Miklós Koren - Curriculum Vitae#
Research and Teaching Interests
- International trade, growth and development
Education
- Harvard University. 2000-2005. Ph.D. in Economics
- Central European University. 1999-2000. M.A. in Economics (with distinction)
- Budapest University of Economics. 1994-1999. M.Sc. in Economics (with distinction)
Working papers
Koren, Miklós, and Rita Pető, 2020. “Business disruptions from social distancing.” Covid Economics. 1(2), pp. 13-31.
Koren, Miklós, Márton Csillag and János Köllő, 2020. “Machines and Machinists: Incremental technical change and wage inequality .”
Karádi, Péter, and Miklós Koren, 2017. “Cattle, Steaks and Restaurants: Development Accounting when Space Matters.” Under revision for the *Review of Economic Dynamics*.
Armenter, Roc, Miklós Koren and Dávid Krisztián Nagy, 2014. “Bridges.” Work in progress.
Armenter, Roc, and Miklós Koren, 2013. “Everything all the time? Entry and Exit in U.S. Import Varieties.” Work in progress.
Peer-reviewed publications
Caselli, Francesco, Miklós Koren, Milan Lisicky and Silvana Tenreyro, 2020. “Diversification through Trade.” Quarterly Journal of Economics. 135(1), pp. 449-502.
Bisztray, Márta, Miklós Koren and Adam Szeidl, 2018. “Learning to Import from Your Peers.” Journal of International Economics. 115(November), pp. 242-258.
Armenter, Roc, and Miklós Koren, 2016. “A Balls-and-Bins Model of Trade: Reply.” American Economic Review. 106(3), pp. .
Halpern, László, Miklós Koren and Adam Szeidl, 2015. “Imported Inputs and Productivity.” American Economic Review. 105(12), pp. 3660-3703.
Hornok, Cecília, and Miklós Koren, 2015. “Administrative Barriers to Trade.” Journal of International Economics. 96(S1), pp. S110-S122.
Armenter, Roc, and Miklós Koren, 2015. “Economies of Scale and the Size of Exporters.” Journal of the European Economic Association. 13(3), pp. 482-511.
Hornok, Cecília, and Miklós Koren, 2015. “Per-Shipment Costs and the Lumpiness of International Trade.” Review of Economics and Statistics. 97(2), pp. 525-530.
Armenter, Roc, and Miklós Koren, 2014. “A Balls-and-Bins Model of Trade.” American Economic Review. 104(7), pp. 2127-2151.
Koren, Miklós, and Silvana Tenreyro, 2013. “Technological Diversification.” American Economic Review. 103(1), pp. 378-414.
Halpern, László, and Miklós Koren, 2007. “Pricing to Firm: An Analysis of Firm- and Product-Level Import Prices.” Review of International Economics. 15(3), pp. 574-591.
Koren, Miklós, and Silvana Tenreyro, 2007. “Volatility and Development.” Quarterly Journal of Economics. 122(1), pp. 243-287.
Koren, Miklós, 2001. “Employment Response to Real Exchange Rate Movements: Evidence from Hungarian Exporting Firms.” Hungarian Statistical Review. 79(S6), pp. 24–44.
Other publications
Hornok, Cecília, and Miklós Koren, 2017. “Winners and Losers of Globalization: Sixteen Challenges for Measurement and Theory.” in: Mátyás et al. (eds), Economics without Borders: Economic Research for European Policy Challenges. Cambridge University Press. Chapter 6, pp 230-273.
Hornok, Cecília, and Miklós Koren, 2015. “Trade and Development in a Globalized World: The Roadmap for a Research Agenda.” COEURE Survey, Chapter 11.
Koren, Miklós, and Péter Tóth, 2013. “The impact of international trade on employment and wages.” In: Fazekas K, Benczúr P, Telegdy Á (eds.) The Hungarian labour market, 2013. Budapest: Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences; National Employment Non-profit Public Company, 2013. pp. 246-272.
Békés, Gábor, László Halpern, Miklós Koren and Balázs Muraközy, 2011. “Still standing: how European firms weathered the crisis - The third EFIGE policy report.” Békés, Gábor, László Halpern, Miklós Koren and Balázs Muraközy. 2011. "Still standing: how European firms weathered the crisis - The third EFIGE policy report." Bruegel Blueprint Series, Vol. XV.
Koren, Miklós, and Silvana Tenreyro, 2010. “Volatility, diversification and development in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries.” Koren, Miklós and Silvana Tenreyro. 2011. "Volatility, diversification and development in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries." In David Held and Kristian Ulrichsen (eds), *The Transformation of the Gulf: Politics, Economics and the Global Order*, Chapter 9, Routledge.
Publications in Hungarian
Péter, Kondor, Koren Miklós, Pál Jenő és Szeidl Ádám, 2014. “Cégek kapcsolati hálózatainak gazdasági szerepe.” Közgazdasági Szemle. LXI(November), pp. 1341-1360.
Péter, Koren Miklós és Tóth, 2012. “A külkereskedelem hatása a vállalati munkaerőre és a bérek alakulására.” In: Fazekas K, Benczúr P, Telegdy Á (szerk.) Munkerőpiaci Tükör, 2012. pp. 249-274.
László, Halpern, Koren Miklós, Kőrösi Gábor és Vincze János, 2004. “A minimálbér költségvetési hatásai.” Közgazdasági Szemle. 51(4), pp. 325-345.
