Tajana Barbić, PhD

Education

• 2013 - Master of Science in Finance, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
• 2010 - PhD, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb
• 2009 - MSc, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb
• 2006 - MBA, IGBS and Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
• 2003 - University degree, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb

Employment and work experience

• September 2020 - director, The Institute of Economics, Zagreb
• 2017- 2020  assistant director, The Institute of Economics, Zagreb
• 2019-   senior research associate, The Institute of Economics, Zagreb
• 2011-2019 - research associate, The Institute of Economics, Zagreb
• 2010-2011 - senior research assistant, The Institute of Economics, Zagreb
• 2004-2010 - research assistant, The Institute of Economics, Zagreb

Research grants

• 2020-2024 - “Too much of a good thing? The effects of tourism on the housing market in Croatia”, Croatian Science Foundation, project leader: Maruška Vizek, PhD
• 2019-2021 - “Inspiring digital entrepreneurship - IDEA”, Erasmus+ KA203, commissioned by: European Commission

Selected bibliography

• Vizek, M., Barbić, T., Čeh Časni, A., 2024, “The impact of the tourism accommodation composition on housing prices: The case of Croatia”, Tourism economics, 30(2024), 1; pp. 267-274.       
• Andrijić, M., Barbić, T., 2021, “When the Going Gets Tough … the Effect of Economic Reform Programmes on National Well-Being”, Sustainability, 13(2021), 20; 11557, 19.
• Mikulić, J., Vizek, M., Stojčić, N., Payne, J., Čeh Časni, A., Barbić, T., 2021, “The Effect of Tourism Activity on Housing Affordability”, Annals of tourism research, 90(2021), September; 103264, 12.
• Andrijić, M., Barbić, T., 2018, “Trick or Treat? The Effect of IMF Programmes on Mobilising FDI in CESEE Countries”, Finance a uver - Czech journal of economics and finance, 68(2018), 3; pp. 245-267.
• Broz T., Barbić, T., Palić, P., 2018, “Developing a financial conditions index for a post-transition country: The case of Croatia”, Post-communist economies, 30(2018), 4; pp. 549-564.
• Barbić, T., Čondić-Jurkić, I., 2017, “Do Fiscal Variables Affect Stock Markets in EU?”, Ekonomski pregled: mjesečnik Hrvatskog društva ekonomista Zagreb, 68(2017), 3; pp. 253-266.
• Barbić, T., 2015, “Suvremeni aspekti tržišta kapitala”, Notitia - časopis za održivi razvoj, 1(1), pp. 55-69.
• Barbić, T., Čondić-Jurkić, I., 2012, “Fiscal, external and global determinants of Croatian government bond spreads”. In: Antevski, M., Mitrović, D. (eds.), Western Balkans: From Stabilization to Integration, Beograd: Institut za međunarodnu politiku i privredu, pp. 321-333.
• Barbić, T., Čondić-Jurkić, I., 2011, “Relationship between macroeconomic fundamentals and stock market indices in selected CEE countries”, Ekonomski pregled, 3-4/2011., pp. 113-133.
• Barbić, T., Čondić-Jurkić, I., 2011, “Foreign Direct Investment and Stock Markets Development in CEE Countries”. In: Antevski, M. (ed.), Development Potentials of Foreign Direct Investment: International Experiences, Proceedings of the Conference of the Institute of International Politics and Economics, Beograd: Institut za međunarodnu politiku i ekonomiju, pp. 207-218.
• Barbić, T., Čondić-Jurkić, I., 2010, “Equity investment strategies: The case of Croatia”, Ekonomska istraživanja, 23(4), pp. 63-77.
• Barbić, T., 2010, “Testiranje slabog oblika efikasnosti na hrvatskom tržištu kapitala”, Zbornik Ekonomskog fakulteta u Zagrebu, 8(1), pp. 155-172.