Sergei Guriev
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Sergei Guriev is a Russian economist. He is currently a Morgan Stanley Professor of Economics and a Rector at the New Economic School
(NES) in Moscow, Russia. He joined NES in 1998 focusing on research and teaching and became a full-time permanent faculty member in 1999. He became the school's Rector in 2004. He is also teaching graduate courses in economics of development, microeconomic theory and contract theory.
His primary interests are in contract theory, corporate governance, labor mobility, political economics, economics of development and transition. His work is frequently published in various Russian and international journals, including American Economic Review
, Journal of European Economic Association
and Journal of Economic Perspectives
. He is currently running a monthly column in Forbes Russia and a biweekly column for the leading Russian business daily Vedomosti
. He has also contributed numerously to columns in the New York Times, Smart Money
, Moscow Times, and Expert
.
. In 1997-98, he visited the Department of Economics at MIT for a one-year post-doctoral placement. In 2002 he received a degree of Doctor of Science in Economics. In 2003-2004 he was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics at Princeton University
.
. In 2006, he was selected a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum
.
Since 1999, Sergei Guriev has been a Research Affiliate at the Centre for Economic Policy Research
(CEPR), London. He is also a board member for Sberbank Rossii (Savings Bank of the Russian Federation), Agency for Home Mortgage Lending, Alfa Strakhovanie, Russian Venture Company and of the Dynasty Foundation. He is a member of President of Russia's Council on Science, Education and Technology and a member of Scientific Council of Bruegel think tank. He is also the President of the Center for Economic and Financial Research at The New Economic School
.
In 2009, he received the Second Prize Medal for Research on Foreign Direct Investment and Natural Resources, The Global Development Network (GDN), Ninth Annual Awards Competition. He was also elected in the Top 100 of the President of Russian Federation Reserve of Management Cadre.
) - upcoming (coauthored with Ekaterina Zhuravskaya) (coauthored with Konstantin Sonin
) (coauthored with Guido Friebel, Russell Pittman, Elizaveta Shevyakhova, Anna Tomova) (coauthored with Sudipto Bhattacharya) (coauthored with Guido Friebel) (coauthored with Dmitriy Kvasov) (coauthored with Guido Friebel) (coauthored with Andrei Rachinsky) (coauthored with Olga Lazareva, Andrei Rachinsky, Serguei Tsoukhlo) [published without the authors' concent or notification] (coauthored with Dmitriy Kvasov) (coauthored with Yuri Andrienko) (coauthored with Igor Makarov and Mathilde Maurel)
New Economic School
New Economic School, NES is a graduate school of economics in Moscow, Russia.-Alumni and students:...
(NES) in Moscow, Russia. He joined NES in 1998 focusing on research and teaching and became a full-time permanent faculty member in 1999. He became the school's Rector in 2004. He is also teaching graduate courses in economics of development, microeconomic theory and contract theory.
His primary interests are in contract theory, corporate governance, labor mobility, political economics, economics of development and transition. His work is frequently published in various Russian and international journals, including American Economic Review
American Economic Review
The American Economic Review is a peer-reviewed academic journal of economics publishing seven issues annually by the American Economic Association. First published in 1911, it is considered one of the most prestigious journals in the field. The current editor-in-chief is Penny Goldberg . The...
, Journal of European Economic Association
European Economic Association
The European Economic Association is a professional academic body which links European economists. It was founded in the mid-1980s. Its first annual congress was in 1986 in Vienna, Austria...
and Journal of Economic Perspectives
Journal of Economic Perspectives
The Journal of Economic Perspectives is an economic journal published by the American Economic Association. The journal is very broad in its scope...
. He is currently running a monthly column in Forbes Russia and a biweekly column for the leading Russian business daily Vedomosti
Vedomosti
Vedomosti is a Russian language business daily. It is a joint venture between Dow Jones, the Financial Times and Sanoma, publishers of The Moscow Times....
. He has also contributed numerously to columns in the New York Times, Smart Money
Smart Money
Smart Money is a 1931 film starring Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney, the only time Robinson and Cagney made a movie together, despite being the two leading gangster actors at Warner Brothers studios all through the 1930s...
