Dr Mia Mikić
Position
- Research Associate, National Centre for Research on Europe
- Economic Affairs Officer, Trade Policy Section, Trade and Investment Division, UN-ESCAP
Qualifications
- BS (Economics and International Trade, University of Zagreb, Croatia)
- MS (International Business, St Mary's College, USA)
- PhD (Economics, University of Zagreb, Croatia)
Room
n/a
Contact Details
Email: mikic@un.org
Webpage: http://www.efzg.hr/mmikic/elearning
Postal address:
The United Nations Building
Rajadamnern Nok Ave
Bangkok 10200
Thailand
Background
Dr Mikić has recently left her long academic career to work in the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. During her academic career, Mia was a professor at Graduate School of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb, Croatia and a senior lecturer at the Department of Economics, the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Ever since completing her first university degree, Mia's professional life focused on International Trade (theory and policy) and related linkages such as development, reform, social standards, environmental standards, and competition. She has taught a number of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in broad area of International Economics, Microeconomics, Economics of the EU and (Post)transition economics. She has published on various aspects of trade policy and theory, including regionalism, and issues related to enlargement of the EU. She has been collaborating with the NCRE since its establishment. Mia is the founding member of the European Communities Studies Association of New Zealand and was its treasurer for a number of years.
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Research Interests
My current research interests include the role of the service sector in trade in development (with a special focus on Modes 1 and 4, regulatory regimes and competition in the service sector); poverty and gender impacts of trade liberalization, the multilateral trading system, trade and investment policy under imperfect competition (including the location of industry), open economy growth and development, state aid, preferential trading agreements (mapping and monitoring), EU enlargement and Asia-Pacific regionalism.
Recent Publications (2003-)
chapters in books
- Benson-Rea, M., and M. Mikić, New Zealand-Europe Trade relations: Reconciling Hypercompetition with the Tyranny of Distance, European Studies 21, 2004
- Mikić, M., New Zealand Wine Industry: Export-Led Growth at Its Best, in Kym Anderson (ed.) Globalization of the World's Wine Markets, London: Edward Elgar, 2003
- Boromisa, A., and M. Mikić, The European Union as determinant of Croatian trade policy, in K. Ott (ed) Croatian Accession to the European Union, Zagreb, IJF and FES, 2003, pp.139-158
- Šhreb, M., and M. Mikić, State aid in the European Union and Croatia, in K. Ott (ed) Croatian Accession to the European Union, Zagreb, IJF and FES, 2003, pp.113-138
articles
- Cvijanović, V., M. and E. Tower, "Evaluating Croatian Equities", Zagreb Journal of Economics, 7 (10), pp.73-88, 2003
- Škreb, M., I. Pleše, and M. , "Državna potpora poduzećima u Hrvatskoj u 2001", Financijska teorija i praksa, 27(3), pp.287-330, 2003. Downloadable from http://www.ijf.hr/financijska_praksa/2003/3.htm
conference papers
- Mikić, M., and I. Šlaus, “Economic Dimension of Croatia’s EU Integration”, Regional Integration in the East and West: Challenges and responses, Bratislava, 16-19 September, 2004
- Mikić, M., G. Lukinić, “Trade and Croatian Competitiveness”, 8th bi-annual EACES Conference on “EU Enlargement- What Comes After 2004?”, Belgrade, 23-25 September, 2004
- Mikić, M., G. Lukinić, “Using Trade Statistics to Gauge Croatian Competitiveness”, 2nd International Conference “An Enterprise Odyssey: Building Competitive Advantage”, Zagreb, June 2004
- Mikić, M., “Perspectives from transition countries on trade negotiations”, Regional Workshop on WTO Matters for University Professors and Academics from Eastern and Central Europe, and Central Asia” WTO- Joint Vienna Institute, Vienna, 3-4 December 2003
- Mikić, M., “Konkurentnost hrvatskog gospodarstva s naglaskom na malo gospodarstvo” (Competitivness of Croatian economy and SMEs), Sedmo nacionalno savjetovanje o malom gospodarstvu, Šibenik, June 2003
seminars
- “Balancing the current account: necessity or luxury?” Faculty of Economics Pula, Pula, May 2003