Branko Radulović

Full Professor of Economics and Economic Analysis of Law

 

Personal information

 

Name   Branko Radulovic
Address   Dubrovačka 4, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Telephone   Personal: (381-11) 26 32 179                Mobile: (381-60) 36 32 179
E-mail   branko.radulovic@bcrr.org.rs

bradulovic@ius.bg.ac.rs

Faculty Website

Research and Papers

 

 

 

http://www.ius.bg.ac.rs/prof/personal.asp?sifra=RADBRA

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Branko-Radulovic

Nationality   Serbian
Main areas of expertise   Public Policy, Regulatory Reform, Economic Analysis of Law, Corporate Restructuring, Applied Econometrics, Regulatory and Tax Compliance, Creative Economy

 

Over 20 years of experiences in qualitative and quantitative analysis of public policies.

Publishing record with more than 70 contributions (monographs, book chapters, articles, and policy papers)

 

Excellent knowledge of legal and economic environment in the Western Balkan region. Country experiences include Uzbekistan, Poland, Montenegro, Albania, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, United States.

 

Led several technical assistance projects.

 

Experience in providing advisory services for international and bilateral organizations such as World Bank, UNDP, SECO, GIZ, USAID, WIPO, ILO, OESC, Council of Europe.

 

Work experience  
     
Dates (from – to)   June 1998 – onwards
Name and address of employer   Department of Economics, Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade, Bulevar kralja Aleksandra 67, 11000 Beograd, Serbia
Type of business or sector   Education
Occupation or position held   Full Professor of Economics and Economic Analysis of Law
Main activities and responsibilities   Lecturing (Undergraduate – Economics for Lawyers; Economic Analysis of Law, Graduate – Economic Analysis of Law, Economics of European integration, Regulatory Impact Assessment, EU Trade Policy, Regulation, Microeconomics);

Research and Curriculum Development. Organization of Scientific Conferences. Leading or participating in scientific, educational and advisory projects (project financed by the Ministry of Science, Erazmus projects, etc.).

 

Occupation or position held   Board Member (2011 – ongoing) and Chairman (2015 – ongoing)
Main activities and responsibilities   Chairman of NGO which aims to contribute to the ongoing regulatory and economic reforms in the Republic of Serbia and in the Western Balkans region. Provide expert support in the process of public policy creation, regulatory reform and economic analysis of public policies as well as implementation and quality control of public policies and laws.

 

Dates (from – to)   March 2007 –March 2012
Name and address of employer   Government of the Republic of Serbia, Office for Regulatory Reform and Impact Assessment(Regulatory Review Unit and Regulatory Reform Council), Bulevar kralja Aleksandra 15, 11000 Beograd, Serbia
Type of business or sector   Government/ International Financial Institutions (World Bank / SIDA)
Occupation or position held   Head of the Economic Team / Chief Economist
Main activities and responsibilities   Design and implementation of “Comprehensive Regulatory Review Project”; Provided key contribution to the Regulatory Reform Strategies; Reviewed and assessed more than 100 laws and other regulations to determine their potential costs and benefits; Drafted Regulatory Impact Analysis Manual; Created and delivered regular Impact analysis training for the public officials; Led or provided key inputs to several drafting committees responsible for business-related laws and prepared detailed Impact Assessments (RIAs) (including Law on Bankruptcy, Law on Out-of-Court Financial Restructuring and Company Law) and related bylaws.

 

Dates (from – to)   February 2001 – September 2001 and October 2002 – January 2006
Name and address of employer   The World Bank, 1818 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20433 USA
Type of business or sector   International Financial Institutions
Occupation or position held   Private and Financial Sector Specialist
Main activities and responsibilities   Worked as a specialist in the fields of privatization, restructuring and  business environment; Involved in the design of structural adjustment loans and technical assistance projects in Serbia (Private & Financial Sector Adjustment Credit 1 and 2, Programmatic Development Policy Loan, etc.), Montenegro and Poland; Member of IMF/World Bank Financial System Stability Assessment Team for Serbia; Co-author of Private Sector Notes, Financial Sector Note and Country Economic Memorandums for Serbia and Montenegro; Drafted or provided comments on several key laws and bylaws(Law on Privatization, Law on Business Registration, etc.) and helped the Government in the institutional design of the key governmental agencies; Reviewed and assessed the impact of the Bank sponsored operations; Drafted or provided comments on reports for the Europe and Central Asia Region.

