Skerdi Zanaj
Welcome to my webpage!
I am a Full Professor of Economics at the University of Luxembourg. Prior to joining the University of Luxembourg, I have been a Marie Curie Fellow at CORE, University Catholique de Louvain. I hold a PhD in Economics (2008) from CORE, University Catholique de Louvain in co-tutelle with the Università degli Studi di Siena.
My research agenda is at the intersection of public and international economics, with theoretical and empirical methods. I develop game-theoretical settings and use panel data sets (both micro and macro data) to understand better interactions among states, the strategic decisions of firms, or the decision-making of ethnically diverse groups.
My papers cover the areas of fiscal competition, migration, cultural norms, the environment, and gender.
In May 2024, I ranked in the top 5% of female economists wolrdwide: https://ideas.repec.org/top/top.women10.html
I am the Gender Equality Officer of the University of Luxembourg
CONTACT DETAILS
Campus Kirchberg; Building G
6, Rue Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi
L-1359 Luxembourg
Tel: +352 46 66 44 6464
Fax: +352 46 66 44 6341
Mail: skerdilajda.zanaj@uni.lu
My main fields of research are:
International Public Economics
International tax and fiscal competition;
Tax havens and offshore financial centers:
The economics of tax evasion
Cultural Economics and Migration
Intergenerational transmission of preferences; cultural integration of migrants; nationalism
Fiscal and welfare effects of migratory flows
Determinants of attitudes towards migrants
Environmental Economics
Environmental preferences; green attitudes and their evolution;
Firm location and environmental regulation; carbon pricing.
Teaching
I teach Microeconomics, Game Theory, Mathematics, General Equilibrium Theory, Gender and Economics, International Public Economics, among other courses, both at the undergraduate and graduate level.