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Prof. Dr. Skerdilajda Zanaj

Skerdilajda Zanaj

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Faculty or Centre Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance
Department Department of Economics and Management
Postal Address Campus Kirchberg, Université du Luxembourg
6, rue Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi
L-1359 Luxembourg
Campus Office G 017
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Skerdilajda Zanaj is a Full Professor of Economics at the University of Luxembourg. She holds a PhD in Economics (2008) from CORE, University Catholique de Louvain and the Università degli Studi di Siena. Before joining the University of Luxembourg, she was a Marie Curie Fellow at CORE, University Catholique de Louvain.

Skerdilajda Zanaj's research agenda bridges microeconomics with public and international economics. She employs theoretical game settings and uses panel data sets (both micro and macro) to understand better interactions among states, the strategic decisions of green and brown firms, or the decision-making of ethnically diverse groups. 

Her papers cover the areas of fiscal competition, fiscal federalism, migration, cultural norms, the environment, and gender. Her research generates insights that contribute to economic theory and provides policy recommendations.

She teaches Microeconomics, Applied General Equilibrium, Game Theory, the Economics of Gender, Mathematics for Economists, and International Public Economics.

Since 2019, she has been the  Gender Equality Officer at the University of Luxembourg. She is a promoter and advocate of gender equality in academia because a gender-diverse research team enhances research's scientific quality and social relevance. Her work has led the University to reach the milestone of validating a Gender Equality Policy in May 2021.

Her web pages are:

https://sites.google.com/site/skerdilajdazanaj/

https://ideas.repec.org/e/pza80.html

 

Last updated on: Thursday, 22 December 2022

Full CV

Current Positions

 

2022 – Full Professor in Economics, University of Luxembourg
2011 - Associate Professor (tenured), University of Luxembourg
2018 - Gender officer of the University of Luxembourg

Research Interests

  • International Public Economics
    • International tax and fiscal competition
    • Tax havens; tax planning; offshore financial centers
  • 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
    • Adoption of environmentally friendly technologies
    • Firm location and environmental regulation.

Education

2008 Ph.D. in Economics, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium and Università degli Studi di Siena, Italy,
PhD Thesis: “Competition in Successive Markets” Thesis Advisor: Prof. Jean J. Gabszewicz
2005 M.A. in Economics, Università degli Studi di Siena, Italy
2003 B.A. in Economics, University of Lecce, Italy (Summa Cum Laude)

Conference and Workshop Organization

Local organizer of the "Gender in Economics" workshop, November 12-13, University of Luxembourg, https://genderdayunilu.org/
Local organizer of ASREC Europe, Association for studying Religion, Economics and Culture (June 2018).
Local organizer of the Annual Public Economic Theory conference (2015) (450 participants)
Program Committee Member UECE Lisbon Meetings on Game Theory and Applications
Program Committee member APET conferences

Teaching

Microeconomics, Applied General Equilibrium, Game Theory, the Economics of Gender, Mathematics for Economists, and International Public Economics, at the Bachelor, Master and PhD level



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2022

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See detailAd-hoc childcare at University of Luxembourg-events. A guidance
Nienaber, Birte; Holzapfel, Nicole; Zanaj, Skerdilajda

Report (2022)

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See detailTax competition and phantom FDI
Zanaj, Skerdilajda

in Journal of Public Economic Theory (2022)

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See detailRandom Encounters and Information Diffusion about Product Quality
Zanaj, Skerdilajda

in Journal of Economics and Management Strategy (2022)

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See detailTaxes and declared profits: evidence from gold mines in Africa
Zanaj, Skerdilajda; Bourgain, Arnaud; Zanaj, Skerdilajda

in Resources Policy (2022), 78

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2021

See detailTaxation change in Sub-saharan African gold mines
Bertinelli, Luisito; Bourgain, Arnaud; Zanaj, Skerdilajda

in Avom, Désiré; Ongo Nkoa, Bruno Emmanuel (Eds.) Pertinence des politiques publiques de développement en Afrique subsaharienne (2021)