 

Dates (from – to)   November 2000 – September 2001
Name and address of employer   ESPI Institute, Topličin venac 11, 11000 Beograd, Serbia
Type of business or sector   Research and Consulting
Occupation or position held   Research Consultant / Editor
Main activities and responsibilities   Research and consulting projects; Led the team of economists and edited Macroeconomic Review (G17 Institute Economic Monthly Review)

 

Dates (from – to)   September 1997 – September 1999
Name and address of employer   Economics Institute (Ekonomski institut), Kralja Milana 16, 11000 Beograd, Serbia
Type of business or sector   Research and Consulting
Occupation or position held   Research Consultant
Main activities and responsibilities   Research and consulting projects

 

Other positions/activities  
    Supervisory Board, UniCredit Leasing Serbia – Member 2018 – ongoing

Director, Eclaw Consulting LLC

Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade, – Member of the Council Member 2018- 2022

Serbian Law and Economics Association – Vice Chairman

NALED (National Alliance for Local Economic Development) – Member of Scientific Council

    CLDS (Center for Liberal Democratic Studies) – Associate
    NIN (leading weekly newsmagazine in Serbia) –Columnist 2011-2012
    University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Law, Bosnia and Herzegovina – Lecturer PhD Course in Economic Analysis of Law 2013 -ongoing

University Roma Tre, Visiting Lecturer 2017/18

     

 

Education

 

 Dates (from – to)   January 2006– April 2010
Name and type of organisation   Collegio Carlo Alberto, Turin (Italy) and University of Turin (IEL International Program)
Thesis title   Essays in Economics of Bankruptcy Law

Thesis Supervisor – Prof. Theodore Eisenberg (Cornell University)

Thesis cited in leading scientific journals –Yale Law Review, International Review of Law and Economics, European Journal of Law and Economics, American Bankruptcy Law Journal, The Quarterly Journal of Finance, Economie et statistique, etc.

 Title of qualification awarded   PhD in Economic analysis of Law and Institutional Economics

 

 Dates (from – to)   January 2007 – March 2007
 Name and type of organisation   Cornell Law School, Ithaca, NY, USA
 Title of qualification awarded   Visiting Scholar

 

 Dates (from – to)   October 2001 – December 2002
 Name and type of organisation   University of Birmingham, Department of Economics, UK
 Principal subjects/occupational

skills covered

  Advanced Macroeconomics, Econometrics, Advanced Microeconomics, International Trade Theory and Policy
 Title of qualification awarded   MSc in International Economics (with Distinction)

 

 Dates (from – to)   October 1992 – June 1997
 Name and type of organisation   University of Belgrade, Faculty of Economics, Serbia
 Principal subjects/occupational

skills covered

  Specialization: Banking, Insurance and Finance
 Title of qualification awarded   BA in Economics

 

Selected Training  
    College of Europe, Bruges (Regulatory Impact Analysis), World Bank Institute (Writing course for professional staff), CEU, Budapest, Summer School on Law and Economics
Personal skills

and technical competences

 

 

Mother tongue   Serbian
Other languages  
    English      German      Croatian      Bosnian
Reading skills   excellent     good          excellent        excellent
Writing skills   excellent     basic          excellent        excellent
Verbal skills   excellent     basic          excellent        excellent

 

Technical Competences   Proficient in using and programming of Stata. Excellent command of Microsoft Office tools; Good knowledge of graphic and web design applications

 

Professional Memberships   Serbian Law and Economics Association, European Law and Economics Association, Serbian Scientific Society of Economists

 

Annexes   Recent Projects

Recent Publications

 

Recent Projects

 

     
Dates (from – to)   February 2019 – ongoing
 Client   Public Policy Secretariat/GoS
Project   SUPPORT TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORM UNDER THE PAR SECTOR REFORM CONTRACT EuropeAid/137928/DH/SER/RS
Name of employer   GOPA/Belit
Occupation or position held   Senior Non-Key Expert
 Main activities and responsibilities   Guidelines and templates for ex-ante and ex-post impact assessment of public policy documents (Strategies, Programmes) and regulations; Evaluation grids for PPS staff for: assessing the quality of RIA and PIA, mutual harmonization between public policy documents and regulations and a checklist for assessment if all mandatory elements of public policy documents are included and elaborated properly. Existing evaluation grids should be improved and internal tool for tracking of opinions issued by PPS on quality of RIA/PIA should be developed.

