Dr. Zareh Asatryan

Dr. Zareh Asatryan

Corporate Taxation and Public Finance

Zareh Asatryan is Deputy Head of ZEW’s Research Unit “Corporate Taxation and Public Finance”. Zareh Asatryan worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Mannheim from 2017 to 2018. He received his doctoral degree in economics from the University of Freiburg in October 2015.
Zareh Asatryan holds a Master’s degree in economics and management science from the Humboldt University of Berlin and a Bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics and statistics from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Currently he co-leads the Armenian Economic Association.
Zareh Asatryan's primary research interests are public finance, political economics, and development economics.

For further information and resources please visit Zareh Asatryan’s personal webpage.

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Zareh Asatryan

Dr. Zareh Asatryan

Deputy Head Email zareh.asatryan@zew.de Phone +49 (0)621 1235-392

Unit: Corporate Taxation and Public Finance

Beste wissenschaftliche Leistung, // 2022
Prizes, Awards and Distinctions
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, St. Louis, United States of America
Beste Abschlussarbeit (Dissertation), // 2016

Akademie für wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung e. V. an der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Selected Publications

Nudging for Tax Compliance: a Meta-Analysis

Asatryan, Zareh and Antinyan Armenak (forthcoming), Nudging for Tax Compliance: a Meta-Analysis, Economic Journal.

The regional economics of mineral resource wealth in Africa

Asatryan, Zareh, Thushyanthan Baskaran, Carlo Moana Birkholz and Patrick Hufschmidt (2024), The regional economics of mineral resource wealth in Africa, Economica 91(364), 1424-1453.

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Taxes and Business Philanthropy in Armenia

Asatryan, Zareh and David Joulfaian (2022), Taxes and Business Philanthropy in Armenia, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 200, 914-930.

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Austerity and Distributional Policy

Alpino, Matteo, Zareh Asatryan, Sebastian Blesse and Nils Wehrhöfer (2022), Austerity and Distributional Policy, Journal of Monetary Economics, 112-127.

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Does the Frequency of Reminders Matter for their Effectiveness? A Randomized Controlled Trial

Antinyan, Armenak, Zareh Asatryan, Zhixin Dai and Kazhi Wang (2021), Does the Frequency of Reminders Matter for their Effectiveness? A Randomized Controlled Trial, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 191, 752-764.

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The Political Economy of Multilateral Lending to European Regions

Asatryan, Zareh and Annika Havlik (2020), The Political Economy of Multilateral Lending to European Regions, The Review of International Organizations 15, 707-740.

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Biases in Fiscal Multiplier Estimates

Asatryan, Zareh, Annika Havlik, Friedrich Heinemann and Justus Nover (2020), Biases in Fiscal Multiplier Estimates, European Journal of Political Economy 63, 101861.

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Vote Buying or (Political) Business (Cycles) as Usual?

Aidt, Toke, Zareh Asatryan, Lusine Badalyan and Friedrich Heinemann (2020), Vote Buying or (Political) Business (Cycles) as Usual?, The Review of Economics and Statistics 102(3), 409-425.

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Balanced Budget Rules and Fiscal Outcomes: Evidence from Historical Constitutions

Asatryan, Zareh, Cesar Castellon and Thomas Stratmann (2018), Balanced Budget Rules and Fiscal Outcomes: Evidence from Historical Constitutions, Journal of Public Economics 167, 105-119.

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Remittances and Public Finances: Evidence from Oil-Price Shocks

Asatryan, Zareh, Benjamin Bittschi and Philipp Dörrenberg (2017), Remittances and Public Finances: Evidence from Oil-Price Shocks, Journal of Public Economics 155, 122-137.

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Vetoing and inaugurating policy like others do: evidence on spatial interactions in voter initiatives

Asatryan, Zareh, Annika Havlik and Frank Streif (2017), Vetoing and inaugurating policy like others do: evidence on spatial interactions in voter initiatives, Public Choice 172, 525-544.

