Draft:Alf Vanags



Alf Vanags
Born(1942-07-28)July 28, 1942
DiedJune 26, 2016(2016-06-26) (aged 73)
NationalityLatvian
Academic career
FieldEconomic theory, International economics, Transport Economics
InstitutionQueen Mary University of London, EuroFaculty, Stockholm School of Economics in Riga
Alma materLondon School of Economics
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Alf Vanags (Alfreds Helmuts Vanags) was a Latvian-British economist who played a critical role in restoring economic sciences in Latvia after the country regained its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. In 2001, Vanags founded the Baltic International Centre for Economic Policy Studies (BICEPS),[1] an independent economics think tank in Riga. Established in collaboration with the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics, its purpose was to contribute to the renewal of the economics profession in the Baltic states and attract returning PhDs to the region.[2] Vanags also served as the founding editor of the Baltic Journal of Economics,[3] one of prime journals in economic sciences published in Northern Europe.

  1. ^ "Baltic International Centre for Economic Policy Studies". Retrieved 2023-10-14.
  2. ^ "Transition. The World Bank" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-12-29.
  3. ^ "Baltic Journal of Economics. Taylor & Francis". Retrieved 2023-10-14.