Organization:Slovak Economic Association

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AbbreviationSEA
Formation26 June 2010
TypeLearned society
HeadquartersBratislava, Slovakia
Region served
Slovakia
Official language
Slovak, English
Websitewww.slovakecon.sk

Slovak Economic Association (SEA, Slovak: Slovenská ekonomická spoločnosť) is an association of professional economists in Slovakia. It was formed on 26 June 2010 at the Bratislava Economic Meeting conference.[1]

Since 2008, the association has organized annual conferences.[2] Notably, in 2017 the Nobel Prize winner Robert F. Engle gave a keynote speech at the SEA conference in Košice.[1]

In 2018, the Association started awarding a bi-annual award to a Slovak economist under 40 years of age for an outstanding contribution to economic research and evidence-based policy making in the country named after Martin Filko.

Martin Filko, co-founder of SEA

SEA is a member of the International Economic Association.[3]

Chairs

The current chair of SEA for the 2022–2024 term is the Zeppelin University professor Jarko Fidrmuc.

The former chairs were[4]

  • Mikuláš Luptáčik (2010–2012), University of Economics in Bratislava
  • Maroš Servátka (2012–2014), Macquarie Business School
  • Július Horváth (2014–2016), Central European University
  • Martin Kahanec (2016–2018), Central European University, Central European Labour Studies Institute and University of Economics in Bratislava
  • Martin Šuster (2018–2020), Council for Budget Responsibility
  • Eduard Baumöhl (2020–2022), University of Economics in Bratislava

Fellows

As of 2023, SEA has 40 Fellows. Notable SEA Fellows are:[4]

  • Miroslav Beblavý, economist and politician. State Secretary of Labor of Slovakia (2006–2010), MP of the National Council (2010–2020)
  • Lubos Pastor, professor University of Chicago Booth School of Business
  • Michal Kolesár, professor Princeton University
  • Ľudovít Ódor, Deputy Governor National Bank of Slovakia (2018–2023), Prime Minister of Slovakia (2023)

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