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My appearance on the most popular TV talk show in Croatia, March 2020, on the COVID-induced recession
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My TEDx Talk (in Croatian), Jan 2021
On networks and cognitive bubbles |
My TIME Magazine piece (October 2024)
on what is a trial-and-error democracy and why it always prevails over all its alternatives.
on what is a trial-and-error democracy and why it always prevails over all its alternatives.
Op-eds and commentaryIn English
Interview on Macro & Inflation outlook for Good Soil Investment Management, February 2022, April 2022 New Scientist (turning to science to fix polling) Oxford Politics Blog (Forecasting the Brexit referendum; Forecasting the US elections) LSE EUROPP blog (our successful US election prediction; prediction for France) Oxford views on the US election Oxford University Press blog (Inequality in democracies) Vox EU (institutional reform) Adam Smith Institute, UK think tank (a range of topics; from regulation to SMEs, from fiscal policy to Europe, from unemployment to productivity) Institute of Economic Affairs, UK think tank (topics include: fiscal consolidation, interest rates, Eurozone, etc.) Centre for Policy Studies, UK think tank (liberty, structural reform, financial crisis, debts and deficits, etc.) Emerging Europe (comment on the new Croatian government) Bloomberg (comment on elections) (comment on the increasing demand for gold - also at ZeroHedge) Campaigns and Elections: Why we didn't need a representative sample to predict a Trump victory (interview) Exponential Investor: Would you like a crystal ball for elections? (interview) In Croatian Series of op-eds & interviews on the 2020 crisis and necessary policy reactions: Index.hr: March 2020, April 2020, April 2020, May 2020 Nedjeljom u 2, HRT: March 2020 Jutarnji: March 2020 ; 24sata: May 2020 Telegram: April 2020, July 2020 Ekonomski Lab; the most popular Croatian economics blog, for which I wrote a monthly column (2017-2020) Topics: Corruption, Vote buying, Democracy and corruption, Stagnation theories, Technological transition, Causal inference in economics, Local corruption and taxes, etc. Jutarnji list; biggest Croatian daily newspaper in which I write occasional op-eds (2013-2018) Topics: Local corruption and taxes (featured on the cover), Corruption (featured on the cover), Local government reform; Attracting investments (policy proposals); Tax policy (and again); European sovereign debt crisis; Greek tragedy; Corruption in local government (featured on the cover) Project: Electoral mythbusting (a total of 16 texts in 6 weeks, three of which featured on the cover) Banka; monthly financial magazine for which I featured as a columnist (from 2012 to 2015) Topics: Inequality, austerity and corruption; Corruption and re-election; Public choice theory; Economics is a science, but most economists aren't scientists; Game theory (fiscal cliff game); Technological shocks; Inefficient governments and regulation; Monetary policy; Political economy of the recovery |
Interviews and media appearancesNewspapers
Jutarnji list (personal interview on my academic success) (corruption in public procurement) (featured on the cover) Večernji list (economic voting) (on corruption at Barometar) (on the role of new technologies) Slobodna Dalmacija (economic policy) Poslovni dnevnik (economic voting) Novi list (corruption) Globus (interview, various econ topics) Report on new liberal opinion makers in Croatia; Globus Nacional (interview, various econ topics) Radio Soundset radio (Interview of the week), 09.02.2013. Hrvatski radio Treći program (economic theories; new institutional economics), 06.04.2013. Hrvatski radio HR 1, "U Mreži Prvog", (on corruption and government spending) 30.10.2014. Hrvatski radio Treći program (elections), 13.11.2015. Hrvatski radio Treći program (corruption, institutions, etc.), 12.05.2016. TV HRT, national television Shows: Pravilo 72, economic news show, 04.03.2014. EU izbori, special on EU elections, 06.05.2014 Hrvatska uživo, talk-show, 12.09.2014 Otvoreno, prime time talk-show, 02.10.2014. Labirint, news show, 09.11.2016. Druga strana, economic talk-show, 13.12.2017. Treći element, popular science talk-show, 14.12.2017. (topic: economics as a science) Treći element, popular science talk-show, 10.05.2018. (topic: corruption) Studio 4, news show, 29.10.2018. RTL television RTL Direkt, prime time political talk-show, 26.10. 2015. N1 television N1 Studio, news show, 20.04.2017. (transcript) Novi dan, morning talk show, 09.12.2017. Pressing, prime time, hour-long one-on-one talk show, 08.11.2018. Internet portals Index.hr (public debt; local corruption; economic voting; public sector wages, US election prediction, interview on promoting science in economics in Croatia, interview on my local corruption research, interview on why humans are poor decision-makers, panel discussion on entrepreneurship, ) Tportal (corruption in public procurement) Al Jazeera (election forecasting, corruption) Deutsche Welle (why do we vote for corrupt politicians?) Trump prediction coverage (Index, Index (2), Index (3), Jutarnji, RTL, N1, TCN, Netokracija) |
Personal interviews
Jutarnji list, 10.02.2013
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Vecernji list, 14.05.2013
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Lider, 08.02.2013
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Globus, 06.02.2015
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Globus, 06.02.2015
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Nacional, 05.09.2017
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Jutarnji list cover, 09.10.2015
Jutarnji list, 02.01.2017.