Work in progress
Koren, Miklós, 2020. “The Past, Present, and Future of Work.”
Koren, Miklós, 2020. “Why Do Some Firms Export So Much More Than Others?.”
Koren, Miklós, and Balázs Reizer, 2020. “Customer Poaching and Business Stealing.”
Koren, Miklós, and Álmos Telegdy, 2020. “Expatriate Managers and Firm Performance.”
Koren, Miklós, Ádám Szeidl, Ferenc Szűcs and Balázs Vedres, 2017. “Efficiciency Losses from Misallocating Government Contracts.”
Past positions
- Head of Department, Central European University, Department of Economics. August 2016 — July 2018
- Associate Professor, Central European University, Department of Economics. August 2012 — July 2016
- Research Fellow, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Economics. September 2008 — December 2016
- Assistant Professor, Central European University, Department of Economics. August 2008 — July 2012
- Peter B Kenen Fellow, Princeton University, International Economics Section. August 2007 — May 2008
- Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, International Research Function. September 2005 — July 2007
- Junior Research Fellow, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Economics. September 2005 — August 2008
- Member, Rajk László College, Advisory Committee. March 2014 — February 2017
- President, Hungarian Society for Economics. January 2009 — December 2010
- Research Affiliate, Centre for Economic Policy Research. September 2008 — August 2013
- Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Research Department. September 2004 — December 2004
- Summer Intern, International Monetary Fund, Research Department. June 2002 — August 2002
Teaching Experience
Data Architecture for Analysts (graduate), Central European University, 2019-
Data Carpentry (graduate), Rajk László College, 2014-. Certified Carpentries Instructor, 2019.
Economics of Trade Policy (graduate), Central European University, 2011-.
International Trade (graduate), Central European University, 2009-.
Macroeconomics (graduate), Central European University, 2008-. Best Teacher Award 2010. Harvard University (teaching fellow), 2002-2003.
Macroeconomics (undergraduate), Rajk László College, 1998-2000
Introduction to Investments (undergraduate), Harvard University (teaching fellow), 2003-2004.
Honors, Scholarships, and Fellowships
Nicholas Káldor Prize, Káldor Foundation, 2014.
Best Teacher Award, Central European University, 2009-2010.
Best paper on "Frontier and Newly Emerging Economies", Forum for Research in Empirical International Trade. 2009.
Peter B. Kenen Fellowship, Princeton University. 2007-2008.
Herrnstein Prize for Ph.D. Dissertation. Harvard University. 2005.
Young Economist Award, European Economic Association. 2002, 2004.
Lamfalussy Research Fellowship, European Central Bank. 2004.
Harvard University Scholarship and Dillon Fellowship Fund, Harvard University. 2002-2004.
Heller Farkas Award for Academic Excellence, Rajk László College. 1999.
Conference Organization
COEURE Workshop on Trade and Development in a Globalized World: The Roadmap for a Research Agenda, 2015.
Macroeconomic Policy Research Workshop on "Microeconomic Behaviour and its Macroeconomic Implications during the Financial Crisis," CEPR and MNB, 2012.
Econometric Society European Winter Meeting, Regional Consultant, 2012
President of the Hungarian Soceity for Economics. Organizing the annual conference 2009-2010.
Comparative Analysis of Enterprise Data. Session on "Firm-Level Trade Dynamics", 2008.
American Economic Association Meeting. Session on "The Macroeconomic Implications of Risk Sharing" (co-organized with Borja Larrain), 2007.
Recent Conference and Seminar Presentations
2018
NLP Meetup. DEGIT. World Trade Forum. LSE.
2017
Oxford. Southampton. UCL. KU Leuven. Fulbright Club. European Research Workshop on International Trade. OECD Productivity Forum. EEA annual conference. Scratch Budapest Conference. JRC Science Lunch. LACEA. PyData Meetup.
2016
Káldor Prize Lecture. EEA annual conference. MTA KTI. Columbia. Princeton. Duke. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.
Grants
Cooperation for European Research in Economics (COEURE). European Commission FP7. Principal Investigator of the survey on Trade and Development
European Research Council Starting Grant: KNOWLEDGEFLOWS Project No. 313164. Principal Investigator, 2012
European Firms In a Global Economy: Internal policies for external Competitiveness (EFIGE). European Commission FP7 (SSH-2007-1.2-01) Project No 225551. Research partner, 2008-2012
SCience, Innovation, FIrms and markets in a GLObalized World (SCIFIGLOW). European Commission FP7 (SSH-2007-1.1.3) Project No 217436. Research partner, 2008-2012
Productivity Spillover Through Trading Products. Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA T/17/048444). Research partner, 2005-2008
Professional Service
- Member of the Council, European Economic Association, 2017
- Member of the Advisory Board of Rajk László College, 2014-2017
- President of the *Hungarian Society for Economics*, 2009-2010
- Member of the Editorial Board, *Review of Economic Studies*, Jan 2012
- Econometric Society European Winter Meeting, Regional Consultant, Jan 2012
Referee
American Economic Review (Excellence of Refereeing Award 2016), Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Review, International Economic Journal, Journal of International Economics, Oxford Economic Papers, Economics of Transition, Közgazdasági Szemle, National Science Foundation, World Bank Economic Review, Journal of Money Credit and Banking, Canadian Journal of Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Economic Journal, Current Issues of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Journal of Development Economics, GDN Regional Research Competition, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Monetary Economics, Economic Inquiry, Empirical Economics, American Economic Journal - Macroeconomics, Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv,
