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New Economic Talent 2020 Finalists Announced

2 June, 2020

Raisa Khadija Muhtar (University of St Andrews), Georgiana Puscas (University of Warwick), Viktor Veterinarov (Lomonosov Moscow State University) and Komila Zakirova (Westminster International University in Tashkent) have been selected as the finalists of the New Economic Talent 2020 competition. The online final round will take place on June 10, 2020.

All the finalists will present their papers in front of the Evaluation Committee and answer any subsequent questions. The Committee will then announce the top three participants. The winner will receive a special prize of 2,000 USD.

CERGE-EI Faculty Members Ctirad Slavík, Andreas Menzel and Mariola Pytliková are the members of this year's committee.

Students from universities all around the world, including the United Kingdom, Italy, Russia and Armenia, submitted papers for the sixth edition of the NET.

The nine best papers were shortlisted and then the final four were selected based on their originality, substance, analytical nature, and clarity of writing.