Economics Research Grant Competition
Summary. The goal of the competition is to support policy-relevant research projects under five priority areas. During the grant period research outputs are peer reviewed by thematic expert panels at EERC semi-annual research workshops. Research supervision is also provided through consultations with program staff and resource persons. The best findings are published as working papers and policy briefs, and are freely accessible on the web.
Research workshop. Proposals selected for the final review stage of the competition will be presented at December 2012 research workshop (in Kyiv); interim and final reports on funded projects - in June 2013 and December 2013, respectively. The final output of each project shall be a working paper/article and a policy brief. The best research findings will be published in the EERC working papers and e-print series.
Thematic focus. Proposals are solicited in the following five areas with relevance to current policy concerns in the CIS:
Enterprises and product markets
Labor markets and social policy
Macro, financial markets and open economy
Public economics
International trade and regional integration
Upon completion of research The best projects will be considered for the prestigious Zvi Griliches Award to support submission to internationally-refereed journals and presentation at leading conferences.
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