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Katja Zajc Kejžar, PhD

Full Professor 

  • Academic Unit for International Economics and Business (Department Vice Chair)
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  • Office Hours
  • Wednesday at 10:00 in R-306
Curriculum Vitae
 Katja Zajc Kejžar is a full Professor at University of Ljubljana, School of Economics and Business. Her research interests encompass various aspects in international economics, European economic integration, global value chains, industrial restructuring and evolution. Katja obtained her doctoral degree from University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. She has been a visiting researcher at University of Bologna, Italy in 2015/2016; and guest lecturer at Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, China; University of Rijeka, Croatia; University of Antwerp, Belgium; University of Warsaw, Poland. She has a bibliographical record of over 60 papers/book chapters including publications in high-ranked international journals, including Review of World Economics, The World Economy, Open Economies Review, Small Business Economics, The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, Applied Economics. In between 2011-2013, she was chairing the Academic unit of International Economics and Business and coordinating the International Business Master Programme in 2017/2018. She has led and participated in several European Jean Monnet projects, projects of Slovenian research Agency and of China-CEE Institute. Currently, she is chairing the programme committee of 4th scientific China-CEE Conference on the topic of the “The Three C’s in China-CEE Relations: Culture, Connectivity and Creativity”. She is a founding member of ECSA (European Community Studies Association) Slovenia and currently acts as its vice president.
Selected Research and Consulting Activities
  • BOLATTO, Stefano, NAGHAVI, Alireza, OTTAVIANO, Gianmarco, ZAJC KEJŽAR, Katja
    Intellectual property and the organization of the global value chain
  • Economica (Forthcoming Work)
  • ZAJC KEJŽAR, Katja, VELIĆ, Alan, DAMIJAN, Jože
    COVID-19, trade collapse and GVC linkages : European experience
  • The wo[code345]ld economy. 2022, vol. 11 (spec. iss.), st[code345]. 3475-3506. ISSN 0378-5920. DOI: 10.1111/twec.13314. [COBISS.SI-ID 113047811 (Published papers)
  • ZANINOVIĆ, Petra Adelajda, ZAJC KEJŽAR, Katja, PAVLIĆ SKENDER, Helga
    Assessing the effects of hard and soft infrastructure on traditional vs supply-chain trade : the case of Central and Eastern EU member states (CEMS)
  • Applied economics. [in p[code345]ess] 2023. ISSN 0003-6846. DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2023.2167918. [COBISS.SI-ID 141338115] (Published papers)
  • GOLOB, Tina, ZAJC KEJŽAR, Katja
    The role of skilled migrant workers in FDI-related technology transfer
  • Review of World Economics, ISSN 1610-2878, 2020, vol. 156, str. 103-132, doi: 10.1007/s10290-019-00360-3. (Published papers)
  • KOSTEVC, Črt, ZAJC KEJŽAR, Katja
    Firm-level export duration : the importance of market-specific ownership linkages
  • The world economy, ISSN 0378-5920, 2020, vol. 43, iss. 5, str. 1277-1308 (Published papers)
  • PELJHAN, Darja, ZAJC KEJŽAR, Katja, PONIKVAR, Nina
    Ownership structure and firm exit routes
  • Applied economics, ISSN 0003-6846, 2020, vol. 52, iss. 15, st[code345]. 1671-1686, doi: 10.1080/00036846.2019.1677850 (Published papers)
  • ZAJC KEJŽAR, Katja
    Shutdown versus M&A : an empirical investigation of Slovenian incumbent firms' responses to foreign competition
  • Economic systems, ISSN 0939-3625, Jun. 2016, vol. 40, iss. 2, st[code345]. 247-259, doi: 10.1016/j.ecosys.2015.09.005 (Published papers)
  • PONIKVAR, Nina, ZAJC KEJŽAR, Katja, PELJHAN, Darja
    The role of financial constraints for alternative firm exit modes
  • Small business economics, ISSN 0921-898X, Jun. 2018, vol. 51, iss. 1, str. 85-103, doi: 10.1007/s11187-017-9918-y (Published papers)
  • ZAJC KEJŽAR, Katja, KOSTEVC, Črt, ZANINOVIĆ, Vinko
    The role of regional economic integrations for trade margins : a case of Croatia
  • Zbornik radova Ekonomskog fakulteta u Rijeci : časopis za ekonomsku teoriju i praksu, ISSN 1331-8004, 2016, vol. 34, no. 1, str. 11-41, tabele, doi: 10.18045/zbefri.2016.1.11 (Published papers)
  • SHANG, Yuhong, PONIKVAR, Nina, ZAJC KEJŽAR, Katja
    The changing patterns of China-CEE trade
  • Europe-Asia studies, ISSN 0966-8136, 2016, vol. 68, iss. 9, str. 1486-1505, doi: 10.1080/09668136.2016.1244259 (Published papers)
  • ZAJC KEJŽAR, Katja, PONIKVAR, Nina.
    Job Destruction and Productivity Gains in Heterogeneous Incumbent Firms: Comparing the Effects of Imports and Inward Foreign Direct Investment
  • Emerging markets finance & trade, ISSN 1540-496X, 2014, vol. 50, iss. 6, str. 27-51, doi: 10.1080/1540496X.2014.1013869 (Published papers)
  • PONIKVAR, Nina, ZAJC KEJŽAR, Katja
    The puzzle on the causality of the productivity and employment growth : evidence from firm-level data
  • Applied economics, ISSN 0003-6846, 2014, vol. 46, iss. 14, st[code345]. 1642-1651, doi: 10.1080/00036846.2014.881974 (Published papers)
  • PONIKVAR, Nina, ZAJC KEJŽAR, Katja.
    The puzzle on the causality of the productivity and employment growth : evidence from firm-level data.
  • Applied economics, ISSN 0003-6846, 2014, vol. 46, iss. 14, str. 1642-1651, doi: 10.1080/00036846.2014.881974. (Published papers)
  • ZAJC KEJŽAR, Katja.
    Investment liberalisation and firm selection process : a welfare analysis from a host-country perspective.
  • The journal of international trade & economic development, ISSN 0963-8199, June 2011, vol. 20, no. 3, str. 357-377, doi: 10.1080/09638199.2011.538975. (Published papers)
  • ZAJC KEJŽAR, Katja.
    The role of foreign direct investment in the host-country firm selection process : firm-level evidence from Slovenian manufacturing.
  • Review of World Economics, ISSN 1610-2878, Apr. 2011, vol. 147, no. 1, str. 169-193. (Published papers)
  • ZAJC KEJŽAR, Katja.
    Does foreign direct investment induce domestic mergers?.
  • Open economies review, ISSN 0923-7992, 2011, vol. 22, no. 2, str. 271-291, doi: 10.1007/s11079-009-9123-y. (Published papers)
  • Full Bibliography of Published Articles (COBISS)
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