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Alan Krueger Joins CERGE-EI Executive Board

21 November, 2010

On 21 November, Professor Alan B. Krueger (Princeton University) was nominated to join the Executive and Supervisory Committee Executive and Supervisory Committee (ESC) of CERGE-EI.

The ESC’s functions include ensuring the introduction and maintenance of the highest academic standards, reviewing institutional finances, supervising the efficient use of available funds, and assisting in developing external funding sources. The ESC is also responsible for certain management functions, including recommending candidates for the directorship of the institution. Professor Krueger joins a long list of eminent economists on the ESC, including notable external academics as Professors Philippe Aghion (Harvard), Joseph Stiglitz (Columbia) and John Sutton (LSE) as well as tenured ESC faculty members and senior visiting faculty at CERGE-EI.