Drafted Impact Assessment Guidelines that cover ex-post, ex-ante impact evaluation including economic, environmental, fiscal and social impacts of public policies and legislation.

Conduct and in-depth assessment of the Law on Planning System.

     
Dates (from – to)   2018- 2022
 Client   ERAZMUS +
Project   Interdisciplinary short cycle programs in public policy making and analysis (PPMA)
Name of employer   University of Belgrade
Occupation or position held   Team member
 Main activities and responsibilities   Designed and implement courses in Public Policy Analysis and Impact Assessment. Courses cover analytical tools to assess economic, environmental, fiscal and social impact of public policies and legislation including cost-benefit analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, standard cost model, multi-criteria analysis.

Training of public administration staff (civil servants) and other participants in policy making.

     
Dates (from – to)   September 2021 – November 2021
Client   NALED
Project   Country Health Information Systems and Data Use (CHISU)
 Name of employer   ECLAW Consulting
Occupation or position held   Consultant
 Main activities and responsibilities   Drafting of the impact assessment analysis regarding the Digitization program in the Health System of the Republic of Serbia for the period 2021 – 2026.
     
Dates (from – to)   July 2021 – April 2022
Client   International Labour Organization
Project   MEASUREMENT, AWARENESS-RAISING AND POLICY ENGAGEMENT TO ACCELERATE ACTION AGAINST CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR
 Name of employer   ECLAW Consulting
Occupation or position held   Consultant
 Main activities and responsibilities   Drafting of the Ex-ante impact assessment analysis on the Light Work regulation.
     
Dates (from – to)   March 2021 – May 2021
Client   Serbian Association of Economists
Project   OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR PERSONALIZED MEDICINE IN SERBIA
 Name of employer   ECLAW Consulting
Occupation or position held   Consultant
 Main activities and responsibilities   Drafting of the study regarding opportunities and challenges for the development of personalized medicine in Serbia.
     
Dates (from – to)   August 2020 – March 2021
 Client   SECO Swiss Economic Cooperation and Development
Project   Nonperforming receivables of small businesses
Name of employer   Balkan Centre for Regulatory Reform
Occupation or position held   Project Manager and Key Expert
    The assessment looks at monetary claims arising from commercial transactions (sale of goods or services) that small businesses enter as creditors. It primarily deals with non-performing receivables, defined as accounts receivable that have become due but have not been paid by the debtor, either in whole or in part.
     
Dates (from – to)   January 2019 – December 2019
 Client   USAID COOPERATION FOR GROWTH (CFG) PROJECT/Cardno Emerging Markets USA
Project   The impact of accountants on tax compliance and tax morality of SMEs
Name of employer   Balkan Center for Regulatory Reform
Occupation or position held   Project Manager and Key Expert
 Main activities and responsibilities   Performed qualitative and quantitative assessment including the creation of the methodology and questionnaire and providing statistical analysis of the impact of accountants on tax compliance and tax morality of SMEs.
     
Dates (from – to)   May 2019 – August 2020
 Client   Ministry of Economy Republic of Serbia/PPS
Project   Support to Implementation of the Action plan for improving business environment

EuropeAid/135638/IH/SER/RS

Name of employer   NIRAS/KPMG
Occupation or position held   Senior Non-Key Expert –Regulatory Impact Analysis Expert
 Main activities and responsibilities   Ex-post analysis and Operational plan several regulations and laws. Guidelines on monitoring the effects of the application of regulation prepared. Presentation of Guidelines delivered and share of experience between participants facilitated on a workshop; Training programme on implementation SME test in scope of RIA designed, training materials developed, 2 trainings/workshops on implementation of SME test  in scope of RIA delivered and, a training replication manual developed; Guidelines for SME test developed, criteria for selecting 5 pieces of regulation for SME test developed, agreed and implemented and, SME test for 5 selected pieces of legislation completed;
     
Dates (from – to)   July 2018 – July 2019
Project   IFC-WB PROJECT “IMPROVING BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT IN SERBIA“
 Name of employer   International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Occupation or position held   STC
 Main activities and responsibilities   Key Economic Expert. Conducting analysis of administrative procedures using Compliance Cost Savings Model (CCS). Provided feedback on the Analysis of the effects of recommendations for the simplification of administrative procedures.

