Ilian Mihov (born 1966,

Samokov Samokov ( bg, Самоков ) is a town in Sofia Province in the southwest of Bulgaria. It is situated in a basin between the mountains Rila and Vitosha, 55 kilometres from the capital Sofia. Due to the suitable winter sports conditions, Sam ...

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) ( bg, Илиян Михов) is a

n economist and the Dean and the Rausing Chaired Professor of Economic and Business Transformation at

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Early life

Mihov was born in 1966 in Samokov,

. He graduated from the University of South Carolina's

Moore School of Business The Darla Moore School of Business is the official business school of the University of South Carolina. Founded in 1919, the Moore School is located in Columbia, South Carolina and currently enrolls over 5,500 undergraduate and 800 graduate stu ...

and he earned a PhD in economics from

Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the ...

, where his thesis supervisor was

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. He joined INSEAD in 1996 and has served as its Dean INSEAD as of 2013.

Career

Mihov has published research in macroeconomic questions, especially regarding monetary policy, fiscal policy, and economic growth. He is a fellow of the Center for Economic Policy Research. In 2010, after serving as an economic adviser to the Bulgarian Government, he was appointed by Bulgarian Prime Minister

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to be Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister in charge of Bulgaria's efforts to join the Eurozone and of coordinating EU funding, but never took up the position. He has been a member of the Scientific Committee of the

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's Research Foundation, the Advisory Board of the

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, and the

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’s Global Agenda Council. In 2018, Mihov was recognized as a

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Leader by the

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Singapore Committee.

Personal life

Mihov currently resides in

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References

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