The Scientific Committee is responsible for designing and proposing the annual research agenda and work programme as well as for overseeing the implementation of the approved activities. Moreover it formulates the longer-term research strategy of the network.
Specifically, the role of the Scientific Committee is to:
- Conceptualise and design the workshop programmes and oversee the selection of papers and participants;
- Advise on, and contribute to, the scientific content of the Network’s website;
- Develop and oversee the Network’s training schools;
- Review / screen research papers (according to the agreed criteria) for presentation at EABCN workshops;
- Develop new research proposals and other ideas for future activities.
Current members
The Euro Area Business Cycle Dating Scientific Committee is composed of three CEPR researchers. The Chair of the Committee is named by the President of CEPR, while the remaining members are chosen by the President of CEPR and other members of the Scientific Committee.
Professor Barbara Rossi
Barbara Rossi is a professor at the European University Institute and an ICREA Professor of Economics at Pompeu Fabra University, a research professor at the Barcelona School of Economics and Associate researcher (on leave) at CREI. She previously has been an Associate Professor with tenure at the department of Economics at Duke University, after earning her Ph.D. from Princeton University. She… (read more...)
Dr. Eleonora Granziera
Eleonora Granziera is a Senior Research Economist in the Research Unit of the Norges Bank and the network coordinator of the Euro Area Business Cycle Network. Her research focuses on applied time series econometrics and applied macroeconomics with particular interest in the transmission mechanism of monetary policy and forecasting. Prior to joining the Norges Bank, she worked as a senior… (read more...)
Professor Refet Gürkaynak
Refet S. Gürkaynak is Professor of Economics at Bilkent University and a Research Fellow of the Center for Economic Policy Research, where he is the director of the Monetary Economic and Fluctuations Program. He has a BA from Bilkent and a PhD from Princeton Universities, both in Economics. Prior to his current position he was an Economist at the Monetary Affairs Division of the Federal Reserve… (read more...)