Honorary guests of the previous conferences
Nobel laureates
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| Kenneth J. Arrow — Joan Kenney Professor of Economics and Professor of Operations Research, Emeritus at Stanford University. Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics with John Hicks in 1972 XIII April conference (2012) | Eric Maskin — Adams University Professor at Harvard. Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics with L. Hurwicz and R. Myerson in 2007 VIII, X April conferences (2007, 2009) |
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| Muhammad Yunus — Nobel Peace Prize for founding the Grameen Bank, 2006 IX April conference (2008) |
Honorary guests
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| Kaushik Basu — Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, World Bank, Development Economics and Chief Economist XIV April conference (2013) | Dominic Barton — worldwide Managing Director of McKinsey & Company XI April conference (2010) |
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Leszek Balcerowicz — | Kakha Bendukidze — founder of the Knowledge Foundation and head of the supervisory board of Agricultural and Free Universities IV April conference (2003) |
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| Willem Hendrik Buiter — Global Chief Economist, Citigroup, New York VI April conference (2005) | Michel Camdessus — French applied economist and administrator who was Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund from 16 January 1987 to 14 February 2000 II April conference (2001) |
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| Marek Dabrowski — Professor of Economics, Co-founder, than Chairman of the Supervisory Council and President of CASE — Center for Social and Economic Research (until 2011), currently CASE Fellow III – XVI April conferences (2002-2015) | Stanley Fischer — economist and the vice chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve System, Governor of the Bank of Israel from 2005 through 2013 I, III April conferences (2000, 2002) |
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| Ronald Inglehart — Lowenstein Professor of Political Science and a research professor at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. Academic Supervisor at HSE Laboratory for Comparative Social Research XIII, XV April conferences (2012, 2014) | Donald J. Johnston — director of the McCall MacBain Foundation and International Vice-Chairman of Pamoja Capital I April conference (2000) |
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| Deepak Lal — James S. Coleman Professor of International Development Studies, University of California at Los Angeles, Professor Emeritus of Political Economy, University College London XIII April conference (2012) | Justin Yifu Lin — Professor and honorary dean, National School of Development, Peking University, Former World Bank Chief Economist and Senior Vice President XIII April conference (2012) |
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| Johannes F. Linn — A former World Bank vice president for Europe and Central Asia, I-II, IV April conference (2000, 2001, 2003) | Richard Edgar Pipes — Doctor of Historical Sciences and Baird Professor Emeritus of History, Harvard University XV April conference (2014) |
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| Shalom H. Schwartz — social psychologist, cross-cultural researcher and creator of the Theory of Basic Human Values. Prof. Emeritus of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Academic Supervisor, Chief Research Fellow at HSE International Scientific-Educational Laboratory for Socio-Cultural Research IX April conference (2008) | Jacques Francois Thisse — Fellow of the Econometric Society and of the Regional Science Association International, professor of economics at the Université catholique de Louvain and the Ecole nationale des ponts et chaussées (France). Academic Supervisor at HSE Center for Market Studies and Spatial Economics XIII April conference (2012) |
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| Daniel Treisman — Professor of political science at the University of California, Los Angeles . Member of HSE International Advisory Committee VII, XII, XIII April conferences (2006, 2011, 2012) | Fareed Rafiq Zakaria — editor of Newsweek XI April conference (2010) |
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| Klaus F. Zimmermann — Full Professor of Economics at Bonn University and Director of the Institute for the Study of Labor XI April conference (2010) |
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