Ruben Enikolopov

Full Professor (visiting) Ruben Enikolopov

Ruben Enikolopov (Рубен Ениколопов) (CV)

Full Professor (visiting)
PhD in Economics, Harvard University, 2008


Courses taught at NES:

  • Politics and Finance; Applied Econometrics

Research Interests

  • Political Economics
  • Economics of Mass Media
  • Development Economics
  • Digital Economy
  • Data Analysis

Biography

Rector of the New Economic School, PhD in Economics. He has been a Professor at NES since 2008 and at Pompeu Fabra University since 2013. In 2012-2013, he also worked at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. Holds a Research Fellow position in the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) and Research Affiliate position in the International Growth Center (IGC).

In 2008, he got his PhD in Economics from Harvard University, and his master's degree from the New Economic School in 2002. In 2001, he graduated from the Lomonosov Moscow State University (diploma magna cum laude). 

His research interests include political economy, the economics of mass media and economics of developing countries, data analysis, and digital economy. His works are published in the top-5 economic academic journals according to Scopus. He is on the Editorial Boards of the Review of Economic Studies, Journal of European Economic Association and other journals, and Co-Editor of the Journal of Comparative Economics.

In 2020, he won the Yegor Gaidar Award, one of the most important national awards for economists in Russia, in the nomination ‘For Outstanding Contribution to Economics’ (for his studies in political economy analysis, media economics, development economics and corporate finance, as well as advancing contemporary economics education in Russia as NES Rector). In 2021, together with co-authors won the 2021 AEJ Best Paper Award for the research “Social Media and Corruption”.

Published research

Mentions

Biography

Rector of the New Economic School, PhD in Economics. He has been a Professor at NES since 2008 and at Pompeu Fabra University since 2013. In 2012-2013, he also worked at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. Holds a Research Fellow position in the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) and Research Affiliate position in the International Growth Center (IGC).

In 2008, he got his PhD in Economics from Harvard University, and his master's degree from the New Economic School in 2002. In 2001, he graduated from the Lomonosov Moscow State University (diploma magna cum laude). 

His research interests include political economy, the economics of mass media and economics of developing countries, data analysis, and digital economy. His works are published in the top-5 economic academic journals according to Scopus. He is on the Editorial Boards of the Review of Economic Studies, Journal of European Economic Association and other journals, and Co-Editor of the Journal of Comparative Economics.

In 2020, he won the Yegor Gaidar Award, one of the most important national awards for economists in Russia, in the nomination ‘For Outstanding Contribution to Economics’ (for his studies in political economy analysis, media economics, development economics and corporate finance, as well as advancing contemporary economics education in Russia as NES Rector). In 2021, together with co-authors won the 2021 AEJ Best Paper Award for the research “Social Media and Corruption”.

Office: 251

Research Interests

  • Political Economics
  • Economics of Mass Media
  • Development Economics
  • Digital Economy
  • Data Analysis

Subscribe to the email newsletter of the New Economic School