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Jutarnji list, 09.10.2015
Vecernji list, 18.12.2017
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Lider, 02.11.2018.
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Featured in weekly magazine Express, 30.12.2017., under "the 100 people that make Croatia better"
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Featured in weekly magazine Express, 30.12.2017 under "the 100 people that make Croatia better"
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Awarded the prof.dr. Marijan Hanžeković prize for best paper in 2017
News coverage:
Jutarnji list cover (my column summarizing the findings), and news on the prize
Lider, short interview
N1, Novi dan, morning talk show interview
HRT, Druga strana, economic talk show
Index, interview
Večernji list, interview
Jutarnji list cover (my column summarizing the findings), and news on the prize
Lider, short interview
N1, Novi dan, morning talk show interview
HRT, Druga strana, economic talk show
Index, interview
Večernji list, interview
Electoral forecasting and myth-busting
Jutarnji list, EPH
With physicist Dejan Vinković, PhD (right) and computer scientist and bioinformatician Mile Šikić, PhD (left)
We used election polls (corrected for partisan bias) coupled with socioeconomic trends and previous electoral results to predict the outcome of the 2015 Croatian parliamentary elections, while doing some myth-busting in the process.
Check out the success of our Facebook poll.
Here we summarize our results.
We used election polls (corrected for partisan bias) coupled with socioeconomic trends and previous electoral results to predict the outcome of the 2015 Croatian parliamentary elections, while doing some myth-busting in the process.
Check out the success of our Facebook poll.
Here we summarize our results.
Visiting lectures, conferences, and speeches
Weekend Media Festival, presentation on "Why are we so bad at predicting the future?", September 2018, Rovinj, Croatia
American Political Science Association (APSA) 2018 annual meeting, presenting my PhD paper “The politics of bailouts”, September 2018, Boston, USA
Princeton PIIRS Conference, Political Economy of Post-Civil War Transitions, presenting my PhD paper “Corruption and re-election”, April 2018, Princeton University, Princeton, USA
American Political Science Association (APSA) 2017 annual meeting, presenting my PhD paper “Corruption and re-election”, September 2017, San Francisco, USA
EXEL (Experimental economics lab) 1st International Conference, co-organizing the conference, presenting my PhD paper "The politics of bailouts", August 2017, Umag, Croatia
Nuffield Politics Graduate Student Conference, presenting my PhD paper “Corruption and re-election” June 2017, Nuffield College, Oxford, UK
Workshop on "Better prediction methods" at the Regional alumni conference of the Zoran Đinđić Internship Programme of German Business for the Countries of the Western Balkans, 22nd September 2016. Medulin, Croatia
Keynote presentation of the debt clock counter for Croatia, Croatian Taxpayers' Alliance "Lipa", 23rd September 2015
Presentation; Video (both in Croatian)
Keynote speaker on 10th Zagreb Economic Forum organized by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, topic: Democracy and growth, Zagreb, 30th June 2015
Conference: "Challenges of Europe: Growth, competitiveness and inequality", Hvar, 27-29th May 2015
Presenting a paper "How do firms respond to anticipated shocks? Duration analysis of Croatian companies throughout the crisis"
Panel discussion on public sector reform, organized by the opposition political party HSLS (Croatian Social-Liberal Party), Zagreb, 10th March 2015
Panel discussant
Conference on the restructuring of public companies in Croatia, organized by the Croatian Taxpayers' Alliance "Lipa", Zagreb, 05th March 2015
Panel discussant
Transnational Conference on Skills Forecasting, Croatian Employment Bureau, 26th November 2014
Presentation on the capacities of local authorities on lowering unemployment
Seminars in economics, University Autonoma Barcelona, Barcelona, 13-14th November 2014
Presenting my paper “Persistent electoral success with endogenous rents”
Workshop on Public Procurement, Pula, 10-11th November 2014
Lecture on corruption in public procurement; Presentation