 

Dates (from – to)   December 2014 – ongoing
 Name and address of employer   IFC (WBG)
Client   ECA Region Governments
Project   The SouthEast Europe Debt Resolution and Business Exit Project I anD II
 Main activities and responsibilities   Debt Resolution and Insolvency Law Consultant – Developing an Action Plan for insolvency reform in Serbia. Member of the drafting committee responsible for the amending of the Law on Bankruptcy, Prepacks Regulation and National Standards. Participating in the implementation of a training program for judges and insolvency practitioners (bankruptcy trustees). Prepacks Manual for Insolvency Practitioners. Delivering lectures to the members of drafting committee in Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina and presenting recent Serbian experience in corporate restructuring and judicial reorganizations. Draft the study on the introduction of entrepreneurs (sole trader) bankruptcy framework. Provided assistance to the ministry of finance on the resolution of NPLs held by the state-owned banks and state-run AMC withing the Deposit Insurance Agency. Provided comments on the draft bankruptcy legislation in project related countries. Delivering lectures to insolvency practitioners and judges on corporate restructuring and valuation.
     
Dates (from – to)   February 2019 – December 2019
 Client   Government of Serbia
Project   SERBIAN Creative industries economic estimates 2017
Name of employer   The World Bank
Occupation or position held   STC (Key expert)
 Main activities and responsibilities   Developing methodology and conducting field research of creative industries in Serbia. Performed calculation of creative industries contributions to the economic growth of Serbia; Statistical analysis of contributions of creative industries in Serbia; Analysis of creative industries trade and export.
     
Dates (from – to)   February 2019 – December 2019
 Client   Serbian IP Office
Project  
Preparation of an analysis of the impact of the establishment of the Action Group that will address the identification of trends in relation to infringements of intellectual property rights to strengthen the enforcement of intellectual property rights
Name of employer   GoS Ministry of European Integration
Occupation or position held   Team Leader (Balkan Center for Regulatory Reform)
 Main activities and responsibilities  
Assessment of technical, financial and personnel requirements for the establishment and sustainable operation of the Action Group; Evaluation of the impact of continuous identification of trends related to infringements of intellectual property rights on strengthening the enforcement of intellectual property rights; Recommendations regarding the functioning of the Action Group.

 

Dates (from – to)   April 2019 – June 2019
 Client   Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH PROGRAM PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORM (PAR)
Project   the Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Counterfeiting and Piracy and Their Impact on GDP and Employment in the Republic of Serbia for the Period 2015-2019
Name of employer   Balkan Center for Regulatory Reform
Occupation or position held   Project Manager and Key Expert
 Main activities and responsibilities   Assessment of the up-to-date range of counterfeiting and piracy according to the type of products, and the type of IPR and in total for the period 2015-2019. Specific identification of the scope of counterfeiting and piracy relating to the online IPR infringements and High-Tech Crime. Recommendations on appropriate measures for decreasing the identified scope of counterfeiting and piracy and the positive impact of the application of those measures on GDP and employment. Desk research of methodology and literature regarding IPR and creative industries in Serbia, OECD methodology and literature regarding primary and secondary markets;  Drafting the overview of IPR enforcement with regards to primary and secondary markets in Serbia; Field research of market places and counterfeit and pirated products; marketplaces and stakeholder’s assessment; Statistical analysis of IPR infringement data per competent authority; Statistical analysis of contribution of creative industries in Serbia and trademarks significance; Calculation of GTRIC-p indicator with respect to Serbia; Analysis of high-tech crime regarding counterfeiting and piracy; Assistance regarding assessment of IPR enforcement efforts in Serbia and drafting of the recommendations.