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The Effect of Direct Democracy on the Level and Structure of Local Taxes

Asatryan, Zareh, Thushyanthan Baskaran and Friedrich Heinemann (2017), The Effect of Direct Democracy on the Level and Structure of Local Taxes, Regional Science and Urban Economics 65, 38-55.

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Reforming the Public Administration: The role of crisis and the power of bureaucracy

Asatryan, Zareh, Friedrich Heinemann and Hans Pitlik (2017), Reforming the Public Administration: The role of crisis and the power of bureaucracy, European Journal of Political Economy 48, 128-143.

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Direct Democracy and Local Public Finances under Cooperative Federalism

Asatryan, Zareh, Thushyanthan Baskaran, Theocharis Grigoriadis and Friedrich Heinemann (2017), Direct Democracy and Local Public Finances under Cooperative Federalism, The Scandinavian Journal of Economics 119 (3), 801-820.

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The Indirect Effects of Direct Democracy: Local Government Size and Non-Budgetary Voter Initiatives in Germany

Asatryan, Zareh (2016), The Indirect Effects of Direct Democracy: Local Government Size and Non-Budgetary Voter Initiatives in Germany, International Tax and Public Finance 23(3), 580-601.

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Direct Democracy and Local Government Efficiency

Asatryan, Zareh and Kristof De Witte (2015), Direct Democracy and Local Government Efficiency, European Journal of Political Economy 39, 58-66.

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Partial Fiscal Decentralization and Sub-National Government Fiscal Discipline: Empirical Evidence from OECD Countries

Asatryan, Zareh, Lars Feld and Benny Geys (2015), Partial Fiscal Decentralization and Sub-National Government Fiscal Discipline: Empirical Evidence from OECD Countries, Public Choice 163 (3-4), 307-320.

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Revisiting the Link Between Growth and Federalism: A Bayesian Model Averaging Approach

Asatryan, Zareh and Lars Feld (2015), Revisiting the Link Between Growth and Federalism: A Bayesian Model Averaging Approach, Journal of Comparative Economics 43 (3), 772-781.

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Europäische Steuerpolitik

Asatryan, Zareh and Mustafa Yeter (2015), Europäische Steuerpolitik, integration 38 (4) , 361-367.

Some Observations on the Economic Implications of Constitutional Reform in Armenia

Asatryan, Zareh (2015), Some Observations on the Economic Implications of Constitutional Reform in Armenia, Caucasus Analytical Digest 76 , 10-14.

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Der Einfluss der öffentlichen Verwaltung auf die ökonomische Performance von Ländern

Asatryan, Zareh, Benjamin Bittschi, Melissa Berger, Lisa Evers, Friedrich Heinemann, Christoph Schröder, Frank Streif and Mustafa Yeter (2014), Der Einfluss der öffentlichen Verwaltung auf die ökonomische Performance von Ländern, integration 37(4) , 364-376.

The Political Economy of Pension Reform in Armenia

Asatryan, Zareh (2014), The Political Economy of Pension Reform in Armenia, Caucasus Analytical Digest 60 , 2-5.

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Fiscal relations across government levels in times of crisis – making compatible fiscal decentralization and budgetary discipline

Asatryan, Zareh (2013), Fiscal relations across government levels in times of crisis – making compatible fiscal decentralization and budgetary discipline, European Commission - Euopean Economy Economic Papers 501 .

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The European Fiscal Board: An Experiment at the Supranational Level

Asatryan, Zareh and Friedrich Heinemann (2018), The European Fiscal Board: An Experiment at the Supranational Level, in: Roel Beetsma, Xavier Debrun CEPR Press , London, 165-173

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Nudging for Tax Compliance: A Meta-Analysis

Armenak, Antinyan and Zareh Asatryan (2024), Nudging for Tax Compliance: A Meta-Analysis, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 24-054, Mannheim

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Rethinking EU Cohesion Policy

Asatryan, Zareh, Carlo Moana Birkholz and Friedrich Heinemann (2024), Rethinking EU Cohesion Policy, ZEW policy brief No. 24-10, Mannheim

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Evidence-Based Policy or Beauty Contest? An LLM-Based Meta-Analysis of EU Cohesion Policy Evaluations