Freedom and Reforms Conference, Libek, Belgrade, 21-22nd October 2014
Panel discussant on the crisis in the region
Conference of the Croatian Banking Association (HUB), Zagreb, 17th October 2014
Presenting my paper on Corruption and re-election
Modern Leadership in the Making Conference, Čakovec, 30th August 2014
Workshop on political economy
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Political Science, April 2013
Panel discussant on the economic legacy of Margaret Thatcher
“Razgovori o Europi” (Discussions on Europe), Zagreb School of Economics and Management, April 2013
Panel discussant on the legacy of Margaret Thatcher with respect to New Labour and New Conservatives
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics, guest lecturer at the course Political Economy, held by prof. Vojmir Franičević, April 2013
Topic: Political Macroeconomics
Public Choice Society 50th annual Conference, New Orleans, USA, March 2013
Presenting my paper on “Persistent electoral success with endogenous rents”
American Political Science Association (APSA) 2018 annual meeting, presenting my PhD paper “The politics of bailouts”, September 2018, Boston, USA
Princeton PIIRS Conference, Political Economy of Post-Civil War Transitions, presenting my PhD paper “Corruption and re-election”, April 2018, Princeton University, Princeton, USA
American Political Science Association (APSA) 2017 annual meeting, presenting my PhD paper “Corruption and re-election”, September 2017, San Francisco, USA
EXEL (Experimental economics lab) 1st International Conference, co-organizing the conference, presenting my PhD paper "The politics of bailouts", August 2017, Umag, Croatia
Nuffield Politics Graduate Student Conference, presenting my PhD paper “Corruption and re-election” June 2017, Nuffield College, Oxford, UK
Workshop on "Better prediction methods" at the Regional alumni conference of the Zoran Đinđić Internship Programme of German Business for the Countries of the Western Balkans, 22nd September 2016. Medulin, Croatia
Keynote presentation of the debt clock counter for Croatia, Croatian Taxpayers' Alliance "Lipa", 23rd September 2015
Presentation; Video (both in Croatian)
Keynote speaker on 10th Zagreb Economic Forum organized by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, topic: Democracy and growth, Zagreb, 30th June 2015
Conference: "Challenges of Europe: Growth, competitiveness and inequality", Hvar, 27-29th May 2015
Presenting a paper "How do firms respond to anticipated shocks? Duration analysis of Croatian companies throughout the crisis"
Panel discussion on public sector reform, organized by the opposition political party HSLS (Croatian Social-Liberal Party), Zagreb, 10th March 2015
Panel discussant
Conference on the restructuring of public companies in Croatia, organized by the Croatian Taxpayers' Alliance "Lipa", Zagreb, 05th March 2015
Panel discussant
Transnational Conference on Skills Forecasting, Croatian Employment Bureau, 26th November 2014
Presentation on the capacities of local authorities on lowering unemployment
Seminars in economics, University Autonoma Barcelona, Barcelona, 13-14th November 2014
Presenting my paper “Persistent electoral success with endogenous rents”
Workshop on Public Procurement, Pula, 10-11th November 2014
Lecture on corruption in public procurement; Presentation
Freedom and Reforms Conference, Libek, Belgrade, 21-22nd October 2014
Panel discussant on the crisis in the region
Conference of the Croatian Banking Association (HUB), Zagreb, 17th October 2014
Presenting my paper on Corruption and re-election
Modern Leadership in the Making Conference, Čakovec, 30th August 2014
Workshop on political economy
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Political Science, April 2013
Panel discussant on the economic legacy of Margaret Thatcher
“Razgovori o Europi” (Discussions on Europe), Zagreb School of Economics and Management, April 2013
Panel discussant on the legacy of Margaret Thatcher with respect to New Labour and New Conservatives
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics, guest lecturer at the course Political Economy, held by prof. Vojmir Franičević, April 2013
Topic: Political Macroeconomics
Public Choice Society 50th annual Conference, New Orleans, USA, March 2013
Presenting my paper on “Persistent electoral success with endogenous rents”