 

     
Dates (from – to)   September 2013 – September 2014
 Name and address of employer   Foundation for the Advancement of Economics, Belgrade
Client   World Intellectual Property Organization, Serbian Intellectual Property Office
Project   The Economic Contribution of Copyright-based Industries in Serbia
Name of Employer   Team Leader and key author
 Main activities and responsibilities   Drafting  the Study that quantifies the economic contribution of the copyright-based industries in the Republic of Serbia using the WIPO methodology.
Dates (from – to)   September 2013 – September 2014
 Name and address of employer   Foundation for the Advancement of Economics, Belgrade
     
Dates (from – to)   May 2015 – July 2015
 Name and address of employer   World Bank – Vienna Center for Financial Sector Advisory Services (FinSAC)
Client   Ministry of Finance Republic of Serbia
Project   NON-PERFORMING LOANS RESOLUTION STRATEGY – Republic of SERBIA
 Main activities and responsibilities   Designing and drafting the comprehensive strategy to deal with NPLs. The strategy aimed to support financial sector stability and resilience and address high levels of distressed debt. The strategy was prepared in collaboration with IFIs (IMF, World Bank, EBRD), National Bank of Serbia and Ministry of Finance (available at http://www.mfin.gov.rs/pages/article.php?id=10614)

 

Dates (from – to)   August 2013 –January 2015
 Name and address of employer   Consortium (Partners, Andric Law Office and EMA Global)
Client   Chamber of Commerce, Serbia/European Bank for Restructuring and Development
Project   Support for Effective Implementation of the Consensual Financial Restructuring Law (Out of the Court Restructuring)
 

Main activities and responsibilities

   

Key economic expert. Providing background studies including the assessment of the legislative framework, institutional capacity of the Chamber of Commerce (CCIS) and the role and activities of the key stakeholders in the process. Participated in activities aimed at promotion of the out-of-court restructuring Preparing training materials including case studies for mediators in the consensual financial restructuring. Drafting the Guide to Consensual Financial Restructuring of Companies.

 

Dates (from – to)   April 2014 – November 2014
Name and address of employer   National Alliance for Local Development (NALED), Beograd, Serbia
Project   Case Studies of Privatizations in Serbia
Client   USAID/Sustainable Local Development Project’s (SLDP)
Main activities and responsibilities   The study identifies critical issues for future privatization strategies and recommends which institutional barriers must be removed to successfully sell public companies in the future. Ten case studies were completed; five focused on unsuccessfully privatized firms currently undergoing bankruptcy procedures, and five on similar, but successfully privatized companies.  the entire analysis has been made available to the Government of Serbia as a tool for designing recovery/restructuring measures of brownfield companies for privatizations that will be carried out under the new Privatization Law.
 

Dates (from – to)

   

November 2011 – April 2013

 Name and address of employer   The World Bank, Washington D.C.
Project   Serbia Non-Private Enterprise Restructuring DEVELOPMENT POLICY LOAN (PE-P127408-LEN-BB)

 

 Main activities and responsibilities   Providing background studies including review of legal framework for local utilities, conducting analysis of municipal enterprises’ operational and financial performance, identifying overall key issues and providing recommendations for potential reform actions and restructuring.

 

Analysing privatization/restructuring/bankruptcy options for companies in the portfolio of the Privatization Agency and performing economic and financial analysis of companies in restructuring; Reviewing current regulatory framework for dealing with redundancies and assessment of redundancies financial costs. Reviewing current bankruptcy and consensual restructuring legal framework. Assessment of the pre-packaged reorganization procedure, identifying any obstacles to effective implementation of and recommendations on how these should be addressed and comparing debt resolution alternatives.

     
Dates (from – to)   September 2016 – May 2018
Project   Comparative Study of the progress achieved in Better Regulation in the Western Balkan region
Name of employer   Respa – Regional School for Public Administration
Occupation or position held   Expert on Better Regulation
 Main activities and responsibilities   Drafting Comparative Study of the progress achieved in Better Regulation in the Western Balkan region. Preparing policy recommendations for Western Balkan countries and for the region as a whole (Serbia, Montenegro, BiH, Albania, Northern Macedonia)
     
Dates (from – to)   August 2016 – June 2017
Project   Job and Competitiveness Project
 Name of employer   World Bank
Occupation or position held   Team Leader
 Main activities and responsibilities   Providing support to the Republic Secretariat for Public Policies in: Mapping of all public administration organs/entities/utilities which are performing relevant administrative procedures or pose relevant requirements for doing business, to participate in inventorying of administrative procedures and other requirements for doing business. Development of inventory forms: for inventorying administrative procedures by the public sector; for inventorying administrative requirements which do not imply administrative procedures, but are the condition for doing business and for inventorying administrative procedures by the businesses; support in producing the software for mapping the procedures; Support to development of the instruction for recognition of administrative procedures and other requirements for doing business, including preparation of 5 completed exemplary Forms for administrative procedures/requirements in 5 different sectors; Development of training material for Train the Trainers (ToT) program and training of public sector; support to development of the communication/request to all public administration bodies/entities/utilities and other identified stakeholders to submit the inventories of administrative procedures; Assistance to the public administration bodies/entities/utilities and businesses in filling the forms comprehensively, correctly and timely;             Analysis of the received completed forms;

