Faculty

Krešimir Žigić is the Citigroup Endowment Associate Professor with tenure at CERGE-EI (under US permanent charter) since 2007 and a member of the Executive and Supervisory Committee of CERGE-EI since 2004. He is a Docent (Associate Professor) at CERGE, Charles University since 2012 and a Researcher at the Economics Institute of the Academy of Sciences (EI) since 1993. Since September 2015 he has served as Deputy Director for Graduate Studies at CERGE and EI (previously also 1997–1999 and 2005–2008). Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, University of Zagreb, B.A. 1982, M.A. 1988. Ph.D. in Economics, CERGE-EI, 1996. Assistant Professor, CERGE, Charles University, 1996–2012. At CERGE-EI (under US permanent charter) he was Philip Morris Associate Professor, Fall 2001 – Fall 2002, Altria Group Associate Professor, Spring 2003, and Associate Professor of European Economic Issues, Česká spořitelna Chair, Fall 2003 – Spring 2007. Financial Officer, Rade Koncar Corporation, Zagreb, 1982–1990. Lecturer, Central European University, 1994. Lecturer, World Bank and Joint Vienna Institute Comprehensive Course, 1993–2003.

Research orientation:
International trade, industrial organization, applied microeconomics.