Born in 1947 in Belgrade , where he finished elementary and secondary school. Graduated from Belgrade Faculty of Economics in 1969. Got the MSc degree in 1973 (master thesis: Production functions and technical progress), and the PhD degree in 1979 (PhD thesis: Multisector models and their application to the analysis of Yugoslav economy).
Previous positions: Institute of industrial economics; Belgrade Faculty of Economics, Teaching Assistant Trainee (1971-1972), Teaching Assistant (1972-1979), Assistant Professor (1979-1985), Associate Professor (1985-1991).
Elected Full Professor in 1991.
Professional improvement and advanced training: Manchester (1971/72), Cambridge (1984), Cornell University (1987), Princeton University (1988).
Teaching commitments: Belgrade Faculty of Economics, undergraduate studies, subjects – Econometrics; postgraduate studies, Economic theory course, subjects - Applied econometrics, Econometrics and Price theory. As a teaching assistant also held practice sessions in Political economy. Taught at undergraduate and post-graduate studies of Addis Ababa University .
Other professional activities: a member of: the European Economic Association, the European Econometrics Society and the European Association for Comparative Economic Systems.
Publications:
1. Balanced growth and prices, empirical research in the Yugoslav economy, Institute of Industrial Economics , Belgrade , 1979
2. An Introduction to Econometrics, Faculty of Economics, Belgrade , 1982
3. Share capital in Yugoslavia , (co-editor with M. Simoneti), Economics Institute, Belgrade , 1990
4. Inflation in the Yugoslav economy: theory and econometric assessment, Economics Institute, Belgrade , 1991 |