Goran Buturac, PhD

Education

• 2006 PhD at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb
• 2004 MA at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb
• 2000 university degree at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb

Employment and work experience

• since 2001 - The Institute of Economics, Zagreb
• 2001 - Stanić d.o.o., Zagreb – accounting

Fields of interest

• macroeconomics
• international trade
• econometric modelling
• economic forecasting methods
• financial analysis and planning
• operational research 

Selected bibliography​

• Buturac, G., 2022, "Measurement of Economic Forecast Accuracy: A Systematic Overview of the Empirical Literature", Journal of risk and financial management, 15(1), 1: 28. https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm15010001
• Broz, T., Buturac, G., Parežanin, M., 2020, „Digital transformation and economic cooperation: The case of Western Balkan countries“, Zbornik radova Ekonomskog fakulteta u Rijeci: časopis za ekonomsku teoriju i praksu, 38(2): 697-722. https://doi.org/10.18045/zbefri.2020.2.697
• Mikulić, D., Buturac, G., 2020, "In What Measure Is Public Finance Sustainability Threatened by Illicit Tobacco Trade: The Case of Western Balkan Countries", Sustainability, 12(1), 401:19. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12010401
• Buturac, G., 2019, "Gospodarski rast, konvergencija i članstvo u EU: empirijski dokazi iz Hrvatske", Ekonomski pregled, 70(2):173-208. https://doi.org/10.32910/ep.70.2.2
• Buturac, G., Mikulić, D., Palić, P., 2019, "Sources of export growth and development of manufacturing industry: empirical evidence from Croatia", Economic Research - Ekonomska istraživanja, 32(1):101-127. https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2018.1550003
• Buturac, G., Lovrinčević, Ž., Mikulić, D., 2017, "International competitiveness and restructuring of the Croatian food industry", Acta Oeconomica, 67(3):435-462. https://doi.org/10.1556/032.2017.67.3.7
• Broz, T., Buturac, G., Tkalec, M., 2015, "To what extent does Croatia really cooperate with SEE countries in the fields of foreign trade, direct investment and tourism?", Economic Research - Ekonomska istraživanja, 28(1):879-906. https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2015.1092703
• Buturac, G., 2014, "Država i ekonomija: gdje je Hrvatska?", Ekonomski pregled, 65(6):513-540.
• Buturac, G., Teodorović, I., 2012, "The Impacts of the Global Recession on Southeast European Countries", Eastern European Economics, 50(1):78-97. https://doi.org/10.2753/EEE0012-8775500105
• Buturac, G., 2009, "Regionalne sličnosti i razlike strukture međunarodne trgovine u Hrvatskoj", Zbornik Ekonomskog fakulteta u Zagrebu, 7(1):1-16.
• Buturac, G., Gržinić, J., 2009, "The Competitiveness of Croatian Export to EU Markets", Zagreb International Review of Economics and Business (ZIREB), XII (2):39-53.
• Buturac, G., 2008, "Komparativne prednosti i izvozna konkurentnost hrvatske prerađivačke industrije", Economic Research - Ekonomska istraživanja, 21(2):47-59.
• Buturac, G., Rajh, E., 2006, “Vertical Specialization and Intra-Industry Trade: The Case of Croatia”, Economic Research - Ekonomska istraživanja, 19(1):1-8.