EACES Doctoral Award

EACES Doctoral Award

The best doctoral dissertation in comparative economic systems

The European Association for Comparative Economic Studies (EACES) invites every two years proposals for the EACES Award for the best doctoral dissertation in the fields of comparative economics. The award is given to the work that in the opinion of the jury has the greatest potential to impact the field of comparative economic studies in the future. Both theoretical and empirical contributions are appropriate.

The next call is expected to be issued in 2026 for theses published in the academic years 2024 and 2025.

Past winners and their dissertations 

2024: Denis Ivanov (Corvinus University). The Political Consequences of Socio-Economic Inequality.

2022: Natalia Kryg (University College London and EBRD). Bank Performance and Stability.

2021: Peter Howard Jones (University of Bournemouth). The Influence of the Washington Consensus Programme on the Transitional Economies of Eastern Europe – a firm level micro economic analysis.

2018: Sonja Avlijas (PhD from London School of Economics) Explaining variation in female labour force participation across Eastern Europe: The political economy of industrial upgrading and service transition

2016: Thomas Lambert (Joint PhD from UC Louvain and Université Lille 2) Essays on the political economy of finance

2014: Gabriel Burdín (PhD from the University of Siena) Essays on Worker-Managed Firms 

2012: Bjoern Jindra (PhD from the University of Sussex) Internationalisation Theory and Technological Accumulation. Investigation of multinational affiliates in East Germany 

2010: Roman Horváth (PhD from Charles University Prague) Empirical essays on monetary economics

2008: Sanjaya Acharya (PhD from Erasmus University Rotterdam) Pro-poor growth and liberalisation: CGE Policy modelling for Nepal 

2006: Bruno Merleverde (PhD from University of Gent) The Effects of Economic Reform and Foreign Direct Investment on the Domestic Economy and the Domestic Companies of Central and Eastern European Transition Countries

2004: Balazs Egert (PhD from Université de Paris X – Nanterre) Le taux de change réel dans la transition des pays d’Europe centrale et orientale; Aspects théoriques et empiriques

2002: Daniel Piazolo (PhD from University of Kiel) The Integration Process between Eastern and Western Europe

2000: Katharina Mueller (PhD from University Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder) The Political Economy of Pension Reform in Central-Eastern Europe

1998: Klaus Meyer (PhD from London Business School) Determinants of Direct Foreign Investment in Central and Eastern Europe

1996: Bert van Selm (PhD from University of Groningen) The Economics of Soviet Break-up

1994: Wim Swaan (PhD from University of Amsterdam) Behaviour and Institutions under Economic Reform. Price Regulation and Market Behaviour in Hungary