Asatryan, Zareh, Carlo Moana Birkholz and Friedrich Heinemann (2024), Evidence-Based Policy or Beauty Contest? An LLM-Based Meta-Analysis of EU Cohesion Policy Evaluations, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 24-037, Mannheim

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How to Make Evaluations of EU Cohesion Policy More Credible

Asatryan, Zareh, Carlo Moana Birkholz and Friedrich Heinemann (2024), How to Make Evaluations of EU Cohesion Policy More Credible, ZEW policy brief No. 24-08, Mannheim

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Enhancing Objectivity and Decision Relevance: A Better Framework for Evaluating Cohesion Policies

Heinemann, Friedrich, Zareh Asatryan, Julia Bachtrögler-Unger, Carlo Moana Birkholz, Franceso Corti, Maximilian von Ehrlich, Ugo Fratesi, Clemens Fuest, Valentin Lang and Martin Weber (2024), Enhancing Objectivity and Decision Relevance: A Better Framework for Evaluating Cohesion Policies, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 24-034, Mannheim

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Political Consequences of (Consumer) Debt Relief

Aidt, Toke, Zareh Asatryan and Lusine Badalyan (2024), Political Consequences of (Consumer) Debt Relief, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 24-030, Mannheim

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Favoritism by the Governing Elite

Asatryan, Zareh, Thushyanthan Baskaran, Carlo Moana Birkholz and Patrick Hufschmidt (2023), Favoritism by the Governing Elite, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 23-053, Mannheim

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Favoritism by the Governing Elite

Birkholz, Carlo Moana, Zareh Asatryan, Thushyanthan Baskaran and Patrick Hufschmidt (2023), Favoritism by the Governing Elite, Ruhr Economic Papers , Essen.

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Favoritism and Firms: Micro Evidence and Macro Implications

Asatryan, Zareh, Thushyanthan Baskaran, Carlo Moana Birkholz and David Gomtsyan (2022), Favoritism and Firms: Micro Evidence and Macro Implications, STEG Working Paper .

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Favoritism and Firms: Micro Evidence and Macro Implications

Asatryan, Zareh, Thushyanthan Baskaran, Carlo Moana Birkholz and David Gomtsyan (2022), Favoritism and Firms: Micro Evidence and Macro Implications, CESifo Working Papers , Munich.

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The Other Government: State-Owned Enterprises in Germany and Their Implications for the Core Public Sector

Asatryan, Zareh, Friedrich Heinemann and Justus Nover (2022), The Other Government: State-Owned Enterprises in Germany and Their Implications for the Core Public Sector, ZEW expert brief No. 22-08, Mannheim

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Political Consequences of Consumer Debt Relief

Aidt, Toke, Zareh Asatryan and Lusine Badalyan (2022), Political Consequences of Consumer Debt Relief, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 22-049, Mannheim

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Representing the Future in Aging Societies: Policy Implications of the Voting Age Reform in Germany

Asatryan, Zareh (2022), Representing the Future in Aging Societies: Policy Implications of the Voting Age Reform in Germany, ZEW expert brief No. 22-04, Mannheim

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Regional Redistribution of Mineral Resource Wealth in Africa

Asatryan, Zareh, Thushyanthan Baskaran, Carlo Moana Birkholz and Patrick Hufschmidt (2021), Regional Redistribution of Mineral Resource Wealth in Africa, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-032, Mannheim

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Favoritism and Firms: Micro Evidence and Macro Implications

Asatryan, Zareh, Thushyanthan Baskaran, Carlo Moana Birkholz and David Gomtsyan (2021), Favoritism and Firms: Micro Evidence and Macro Implications, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-031, Mannheim

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Regional Favoritism and Human Capital Accumulation in Africa

Asatryan, Zareh, Thushyanthan Baskaran, Patrick Hufschmidt and Alexander Stöcker (2021), Regional Favoritism and Human Capital Accumulation in Africa, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-030, Mannheim

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Taxes and Business Philanthropy in Armenia

Asatryan, Zareh and David Joulfaian (2021), Taxes and Business Philanthropy in Armenia, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-022, Mannheim

