Sergey Slobodyan

Sergey Slobodyan, CERGE-EI, Prague, Czech Republic Sergey.Slobodyan@cerge-ei.cz EDUCATION Ph.D. (Economics), Washington University 2000 M. A. (Economics), Washington University 1996 M. A. (Physics), Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia 1988 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE • CERGE-EI, Prague, Czech Republic 2000-present Assistant, Associate Professor of Economics • Chair of Money and Macroeconomics, Goethe University Frankfurt Visiting Professor Winter 2009 • National Bank of Belgium 2006-2008 Short-term consultant • EERC, Kiev, Ukraine 2003, 2007 Visiting Professor • Federal Reserve Bank, St. Louis, USA 1999-2000 Research Assistant • Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA 1996-2000 Statistical Data Analyst • Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Novosibirsk, Russia 1988-1994 Researcher TEACHING EXPERIENCE Macroeconomics 0, I, II, III, Advanced Macroeconomics, Money and Credit, Economics of Transition, Labor Markets in Transition Economics, Statistics graduate, CERGE-EI, 2000-08. Advanced Macro Theory I, Advanced Topics in Macro III graduate, Goethe U, 2009. Macroeconomics (Distance Learning Course) MA CERGE-EI, 2002-08. Economic Growth, Macro II, Stats and Econometrics III MA, EERC, Ukraine, 2003, 2007. Theoretical Foundations of Modern Monetary Policy undergraduate, Goethe U, 2009. Economic Growth undergraduate, NSU, Russia, 2001. Economic Statistics, Price Theory, Money and Banking undergraduate, Wash U, 1996-8. HONORS • Svejnar-Terrell best graduate teacher award, CERGE-EI, 2003-04. • University Dissertation Fellowship, Washington University, 1998-1999. • Competitive Summer Research Grant, Washington University, 1996-1999. • NAFSA Russia-Eurasia Fellowship, USIA, 1994-1996. PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH Published • “Indeterminacy and Stability in a Modified Romer Model.” Journal of Macroeconomics, 2007, 29, pp. 169-177. • Book review of “Human Psychology and Economic Fluctuation. A New Basic Theory of Human Economics, ” by Hideaki Tamura. With A. Ortmann. Journal of Economic Psychology, 2007, 28, pp. 628-629. • “The Demographic Challenge of the Interconnected Education and Pension System in the Czech Republic,” With V. Vinogradov. Czech Journal of Economics and Finance, 2006, 56(11-12), pp.490-505. • “Escape Dynamics: A Continuous Time Approach.” In: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Economics and Finance (CD), 2005. With D. Kolyuzhnov and A. Bogomolova. • “Indeterminacy, Sunspots, and Development Traps.” Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2005, 29(1-2), pp. 159-185. • “Predicting Heroin Use and Injection after Vietnam.” With Lee N. Robins. Addiction, 2003, 98 (8), pp. 1053-1060. • “On Impossibility of Limit Cycles in Certain 2D Continuous Time Growth Models,” Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics, 2001, 5 (1), pp. 33-40. Submitted/Under Revision • “Learning in an Estimated Medium-Scale DSGE Model.” With R. Wouters. • “Escape Dynamics: A Continuous Time Approximation.” With D. Kolyuzhnov and A. Bogomolova. CERGE-EI WP 285, 2006. • “Stochastic Gradient versus Recursive Least Squares Learning.” With D. Kolyuzhnov and A. Bogomolova. CERGE-EI WP 309, 2006. • “(The Evolution of) Post-Secondary Education: A Computational Model and Experiments.” With A. Ortmann. CERGE-EI WP 355, 2008. • “One Sector Models, Indeterminacy, and Productive Public Spending.” CERGE-EI WP 293, 2006. INVITED PRESENTATIONS • “Estimating a medium–scale DSGE model with expectations based on small forecasting models.” With R. Wouters. “Macroeconomic Models for Monetary Policy”, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, USA, March 6, 2009. “Adaptive Learning and Macroeconomic Policy”, Cambridge, UK, September 2008. Joint Lunchtime Seminar of European Central Bank (ECB), Center for Financial Studies (CFS), and Deutsche Bundesbank. Oct 8, 2008. “Learning Week”, St. Louis, USA, June 2008 • “Learning in an Estimated Medium-Scale DSGE Model.” With R. Wouters. 8th BoF-CEPR Conference "Expectations and Business Cycle Dynamics", Helsinki, Finland, 2008 Chair for Monetary Theory and Policy, Goethe University Frankfurt, Apr 23, 2008. • “Escape Dynamics: A Continuous Time Approximation” With D. Kolyuzhnov and A. Bogomolova. Seminars at National Bank of Belgium, Nottingham University, Queen University of Belfast, and Reading University, 2006. • “Linking Education and Pensions in Transition: A Comparative Study” Copenhagen, Denmark, DET Workshop on Economic Growth and Institutions, June 3-5, 2005. CERT seminar, Edinburgh, UK, Nov 19, 2004. REFEREE Czech Journal of Economics and Finance, Econometrica, Economic Inquiry, Economic Modelling, Empirical Economics, Journal of Economics, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of Economic Psychology, Macroeconomic Dynamics.

Bayesian estimation of DSGE models, especially under adaptive learning; large deviations theory in models of monetary policy; adaptive learning; interaction of public pensions and public educational systems; dynamics of growth models with multiple steady states and indeterminacy; micro-simulations of various markets, such as education and electricity, with agent-based computational economics.