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See detailDiversity on the screen
Zanaj, Skerdilajda

E-print/Working paper (2021)

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See detailA global carbon tax? Why firm mobility and heterogeneity matters
Zanaj, Skerdilajda

E-print/Working paper (2021)

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See detailThe role of economic complexity on the formation of gender roles
Zanaj, Skerdilajda

E-print/Working paper (2021)

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See detailThe impact of economic complexity on the formation of environmental culture
Zanaj, Skerdilajda

in Sustainability (2021), 1(1),

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See detailTax competition and phantom FDI
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E-print/Working paper (2021)

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See detailEnvironmental Culture and Economic Complexity
Zanaj, Skerdilajda

E-print/Working paper (2021)

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See detailGenetic Diversity and Performance: Evidence From Football Data
Zanaj, Skerdilajda; Beine, Michel; Peracchi, Silvia

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2020

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See detailFiscal effects of migrants in Europe: a quantile regression approach
Joxhe, Majlinda; Zanaj, Skerdilajda; Scaramozzino, Pasquale

E-print/Working paper (2020)

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See detailThe solution of the immigrant paradox: aspirations and expectations of children of migrants
Montes Vinas, Ana Cecilia; Zanaj, Skerdilajda; Zanaj, Skerdilajda

E-print/Working paper (2020)

See detailEthnocentric preferences and the environment with international trade
Zanaj, Skerdilajda

E-print/Working paper (2020)

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See detailPoverty in Russia: the Role of the Marital Status and Gender
Zanaj, Skerdilajda

E-print/Working paper (2020)

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See detailOn the long run sustainability of small jurisdictions
Zanaj, Skerdilajda

in Journal of Industrial and Business Economics (2020)

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2019

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See detailProfit taxation and royalties: evidence from gold mines in Sub-Saharan Africa
Bertinelli, Luisito; Bourgain, Arnaud; Zanaj, Skerdilajda

E-print/Working paper (2019)

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See detailA tax competition approach to resource taxation in developing countries
Bourgain, Arnaud; Zanaj, Skerdilajda

in Resources Policy (2019), 65

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See detailMigration: A theoretical comparison on countries’ welfare
Zanaj, Skerdilajda

in International Journal of Economic Theory (2019)

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See detailConsumption home bias and ethnocentrism: an international duopoly
Zanaj, Skerdilajda

E-print/Working paper (2019)

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See detailCommodity taxation and regulatory competition
Zanaj, Skerdilajda; Picard, Pierre M; Moriconi, Simone

in International Tax and Public Finance (2019), 26(4),

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2018

See detailMeasuring Fiscal Effects of Immigration In Europe: A quantile Approach
Joxhe, Majlinda; Zanaj, Skerdilajda

Scientific Conference (2018, June)

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See detailHealth and Pollution in a Vertically Differentiated Duopoly
Zanaj, Skerdilajda

E-print/Working paper (2018)

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See detailGreen consumption and relative preferences in a vertically differentiated international oligopoly
Zanaj, Skerdilajda; Tarola, Ornella; Ceccantoni, Giulia

in Ecological Economics (2018)

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2017

See detailCOMMODITY TAXATION AND REGULATORY COMPETITION
Zanaj, Skerdilajda

Presentation (2017, May 11)

See detailCOMMODITY TAXATION AND REGULATORY COMPETITION
Zanaj, Skerdilajda

Presentation (2017, April 07)

See detailImmigrazione: un peso oppure una benedizione per i paesi europei?
Zanaj, Skerdilajda; Joxhe, Majlinda

Article for general public (2017)

See detailMeasuring fiscal effects of migrants in EU
Zanaj, Skerdilajda; Joxhe, Majlinda

Scientific Conference (2017, May)

See detailMeasuring fiscal effects of migrants in EU
Zanaj, Skerdilajda; Joxhe, Majlinda

Scientific Conference (2017, April)

