Sunčana Slijepčević, PhD

Education

• 2009 PhD at the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitiy of Zagreb
• 2005 MSc at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb
• 2000 university degree at the Graduate School of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb

Employment and work experience

• since 2001 - The Institute of Economics, Zagreb
• 2001 (June-November), Association of Autonomous Trade Unions economic advisor
• 2001 (April-June), Inker, Zaprešić research assistant

Fields of interest

• public sector economics
• regional and urban economics
• environmental economics
• local finance
• financial institutions
• multivariate analysis

Selected bibliography

• Đokić, Irena; Rašić, Ivana; Slijepčević, Sunčana. Inovacije u javnom sektoru: jačanje otpornosti lokalnih i regionalnih jedinica u Hrvatskoj na krizu. // Ekonomska misao i praksa : časopis Sveučilista u Dubrovniku. XXXII (2023), 1; 113-132. doi: 10.17818/EMIP/2023/1.6.
• Slijepčević, Sunčana. Digital Divide and the Use of Digital Public Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic. // Naše gospodarstvo. 69 (2023), 1; 19-28. doi: 10.2478/ngoe-2023-0003.
• Slijepčević, Sunčana; Kordej-De Villa, Željka. Cultural products consumption during COVID-19 pandemic: the case of Croatian islands. // Leisure (Waterloo). 47 (2022), 3; 361-382. doi: 10.1080/14*927713.2022.2157319.
• Slijepčević, Sunčana; Mikulić, Davor; Horvat, Kristijan. Evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of the installation of heat-cost allocators in multifamily buildings in Croatia. // Energies. 12 (2019), 3; 1-18.
• Bačić Katarina; Rašić Bakarić, Ivana; Slijepčević, Sunčana. Sources of productivity differentials in manufacturing in post-transition urban South-East Europe. // Post-Communist Economies. 30 (2018), 4; 526-548.
• Slijepčević, Sunčana. The impact of the economic crisis and obstacles to investments at local level. // Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences. 55E (2018); 62-79.
• Slijepčević, Sunčana; Rajh, Edo; Budak, Jelena. Analiza izloženosti korupcijskim pritiscima na lokalnoj razini vlasti u Europi. // Ekonomski pregled. 69 (2018), 4; 329-349.
• Slijepčević, Sunčana; Budak, Jelena; Rajh, Edo. The effect of EU membership on public procurement for SMEs in post-transition countries // Entrepreneurship in post-communist countries (pp. 163-181) / Ateljević, Jovo; Budak, Jelena (Eds.). Cham: Springer, 2018.
• Jurlina Alibegović, Dubravka; Slijepčević, Sunčana. Attitudes towards citizen participation in the local decision-making process: A compartive analysis. // Društvena istraživanja. 27 (2018), 1; 155-175.
• Budak, Jelena; Slijepčević, Sunčana; Rajh, Edo. Small and medium enterprises’ obstacles to public procurement: Lessons learned for Balkans. // World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development. 13 (2017), 2-3; 178-193.
• Mikulić, Davor; Rašić Bakarić, Ivana; Slijepčević, Sunčana. The economic impact of energy saving retrofits of residential and public buildings in Croatia. // Energy Policy. 96 (2016); 630-644.
• Mikulić, Davor; Rašić Bakarić, Ivana; Slijepčević, Sunčana. The socioeconomic impact of energy saving renovation measures in urban buildings. // Ekonomska istraživanja. 29 (2016) , 1; 1109-1125.
• Botrić, Valerija; Bačić, Katarina; Slijepčević, Sunčana. FDI, trade and growth in the “late reformers” post transition. // Theooretical and Applied Economics. 22 (2015) , SI 2; 269-280.
• Jurlina Alibegović, Dubravka; Slijepčević, Sunčana. Assessment of drug-related public expenditures in Croatia. // Društvena istraživanja. 24 (2015), 1; 1-20.
• Jurlina Alibegović, Dubravka; Slijepčević, Sunčana; Kordej-De Villa, Željka. Regional development and decentralization - Two options to overcome lack of funding. // Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences. 43 E (2014), 10; 146-167.
• Jurlina Alibegović, Dubravka; Slijepčević, Sunčana; Kordej-De Villa, Željka. Can local governments in Croatia cope with more responsibilities? // Lex Localis. 11 (2013), 3; 471-495.
• Botrić, Valerija; Slijepčević, Sunčana. Economic growth in the Southeastern Europe: The role of the banking sector. // Post-Communist Economies. 20 (2008), 2; 253-262.