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Austerity and Distributional Policy

Alpino, Matteo, Zareh Asatryan, Sebastian Blesse and Nils Wehrhöfer (2020), Austerity and Distributional Policy,

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Austerity and Distributional Policy

Alpino, Matteo, Zareh Asatryan, Sebastian Blesse and Nils Wehrhöfer (2020), Austerity and Distributional Policy, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-028, Mannheim

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The Incidence of VAT Evasion

Asatryan, Zareh and David Gomtsyan (2020), The Incidence of VAT Evasion, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-027, Mannheim

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Why net operating balances are a distorted indicator of a Member State’s benefit from the EU budget

Asatryan, Zareh, Annika Havlik, Friedrich Heinemann and Justus Nover (2020), Why net operating balances are a distorted indicator of a Member State’s benefit from the EU budget, Brussels.

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The net operating balances: Variants, emerging numbers and history

Asatryan, Zareh, Annika Havlik, Friedrich Heinemann, Justus Nover and Marta Pilati (2020), The net operating balances: Variants, emerging numbers and history, Brussels.

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The Political Economy of Multilateral Lending to European Regions

Asatryan, Zareh and Annika Havlik (2019), The Political Economy of Multilateral Lending to European Regions, EconPol Working Paper .

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The Political Economy of Multilateral Lending to European Regions

Asatryan, Zareh and Annika Havlik (2019), The Political Economy of Multilateral Lending to European Regions, AidData Working Paper , Williamsburg.

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Nudging for Tax Compliance: A Meta-Analysis

Antinyan, Armenak and Zareh Asatryan (2019), Nudging for Tax Compliance: A Meta-Analysis, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-055, Mannheim

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The Political Economy of Multilateral Lending to European Regions

Asatryan, Zareh and Annika Havlik (2019), The Political Economy of Multilateral Lending to European Regions, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-046, Mannheim

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Biases in Fiscal Multiplier Estimates

Asatryan, Zareh, Annika Havlik, Friedrich Heinemann and Justus Nover (2019), Biases in Fiscal Multiplier Estimates, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-025, Mannheim

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Which Role for a European Minister of Economy and Finance in a European Fiscal Union?

Asatryan, Zareh, Xavier Debrun, Annika Havlik, Friedrich Heinemann, Martin Kocher and Roberto Tamborini (2018), Which Role for a European Minister of Economy and Finance in a European Fiscal Union?, EconPol Policy Report , München.

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Making the Most of the European Fiscal Board

Asatryan, Zareh, Xavier Debrun, Friedrich Heinemann, Michal Horvath, Ludovít Ódor and Mustafa Yeter (2017), Making the Most of the European Fiscal Board, ZEW policy brief No. 17-03, Mannheim

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Responses of Firms to Tax, Administrative and Accounting Rules: Evidence from Armenia

Asatryan, Zareh and Andreas Peichl (2016), Responses of Firms to Tax, Administrative and Accounting Rules: Evidence from Armenia, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-065, Mannheim

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Vote Buying or (Political) Business (Cycles) as Usual?

Aidt, Toke, Zareh Asatryan, Lusine Badalyan and Friedrich Heinemann (2015), Vote Buying or (Political) Business (Cycles) as Usual?, CESifo Working Papers , Munich.

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Better Fiscal Rules for Europe: Reflections Based on New Empirical Evidence

Asatryan, Zareh, Dirk Foremny, Friedrich Heinemann, Albert Solé-Ollé, Thomas Stratmann and Mustafa Yeter (2015), Better Fiscal Rules for Europe: Reflections Based on New Empirical Evidence, ZEW policy brief No. 15-04, Mannheim

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Vetoing and Inaugurating Policy Like Others Do: Evidence on Spatial Interactions in Voter Initiatives

Asatryan, Zareh, Annika Havlik and Frank Streif (2015), Vetoing and Inaugurating Policy Like Others Do: Evidence on Spatial Interactions in Voter Initiatives, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 15-054, Mannheim

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Vote Buying or (Political) Business (Cycles) as Usual?

