Atanas Pekanov
Economist - Research staff member at WIFO- Claim this Profile
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German Professional working proficiency
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Bulgarian Native or bilingual proficiency
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Experience
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WIFO
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Austria
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Research Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Economist - Research staff member
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Jan 2017 - Present
Economist (Research Staff Member) - Responsible for the topics financial markets, financial stability, monetary and fiscal policy, as well as forecasting and annual reports Current research on: Fiscal Policy, Fiscal Multipliers and Inequality, Heterogeneous agents New Keynesian macro, EMU Reforms Economist (Research Staff Member) - Responsible for the topics financial markets, financial stability, monetary and fiscal policy, as well as forecasting and annual reports Current research on: Fiscal Policy, Fiscal Multipliers and Inequality, Heterogeneous agents New Keynesian macro, EMU Reforms
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Deputy Prime Minister for the Management of EU funds of the Republic of Bulgaria
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May 2021 - Present
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Member of the Council for Economic Development to the President of the Republic of Bulgaria
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Jan 2018 - Present
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European Central Bank
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Germany
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Banking
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700 & Above Employee
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Research Analyst
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Oct 2016 - Jan 2017
Responsible for data and daily charts, preparation of documents for Governing Council meetings and for regular publications such as the ECB Annual Report, the Financial Stability Report and others Responsible for data and daily charts, preparation of documents for Governing Council meetings and for regular publications such as the ECB Annual Report, the Financial Stability Report and others
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Institute for New Economic Thinking
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United States
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Think Tanks
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1 - 100 Employee
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Junior Consultant
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Sep 2016 - Oct 2016
Organisation of the Young Scholars Initiative Plenary conference and research agenda Organisation of the Young Scholars Initiative Plenary conference and research agenda
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Research Assistant
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Oct 2015 - Jul 2016
Worked on calibrating and estimating global and small quarterly projection models, the New Multi Country Model of the ECB (for forecasting GDP and inflation), as well as on topics in monetary policy and housing prices. Detailed research and analysis on data and preparing databases for ECB forecasting models using ECB`s Statistical Data Warehouse (FAME), Bloomberg and Reuters Extensive use of Matlab (with Dynare and IRIS), Stata, E-views, Microsoft Office and LaTex Worked on calibrating and estimating global and small quarterly projection models, the New Multi Country Model of the ECB (for forecasting GDP and inflation), as well as on topics in monetary policy and housing prices. Detailed research and analysis on data and preparing databases for ECB forecasting models using ECB`s Statistical Data Warehouse (FAME), Bloomberg and Reuters Extensive use of Matlab (with Dynare and IRIS), Stata, E-views, Microsoft Office and LaTex
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Bulgarian National Bank
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Bulgaria
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Banking
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200 - 300 Employee
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Scholar
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Jan 2015 - Oct 2015
I have won a contest for Master`s students and became a Scholar of the Bulgarian National Bank in 2015. As part of the scholarship, I have researched for 9 months topics in the field of macroprudential policy for the Bank. I concentrated on the implementation of the counter cyclical buffer in different EU countries and presented a detailed paper on the topic in the end of the scholarship period. I have won a contest for Master`s students and became a Scholar of the Bulgarian National Bank in 2015. As part of the scholarship, I have researched for 9 months topics in the field of macroprudential policy for the Bank. I concentrated on the implementation of the counter cyclical buffer in different EU countries and presented a detailed paper on the topic in the end of the scholarship period.
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Austrian National Bank
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United States
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Entertainment Providers
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1 - 100 Employee
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Associate (part-time)
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Feb 2014 - Jun 2014
Euro Survey project Research on the role of the Euro in Eastern Europe, researched credit demand, foreign currency holdings and euroization in Eastern Europe Euro Survey project Research on the role of the Euro in Eastern Europe, researched credit demand, foreign currency holdings and euroization in Eastern Europe
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WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)
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Austria
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Scientific associate (part-time) at the Department of Economics
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Oct 2013 - Jun 2014
Responsible for the organization of events and lectures in economics with internal and external guests (turnout of up to 300 people) for example: the Annual Conference of the Austrian Economic Association (with Prof. Tony Atkinson and Prof. Giacomo Corneo), Word Bank seminars, Austrian National Bank workshop, a meeting with the Eurogroup president Jeroen Dijsselbloem and othersResponsible for the curriculum reform and solutions to students’ problems, as well as administrative and organizational tasks Show less
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Econometrics II Tutor (part-time)
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Oct 2013 - Jun 2014
Responsible for preparatory courses and homework assignments
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Council of Ministers, Republic of Bulgaria
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Bulgaria
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Government Administration
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Trainee
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Jul 2013 - Sep 2013
Research and analysis on the topics of public finances of Bulgaria, international trade, governance of state-owned enterprises, administrative reforms and others Research and analysis on the topics of public finances of Bulgaria, international trade, governance of state-owned enterprises, administrative reforms and others
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Education
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Harvard University
Fulbright Visiting Researcher, Economics -
WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)
Doctoral Programme, Economics -
UCL
Master of Science (MSc), Economic Policy -
WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)
Bachelor's degree, Economics