Balázs Égert

OECS

Balázs Égert is an economist at the Economics Department of the OECD. He previously worked at the Austrian central bank (2003-2007). He was visiting researcher at the South African Reserve Bank (2007), Bruegel (2006), CESifo (2006), the Czech National Bank (2006), the central bank of Hungary (2005), the Bank of Finland/BOFIT (2004/2005) and the Bank of Estonia (2002). He earned his PhD at the University of Paris X-Nanterre (2002). His research focuses on the Balassa-Samuelson effect, the exchange rate, inflation, monetary policy, credit growth and house prices in Central and Eastern Europe and the impact of regulation in network industries in OECD countries.