See detailKnowdledge diffusion and price dynamics in a vertically differentiated market
Zanaj, Skerdilajda; MARCO, MARINI; JEAN, GABSZEWICZ

Presentation (2017, May 24)

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2016

See detailTax havens compliance with international standards: a temporal perspective
Zanaj, Skerdilajda

Scientific Conference (2016, July)

See detailMigration: A burden or a blessing for the natives
Zanaj, Skerdilajda

Presentation (2016, March)

See detailCOMMODITY TAXATION AND REGULATORY COMPETITION
Zanaj, Skerdilajda

Scientific Conference (2016, February 22)

See detailCommodity taxation and regulatory competition
Zanaj, Skerdilajda

Presentation (2016)

See detailUncertain demand and supply in energy markets
Zanaj, Skerdilajda

Scientific Conference (2016)

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See detailThe cultural transmission of environmental preferences: a comparative approach
Zanaj, Skerdilajda; Litina, Anastasia

in World Development (2016)

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See detailTax havens compliance with international standards: a temporal perspective
Zanaj, Skerdilajda; Pieretti, Patrice; pulina, giuseppe

E-print/Working paper (2016)

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See detailGreen Consumption and relative preferences in an international ologopoly
Zanaj, Skerdilajda; Tarola, Ornella; Ceccantoni, Giulia

E-print/Working paper (2016)

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2015

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See detailMigration, wages and income taxes
Zanaj, Skerdilajda

in International Tax and Public Finance (2015)

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See detail(Un)stable vertical collusive agreements
Zanaj, Skerdilajda; Gabszewicz, Jean

in Canadian Journal of Economics (2015)

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2014

See detailMigration: a burden or a blessing for the natives
Gabszewicz, Jean; Zanaj, Skerdilajda

E-print/Working paper (2014)

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See detailAsymmetric Competition among Nation States: A Differential Game Approach
Han, Yutao; Pieretti, Patrice; Zanaj, Skerdilajda; Zou, Benteng

in Journal of Public Economics (2014)

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See detailThe Cultural Transmission of Environmental Preferences: Evidence from International Migration
Litina, Anastasia; Zanaj, Skerdilajda; Moriconi, Simone

Scientific Conference (2014, July 15)

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See detailThe Cultural Transmission of Environmental Preferences: Evidence from International Migration
Litina, Anastasia; Zanaj, Skerdilajda; Moriconi, Simone

Scientific Conference (2014, June 30)

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See detailCommodity taxation and regulatory competition
Moriconi, Simone; Picard, Pierre M; Zanaj, Skerdilajda

Presentation (2014, January)

See detailThe cultural transmission of Environmental preferences: Evidence from International Migration
Zanaj, Skerdilajda; Litina, Anastasia; Moriconi, Simone

E-print/Working paper (2014)

See detailOffshore financial centres and bank secrecy
Zanaj, Skerdilajda; Pieretti, Patrice; Thisse, Jacques

E-print/Working paper (2014)

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2013

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See detailFrom tax evasion to tax planning
Bourgain, Arnaud; Pieretti, Patrice; Zanaj, Skerdilajda

E-print/Working paper (2013)

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See detailFrom tax evasion to tax planning
Bourgain, Arnaud; Pieretti, Patrice; Zanaj, Skerdilajda

Scientific Conference (2013)

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See detailMergers in Fiscal Federalism
Breuillé, Marie-Laure; Zanaj, Skerdilajda

in Journal of Public Economics (2013), 105

See detailCarbon tax, pollution and firms' location
Exbrayat, Nelly; Riou, Stéphane; Zanaj, Skerdilajda

Presentation (2013, October)

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See detailMigration, Wages and Fiscal competition
Gabszewicz, Jean; Tarola, Ornella; Zanaj, Skerdilajda

E-print/Working paper (2013)

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See detail(Un)stable vertical collusive agreements
Jean, Gabszewicz; Zanaj, Skerdilajda

E-print/Working paper (2013)

