastern Europe, CERGE-EI, 2001
• CEE: Welfare costs of inflation in transition economies, CERGE-EI/GDN, 2002-2003
• CEE: Investigating the Balassa-Samuelson Effect in Central and Eastern Europe, Polish Scientific Research Committee, 2003-2004
• CEE: Sustaining Low Inflation in Ukraine in the Context of Financial Liberalization Policies, Poland-America-Ukraine Cooperation Initiative, 2004-2005
• CEE: A Time-Frequency Analysis of Business Cycle Coherence between the Euro-zone and the New Member States,CERGE-EI/GDN, 2006-2007,
• EU: Price convergence in the enlarged internal market, DG ECFIN, 2006-2007
• EU: European Forecasting Network, European Commission, 2005-2007
• Other: Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia - Regional Economic Study,World Bank, 2005)
• Other: Study on Social Dimension in the Candidate Countries - Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia and Turkey, European Commission, DG Employment; 2005-2006

Previous positions:
• Economist, Economic Policy Research Unit, BiH, 2005-2007
• Economist, Montenegro Economic Trends, Montenegro 2002-2004
• Visiting Scholar, International Monetary Fund, March-April 2001
• Intern, The World Bank, May-Sept. 1999 and May-August 1997

Education:
Ph.D. (2002) and M.A. Economics (1997) Warsaw University
Additional Education:
Georgetown University (1998-1999)
University of Arizona (1995-1996) 

Languages:
English (Fluent), German (Working), Serbo-Croatian (Working), Polish (Fluent)