László Mátyás

Education and degrees:

• Primary School: Lycée Descartes d’Alger
• Secondary school: Lyceo Franco-Argentino Jean Mermoz, Buenos Aires
• Budapest University of Economics (then Karl Marx, now Corvinus), MA (Economics-Econometrics) 1977-1982
• The Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Ph.D. (C.Sc, economics/econometrics) 1987, D.Sc, 2001

Current employer:

• Central European University, University Professor (1999 onwards);
• Central European University, Head, Economics Doctoral School (2007-14, 2017-19);
• Central European University, Provost and Pro-Rector (2003-2007);
• CEU Department of Economics, Head of Department (1999-2003);

Previous employers:

• ERUDITE, Universite de Paris XII, Research Associate (1996-2007);
• Ministry of Economic Affairs, Institute for Economic Analysis,
• Director and Assistant Deputy State Secretary, (1999);
• Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, Dept. of Econometrics, Lecturer, then Senior
• Lecturer (1991-1997);
• Budapest (Corvinus) University of Economics, Dept. of Business Economics, from
• 1989 to 1999 (on leave from 1991 to 1997), Associate Professor, then Szechenyi
• Istvan and Full Professor
• Research Institute for Agricultural Economics, Budapest, Senior
• Research Fellow (1982-1989);
• ENSAE (Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration
• Economique), Paris, Researcher, (1985-1986);

Research appointment:

• Curtin Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University, Perth, Australia (2016- )

Business appointments:

• Nortel Networks Financial Services Ltd., Managing Director (2002-2011)
• Moore International Hungary, Managing Director (2001-2006)
• United Dominion Hungary, Member of the Board of Directors (2000-2003)
• North American Bus Industries, Member of the Supervisory Board (2001-2004)

Sport administration:

• Organizing Committee member, Laser 4.7, Laser radial W U21, and Laser standard U21
• World and European Championships 2013
• Hungarian Yachting Association, Laser Class Association, Board member (2006-2012)
• International Laser Class Association, European Vice-Chair (2009-2011)
• Hungarian Yachting Association, Laser Class Association, Class President (2008-2009)
• Hungarian Yachting Association, Optimist Class Association President (2004-2006)

Teaching:

• Econometrics, Intermediate Econometrics, Advanced Econometric Theory, Applied
• Econometrics, and supervision of graduate and Ph.D. students.

Professional activities:

• Co-editor, Springer series Advanced Studies in Theoretical and Applied Econometrics, 2017-
• Executive Committee Member and Research Partner; Coeure European Union FP7 Project, 2013-2016
• Chairman, Local Organizing Committee, 21st International Panel Data Conference, 2015
• Member of the European Economic Association Research Committee, 2009-2013
• Associate Editor, European Economic Review, 2003-2013
• Chairman, Local Organizing Committee, European Economic Association and Econometric Society joint European meeting, EEA/ESEM 2007
• Co-chairman, Program Committee, International Economic Association World Congress, Morocco, 2005
• Member, Editorial Board, Acta Oeconomica, 2002 - 2015
• Member, Editorial Board, Hungarian Economic Review, 2003 - 2015
• Econometric Society Winter European Meeting, Regional Coordinator, 2002-2007
• Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Conference Series on Panel Data, 1994 onwards
• Member of the Program Committee of the Econometric Society European Meeting (ESEM'92), 1992
• Chairman of the Program Committee of the Fourth Conference on Panel Data, Budapest, 1992
• Secretary of the Local Organizing Committee of the Econometric Society European Meeting (ESEM'86), 1986
• Guest Editor of the journal Structural Change and Economic Dynamics (Oxford University Press)

Refereeing for:

The Australian Journal of Statistics, Australian Economic Papers, Applied Economics, Econometric Reviews, Journal of Econometrics, Econometrics Journal, Empirical Economics, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Annales d'Economie et Statistique, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, the Review of World Economics, the World Economy.