, Moscow Times, and Expert
Expert (magazine)
Expert or Ekspert magazine is Russia's leading business weekly magazine, established in 1995 in Moscow by a group of editors and journalists who departed from Kommersant publishing house. It covers economics and finance, Russian business, international business, politics, science and technology,...
.
Biography
Sergei Guriev was born on October 21, 1971 in Vladikavkaz,Russia. He received his high school diploma in 1988 from Kiev Physics Mathematics High School #145. In 1993 he graduated Summa Cum Laude from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology with Masters in Economics and Computer Science and in 1994 received his PhD in Applied Mathematics from The Russian Academy of SciencesRussian Academy of Sciences
The Russian Academy of Sciences consists of the national academy of Russia and a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation as well as auxiliary scientific and social units like libraries, publishers and hospitals....
. In 1997-98, he visited the Department of Economics at MIT for a one-year post-doctoral placement. In 2002 he received a degree of Doctor of Science in Economics. In 2003-2004 he was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics at Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
.
Awards and Memberships
In 2001, Sergei Guriev was announced the Best Academic Manager in Social Sciences by the Science Support Foundation. In 2000 and 2005, he was awarded Gold Medal for Best Research in Development Economics by the Global Development NetworkGlobal Development Network
The idea of a Global Development Network was conceived at a meeting organized by The World Bank in Washington in May 1997. Participants included the heads of GDN's regional network partners and representatives of various bilateral and multilateral organizations and academic associations including...
. In 2006, he was selected a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum
World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum is a Swiss non-profit foundation, based in Cologny, Geneva, best known for its annual meeting in Davos, a mountain resort in Graubünden, in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland....
.
Since 1999, Sergei Guriev has been a Research Affiliate at the Centre for Economic Policy Research
Centre for Economic Policy Research
The Centre for Economic Policy Research , a registered charity founded in 1983 by Richard Portes , FBA, CBE, is a network of over 700 researchers based mainly in universities throughout Europe, who collaborate through the centre in research and its dissemination...
(CEPR), London. He is also a board member for Sberbank Rossii (Savings Bank of the Russian Federation), Agency for Home Mortgage Lending, Alfa Strakhovanie, Russian Venture Company and of the Dynasty Foundation. He is a member of President of Russia's Council on Science, Education and Technology and a member of Scientific Council of Bruegel think tank. He is also the President of the Center for Economic and Financial Research at The New Economic School
New Economic School
New Economic School, NES is a graduate school of economics in Moscow, Russia.-Alumni and students:...
.
In 2009, he received the Second Prize Medal for Research on Foreign Direct Investment and Natural Resources, The Global Development Network (GDN), Ninth Annual Awards Competition. He was also elected in the Top 100 of the President of Russian Federation Reserve of Management Cadre.
Selected publications
(coauthored with Anton Kolotilin and Konstantin SoninKonstantin Sonin
Konstantin Sonin is a Russian economist. He is currently SUEK Professor of Economics and Vice Rector at the New Economic School in Moscow, Russia. He joined NES as an Assistant Professor in 2001 and received tenure as a full Professor of Economics in 2009...
) - upcoming (coauthored with Ekaterina Zhuravskaya) (coauthored with Konstantin Sonin
Konstantin Sonin
Konstantin Sonin is a Russian economist. He is currently SUEK Professor of Economics and Vice Rector at the New Economic School in Moscow, Russia. He joined NES as an Assistant Professor in 2001 and received tenure as a full Professor of Economics in 2009...
) (coauthored with Guido Friebel, Russell Pittman, Elizaveta Shevyakhova, Anna Tomova) (coauthored with Sudipto Bhattacharya) (coauthored with Guido Friebel) (coauthored with Dmitriy Kvasov) (coauthored with Guido Friebel) (coauthored with Andrei Rachinsky) (coauthored with Olga Lazareva, Andrei Rachinsky, Serguei Tsoukhlo) [published without the authors' concent or notification] (coauthored with Dmitriy Kvasov) (coauthored with Yuri Andrienko) (coauthored with Igor Makarov and Mathilde Maurel)