Jana Grittersova
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Assistant Professor (951) 827-5597 Ms. Grittersova will complete her Doctorate in Government at Cornell University in January 2009. She also received her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Economics in Bratislava and her Master in Arts in International Relations from the University of Kent (Canterbury). Her research agenda has focused on the political economy of international finance, exchange rates and financial crises, central banking, institutions and development, globalization, European integration, and transition economies. In her dissertation, "Taming Financiers: The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Policy in Transition Economies," she examines how financiers influence the decisions of governments with regards to exchange rate, monetary, and regulatory policies in Central and Eastern Europe. In her future research projects, she intends to examine the role of sovereign wealth funds in the international financial system and explore how and why economic policies diffuse internationally. Grittersova has previously taught at the University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University. Her professional experience also includes working for the European Commission in Brussels and the central bank of Slovakia.
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