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D-Index
49
Citations
11250
World Ranking
1440
National Ranking
875

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - IZA Prize in Labor Economics, Institute for the Study of Labor
  • Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association
  • Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association
  • Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association

Overview

Jan Svejnar is a researcher affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their academic work spans primary fields including Economics, Econometrics and Finance, as well as Business, Management and Accounting. Within these domains, their focus extends into subfields such as Economics and Econometrics, Accounting, Finance, and General Health Professions.

Their research addresses key topics including Corporate Finance and Governance, Capital Investment and Risk Analysis, Private Equity and Venture Capital, Italy's Economic History and Contemporary Issues, Firm Innovation and Growth, Taxation and Compliance Studies, and Labor market dynamics and wage inequality.

Jan Svejnar has contributed work to several publication venues. These include:

  • Journal of International Business Studies
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Jan Svejnar cover various aspects of economics and finance. Notable works include:

  • "Corruption level and uncertainty, FDI and domestic investment" (2021), Journal of International Business Studies
  • "Origin and Concentration: Corporate Ownership, Control and Performance" (2023), SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Labor Informality and Credit Market Accessibility" (2021), arXiv (Cornell University)

Their frequent collaborators include Jan Hanousek, who has co-authored two papers with them, as well as Anastasiya Shamshur, Jiří Trešl, Evžen Kočenda, and Alina Malkova, each contributing to at least one joint publication.

Jan Svejnar has received recognition in the form of the IZA Prize in Labor Economics from the Institute for the Study of Labor in 2015. They have also been elected as a Fellow of the European Economic Association.

Best Publications

  • Effects of Privatization and Ownership in Transition Economies

    Saul Estrin;Jan Hanousek;Evzen Kocenda;Jan Svejnar

  • Transition Economies: Performance and Challenges

    Jan Svejnar

  • When Does FDI Have Positive Spillovers? Evidence from 17 Transition Market Economies

    Yuriy Gorodnichenko;Jan Svejnar;Katherine Terrell

  • Globalization and Innovation in Emerging Markets

    Yuriy Gorodnichenko;Jan Svejnar;Katherine Terrell

  • Labor markets in the transitional Central and East European economies

    Jan Svejnar

  • Returns to Human Capital under the Communist Wage Grid and During the Transition to a Market Economy

    Daniel Münich;Jan Svejnar;Katherine Terrell

  • BARGAINING POWER, FEAR OF DISAGREEMENT, AND WAGE SETTLEMENTS: THEORY AND EVIDENCE FROM U.S. INDUSTRY

    Jan Svejnar

  • Investment, Credit Rationing, and the Soft Budget Constraint: Evidence from Czech Panel Data

    Lubomír Lízal;Jan Svejnar

  • Labor markets in the transitional Central and East European economies

    Jan Svejnar

  • Unemployment, labour markets and structural change in Eastern Europe

    Michael Burda

  • Federico Sturzenegger and

    Saul Estrin;Evzen Kocenda;Jan Svejnar;Jan Hanousek

  • Objectives and constraints of entrepreneurs: evidence from small and medium size enterprises in Russia and Bulgaria

    Francesca Pissarides;Miroslav Singer;Jan Svejnar

  • The productivity effects of worker participation: producer cooperatives in western economies

    Saul Estrin;Derek C. Jones;Jan Svejnar

  • Equity and Development

    Gudrun Kochendorfer-Lucius;Boris Pleskovic;Michael Hofman;Francisco Ferreira

  • When Does FDI Have Positive Spillovers? Evidence from 17 Emerging Market Economies

    Yuriy Gorodnichenko;Jan Svejnar;Katherine Terrell

  • Unemployment and the Social Safety Net during Transitions to a Market Economy: Evidence from the Czech and Slovak Republics

    John C. Ham;Jan Svejnar;Katherine Terrell

  • Participation, Profit Sharing, Worker Ownership and Efficiency in Italian Producer Cooperative

    Derek C. Jones;Jan Svejnar

  • Business Environment, Exports, Ownership, and Firm Performance

    Simon Commander;Jan Svejnar

  • Does wealth inequality matter for growth? The effect of billionaire wealth, income distribution, and poverty

    Sutirtha Bagchi;Jan Svejnar

  • When Does FDI Have Positive Spillovers? Evidence from 17 Emerging Market Economies

    Yuriy Gorodnichenko;Yuriy Gorodnichenko;Yuriy Gorodnichenko;Jan Svejnar;Katherine Terrell

  • The Economics of Joint Ventures in Less Developed Countries

    Jan Svejnar;Stephen C. Smith

  • Distance to the Efficiency Frontier and Foreign Direct Investment Spillovers

    Klara Sabirianova;Jan Svejnar;Katherine Terrell

  • Participatory and self-managed firms : evaluating economic performance

    Derek C. Jones;Jan Svejnar

  • When Does FDI Have Positive Spillovers? Evidence from 17 Transition Market Economies

    Yuriy Gorodnichenko;Jan Svejnar;Katherine Terrell

  • Returns to Human Capital under the Communist Wage Grid and During the Transition to a Market Economy

    Katherine Terrell;Daniel Munich;Jan Svejnar

  • Chapter 42 Labor markets in the transitional Central and East European economies

    Jan Svejnar

Frequent Co-Authors

Katherine Terrell
Katherine Terrell University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Yuriy Gorodnichenko
Yuriy Gorodnichenko University of California, Berkeley
Saul Estrin
Saul Estrin London School of Economics and Political Science
Evžen Kočenda
Evžen Kočenda Charles University
John C. Ham
John C. Ham New York University Abu Dhabi
Derek C. Jones
Derek C. Jones Hamilton College
Ravi Kanbur
Ravi Kanbur Cornell University
Zoltan J. Acs
Zoltan J. Acs George Mason University
Erik Thorbecke
Erik Thorbecke Cornell University
Frances Stewart
Frances Stewart University of Oxford

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