Selected Recent Publications

BOOKS:

• MATYAS, L. (ed.) [2017]: The Econometrics of Multi-dimensional Panels, Springer, 456 pp.
• BLUNDELL, R., CANTILLON, E., CHIZZOLINI, B., IVALDI, M., LEININGER, W., MARIMON, R., MATYAS, L. (lead editor), and STEEN, F. (eds.) [2017]: Economics without Borders, Cambridge University Press, 630 pp.
• KORNAI, J., MATYAS, L. and ROLAND, G. (eds.) [2009]: Corruption, Development and Institutional Design, Palgrave Macmillan Academic Publisher, 288 pp.
• MATYAS, L. and SEVESTRE, P. (eds.) [2008]: The Econometrics of Panel Data, Springer Verlag, Third Completely New Edition, 954 pp.
• KORNAI, J., MATYAS, L. and ROLAND, G. (eds.) [2008]: Institutional Change and Economic Behaviour, Palgrave Macmillan Academic Publisher, 247 pp.
• MATYAS, L. (ed.) [1999]: Generalised Method of Moments Estimations, Cambridge University Press, 314 pp.
• MATYAS, L. and SEVESTRE, P. (eds.) [1995]: The Econometrics of Panel Data, Second revised edition, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 950 pp.
• MATYAS, L. and SEVESTRE, P. (eds.) [1992]: The Econometrics of Panel Data, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 550 pp.
• KOROSI, G., MATYAS, L. and SZEKELY, I. [1992]: Practical Econometrics, GowerAvebury Publishing House, 330 pp.

BOOK-CHAPTERS:

• BALAZSI, L., MATYAS, L. and WANSBEEK, T. [2017]: Fixed Effects Models, in Matyas The Econometrics of Multi-dimensional Panels, Springer, pp. 1-34.
• BALAZSI, L., BALTAGI, B. H., MATYAS, L. and PUS, D. [2017]: Random Effects Models, in Matyas The Econometrics of Multi-dimensional Panels, Springer, pp. 35-69.
• BLUNDELL, R., CANTILLON, E., CHIZZOLINI, B., IVALDI, M., LEININGER, W., MARIMON, R., MATYAS, L., and STEEN, F. [2017]: Introduction: Economics without Borders, in Blundell et al. Economics Without Borders, Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-29.
• MATYAS, L., KONYA, L., and REVESZ, P. [2014]: On the Poolability of Aggregate Trade Data, in Kezdi (ed.) Incentives, Predictions, Volumes, and Prices, CEU Press, pp. 61-70.
• KORNAI, J., MATYAS, L. and ROLAND, G. [2009]: Introduction: Great Changes in the World and in Economics, in Kornai, Matyas and Roland (eds), Corruption, Development and Institutional Design, Palgrave Macmillan Academic Publisher, pp. 19-24.
• BALTAGI, B. H., MATYAS, L., and SEVESTRE, P. [2008]: Error Components Models, in Matyas-Sevestre (eds.), The Econometrics of Panel Data, Third Edition, Springer Verlag, pp. 49-88;
• HARRIS, M., MATYAS, L., and SEVESTRE, P. [2008]: Dynamic Models for Short Panels, in Matyas-Sevestre (eds.), The Econometrics of Panel Data, Third Edition, Springer Verlag, pp. 249-278;
• HORNOK, A. and MATYAS, L. [2000]: Aggregation and Unit Roots in Economic Time Series, in Panel Data Econometrics: Future Directions (Krishnakumar and Ronchetti eds.), North-Holland, pp. 213-234.
• HARRIS, D. and MATYAS, L. [1999]: Introduction to the Generalised Method of Moments Estimation, in Matyas (ed.) (1999): GMM Estimation, CUP, pp. 3-30
• LIEBERMAN, O. and MATYAS, L. [1995]: Improved Estimation Procedures, in MatyasSevestre (eds.), The Econometrics of Panel Data, Second Edition, Kluwer Academic Publishers; pp. 573-582.
• MATYAS, L. [1995]: Error Components Models, in Matyas-Sevestre (eds.), The Econometrics of Panel Data, Second Edition, Kluwer Academic Publishers; pp. 50-76
• MATYAS, L. [1992]: Error Components Models, in Matyas-Sevestre (eds.), The Econometrics of Panel Data, Kluwer Academic Publishers; pp. 46-71.