See detailCommodity taxation and regulatory competition
Picard, Pierre M.; Moriconi, Simone; Zanaj, Skerdilajda

Presentation (2013, July)

See detailCommodity taxation and regulatory competition
Picard, Pierre M.; Moriconi, Simone; Zanaj, Skerdilajda

Presentation (2013, March)

See detailCommodity taxation and regulatory competition
Picard, Pierre M.; Moriconi, Simone; Zanaj, Skerdilajda

Presentation (2013, February 28)

See detailCommodity taxation and regulatory competition
Picard, Pierre M.; Moriconi, Simone; Zanaj, Skerdilajda

Presentation (2013, February 14)

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See detailOffshore financial centers: Tax havens or safe havens
Thisse, Jacques; Pieretti, Patrice; Zanaj, Skerdilajda

E-print/Working paper (2013)

See detail(Un)stable vertical collusive agreements
Zanaj, Skerdilajda; Gabszewicz, Jean

Presentation (2013, May)

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See detailMarket Games in Successive Oligopolies
Zanaj, Skerdilajda; Gabszewicz, Jean; Laussel, Didier; van Ypersele, Tanguy

in Journal of Public Economic Theory (2013), 15(3), 397-410

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2012

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See detailFinancial openness, disclosure and bank risk-taking in MENA countries
Bourgain, Arnaud; Pieretti, Patrice; Zanaj, Skerdilajda

in Emerging Markets Review (2012), 13(3), 283-300

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See detailAsymmetric Competition among Nation States: A Differential Game Approach
Han, Yutao; Pieretti, Patrice; Zanaj, Skerdilajda; Zou, Benteng

E-print/Working paper (2012)

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See detailCommodity taxation and regulatory competition
Moriconi, Simone; Picard, Pierre M.; Zanaj, Skerdilajda

E-print/Working paper (2012)

See detailOn the long run economic performance of small economies
Pieretti, Patrice; Zanaj, Skerdilajda; Zou, Benteng

E-print/Working paper (2012)

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See detailClean technology adoption under Cournot competition
Zanaj, Skerdilajda

in Strategic Behavior and the Environment (2012)

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See detailClean technology adoption under Cournot competition
Zanaj, Skerdilajda

in Strategic Behavior and the Environment (2012)

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See detailClean technology adoption
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in Strategic Behavior and the Environment (2012)

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See detailClean technology adoption under Cournot competition
Zanaj, Skerdilajda; Sanin, Maria Eugenia

in Strategic Behavior and the Environment (2012)

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2011

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See detailFree entry in successive oligopolies
Gabszewicz, Jean; Zanaj, Skerdilajda

in International Journal of Economic Theory (2011), 7(2), 157-230

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See detailOn tax competition, public goods provision and jurisdictions' size
Pieretti, Patrice; Zanaj, Skerdilajda

in Journal of International Economics (2011), 84(1), 124-130

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See detailA note on clean technology adoption and its influence on tradeable emission permit prices
Sanin, Maria Eugenia; Zanaj, Skerdilajda

in Environmental and Resource Economics (2011), 48(4), 561-567

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2010

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See detailIntégration financière, attractivité et prise de risque dans les banques de pays émergents
Bourgain, Arnaud; Pieretti, Patrice; Zanaj, Skerdilajda

in Mondes en Développement (2010), 149

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See detailOn uncertainty when it affects successive markets
GABSZEWICZ, Jean J.; TAROLA, Ornella; Zanaj, Skerdilajda

in Economics Letters (2010), 106(2), 133-136

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See detailSuccessive oligopolies and decreasing returns
Zanaj, Skerdilajda

in B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics (2010), 10

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2008

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See detailUpstream Market Foreclosure
GABSZEWICZ, Jean; Zanaj, Skerdilajda

in Bulletin of Economic Research (2008), 60(1), 13-26

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2007

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See detailA note on successive oligopolies and vertical mergers
GABSZEWICZ, Jean; Zanaj, Skerdilajda

in Communications et Stratégies (2007), 68

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