JAN  SVEJNAR
Everett E. Berg Professor of Business Administration, University of Michigan Business School
Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Michigan

PhD: Princeton University, 1979
 
 

Contact Information                Curriculum Vitae

 

Phone:734 936 5042 
Email: svejnar@umich.edu
 


Recent Publications

 

"Returns to Human Capital under the Communist Wage Grid and During the Transition to a Market Economy," forthcoming in the Review of Economics and Statistics, (with D. Munich and K. Terrell).

 

"Employment Determination in Enterprises under Communism and in Transitional: Evidence from Central Europe," forthcoming in the Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2004, (with S. Basu and S. Strin).

 

"Europe poised to move up a gear," European Business Forum, Issue 17, Spring 2004, pp.7-10.

 

"Objectives and Constraints of Entrepreneurs: Evidence from Small and Medium Size Enterprises in Russia and Bulgaria", Journal of Comparative Economics, 2003, Vol. 31, pp 387-594, (with M. Singer and F. Pissarides).

 

"Investment, Credit Rationing and the Soft Budget Constraint: Evidence from Czech Panel Data," The Review of Economics and Statistics,2002 84 (2) pp. 353-370 (with L. Lizal).

 "Transition Economies: Performance and Challenges," Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2002 Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 3-28.

"Enterprise Break-ups and Performance During the Transition From Plan to Market," The Review of Economics and Statistics, February 2001, 83 (1) pp. 92-99 (with L. Lizal and M. Singer).

"Unemployment and the Social Safety Net During Transitions to a Market Economy: Evidence from the Czech and Slovak Republics, American Economic Review, December 1998, Vol. 88, No. 5, pp. 1117-1142 (with J. Ham and K. Terrell).

Working Papers
 

"Ownership and Corporate Performance after Large Scale Privatization", Evzen Kocenda and Jan Svejnar. wp471a

"The Efficiency of Wage-Employment Bargains in a Consistent Dynamic Setting", Franz Spinnewyn and Jan Svejnar
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tables/figures

"Employment and Wages in Enterprises Under Communism and in Transition: Evidence from Central Europe and Russia", Swati Basu, Saul Estrin and Jan Svejnar. wp440

"Priorities and Sequencing in Privatization: Theory and Evidence from the Czech Republic" Nandini Gupta, John Ham and Jan Svejnar. wp323

"Financial Conditions and Investment during the Transition: Evidence from Czech Firms", Lubomir Lizal and Jan Svejnar. wp399

"Returns to Human Capital under the Communist Wage Grid and During the Transition to a Market Economy", Daniel Munich Jan Svejnar and Katherine Terrell. wp272

"Worker-Firm Matching and Unemployment in Transition to a Market Economy: (Why) Were the Czechs more Successful than Others?", Daniel Munich, Jan Svejnar and Katherine Terrell. wp107

"Investment, Wages and Ownership during the Transition to a Market Economy: Evidence from Slovenian Firms", Janez Prasnikar and Jan Svejnar. wp144

Research Interests

Transition Economics, International Business, Corporate Strategy, Corporate Performance, Public Policy, Privatization,  Labor Economics.

 

Selected Professional Activities
 

Chairman, The Executive and Supervisory Committee, Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economic Institute (CERGE-EI), Prague

Elected Member, Council of the European Economic Association

Co-Editor — Economics of Transition

Chairman of the Supervisory Board, CSOB Bank, Czech and Slovak Republics

Other Affiliations
 

University of Michigan Business School and

Department of Business and Economics, University of Michigan Business School

 

Department of Corporate Strategy and International Business, University of Michigan Business School

Department of Economics, University of Michigan

Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economic Institute (CERGE-EI), Czech Republic

Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), U.K.

Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA),Germany