Aidt, Toke, Zareh Asatryan, Lusine Badalyan and Friedrich Heinemann (2015), Vote Buying or (Political) Business (Cycles) as Usual?, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 15-017, Mannheim

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Compensating the losers of free trade

Asatryan, Zareh, Sebastian Braun, Wolfgang Lechthaler, Mariya Mileva and Catia Montagna (2014), Compensating the losers of free trade, WWWforEurope Working Papers .

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Public sector reform: How the EU budget is used to encourage it

Asatryan, Zareh, Friedrich Heinemann, Mustafa Yeter, Eulalia Rubio, David Rinaldi and Fabian Zuleeg (2016), Public sector reform: How the EU budget is used to encourage it, Study, IP/D/ALL/FWC/2015-001/LOT2, 31/08/2016, Directorate-General for Internal Policies, Policy Department D Budgetary Affairs, Europäisches Parlament, Brussels

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Projects

01.12.2022 – 30.09.2024
Reorientation of the European Structural Policy in the next funding period 2028-2035
01.10.2021 – 30.11.2022
The Impact of Fiscal Rules on State-Owned Enterprises
01.09.2020 – 31.12.2022
Nudging for Tax Compliance: A Meta-Analysis
01.01.2020 – 31.12.2021
Regional Favoritism and Development
01.01.2019 – 31.03.2021
SEEK - Political Biases in EU Spending: Mechanisms, Extent and Counter-Measures
01.01.2019 – 31.12.2020
Public Procurement and Firm Innovation
01.08.2018 – 30.07.2019
Who Pays for Fiscal Rules? Evidence From Italian Municipalities
01.06.2018 – 31.05.2023
Market Design by Public Authorities
01.05.2017 – 31.12.2021
European Network for Economic and Fiscal Policy Research
01.04.2016 – 31.03.2019
SEEK Project 2016: European Network on Better Institutions – ZEW ENBI
01.04. – 30.09.2016
Public Sector Reform – How the EU Budget Is Used to Encourage it
01.01.2016 – 30.04.2017
Inverse December Fever: Tax avoidance behaviour of Austrian SME
01.08.2015 – 31.07.2016
Analysis of Tax Policy and Tax Administration: Evidence from Armenian Firm-Level Data
01.04.2014 – 30.09.2015
SEEK Project 2014: Fiscal Governance and Adjustments under Crisis Conditions
01.07.2013 – 30.06.2014
Direct Democracy and Local Public Finances: Evidence from Bavarian Municipalities
01.05.2012 – 30.04.2016
Tax Policy in the EU in an Environment of new Fiscal Institutions and Coordination Procedures
01.01.2009 – 31.12.2012
The Future of Fiscal Federalism in Germany and Europe

More Information

Workshop on Redistributive Taxation: Optimal Design and Political Economy Forces

Mannheim (virtual), Germany, 2021 more information

Politics of Favoritism and Its Economic Implications

Mannheim (virtual), Germany, 2021 more information

WEI-ZEW Joint Workshop

Freiburg, Germany, 2020

Armenian Economic Association Annual Meetings

Conference, Virtual, , 2020

Armenian Economic Association Annual Meetings

Yerevan, , 2019

WEI-ZEW Joint Workshop

Mannheim, Germany, 2019

2017 ZEW Public Finance Conference: Public Finance and Development (2503)

Conference, ZEW Mannheim, Germany, 2017 more information

Armenian Economic Association 2017 Meetings

Conference, Yerevan, , 2017 more information

SEEK Workshop on the Fiscal Governance in the Eurozone (2515)

Mannheim, Germany, 2016 more information

Armenian Economic Association 2015 Meetings

Conference, Yerevan, , 2015 more information

ZEW Public Finance Conference

Conference, Mannheim, Germany, 2015 more information

Armenian Economic Association 2014 Meetings

Conference, Yerevan, , 2014 more information

Armenian Economic Association 2013 Meetings

Conference, Yerevan, , 2013 more information

Armenian Economic Association 2012 Meetings

Conference, Yerevan, , 2012 more information

Armenian Economic Association 2011 Meetings

Conference, Yerevan, , 2011 more information