 

     
Dates (from – to)   September 2017 – January 2018
Project   Good Governance Fund – Support to simplification of administrative procedures to improve the business environment in Serbia

 

 Name of employer   Pricewaterhouse coopers
Occupation or position held   National Consultant
 Main activities and responsibilities   Drafted the methodology for the optimization of administrative procedures. Participated in the optimization process from the analytical and quantitative perspective Provided guidance in accordance with the methodology to IT expert and national consultants
     
Dates (from – to)   September 2018 – Ongoing (Expected)
Project   The South-East Europe Debt Resolution and Business Exit Project
 Name of employer   International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Occupation or position held   STC
 Main activities and responsibilities   Member of the drafting committee responsible for the amending of the Law on Bankruptcy, Prepacks Regulation and National Standards. Participating in the implementation of a training program for judges and insolvency practitioners (bankruptcy trustees). Prepacks Manual for Insolvency Practitioners. Delivering lectures to the members of drafting committee in Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina and presenting recent Serbian experience in the area of corporate restructuring and judicial reorganizations.
     
Dates (from – to)   September  2017 –  February 2018
 Name and address of employer   NALED, Beograd, Serbia
Client   GIZ
    PROVIDING SUPPORT TO THE GOVERNMENT OF SERBIA IN COMBATING SHADOW ECONOMY
 Main activities and responsibilities   Preparing a report based on a survey carried out on a sample of registered enterprises and entrepreneurs in Serbia. The overall goal of this study was to provide an estimate and develop a strategy and specific recommendations that will enhance the formalization of the shadow economy. Findings from this research were implemented through the amended Action plan for combating the shadow economy.
     
Dates (from – to)   August 2017 – February 2017
 Name and address of employer   Partners Serbia
Client   Cardno Emerging Markets/USAID
    Root Cause Analysis of Compliance and Non-Compliance of Business Entities (Inspection-Related Analysis)
 Main activities and responsibilities   Preparing root cause analysis of compliance and non-compliance of business entities. The purpose of the study is to provide proposals to support the Inspection Oversight Coordination Commission, the inspectorates and Cardno/USAID BEP in its activities to properly implement and improve law and safety rules implementation, regulatory enforcement and inspection oversight, thus supporting implementation of the Law on Inspection Oversight.

 

Dates (from – to)   April 2016 – February 2017
 Name and address of employer   BCRR (Balkanski centar za regultornu reformu)
Client   Cardno Emerging Markets/USAID BEP Project
    HARMONIZATION OF SPECIAL INSPECTION LEGISLATION WITH LAW ON INSPECTION OVERSIGHT IN SERBIA
 Main activities and responsibilities   Provided qualitative and quantitative research and assistance in the completion of inspection oversight regulatory framework harmonized with the Law on Inspection Oversight. Participated in the analytical, regulatory and law-making activities covering inspections in the field of tax, environment, health, social area.
     
Dates (from – to)   May 2015 – July 2015
 Name and address of employer   World Bank – Vienna Center for Financial Sector Advisory Services (FinSAC)
Client   Ministry of Finance Republic of Serbia
Project   NON-PERFORMING LOANS RESOLUTION STRATEGY – Republic of SERBIA
 Main activities and responsibilities   Designing and drafting the comprehensive strategy and action plan to deal with NPLs. The strategy aimed to support financial sector stability and resilience and address high levels of distressed debt. The strategy was prepared in collaboration with IFIs (IMF, World Bank, EBRD), National Bank of Serbia and Ministry of Finance (available at http://www.mfin.gov.rs/pages/article.php?id=10614). Reviewed implementation of the action plan.

 

Dates (from – to)   March 2015- June 2015
 Name and address of employer   OSCE Mission to Serbia
Client   Government of Serbia
Project   Study on Cost-benefit analysis of identified Models of decentralization
 Main activities and responsibilities   Designing and drafting the Cost-Benefit Analysis of the two identified models of decentralization, – functional organization of competencies of different levels of government in Serbia. Providing background studies including the assessment of the legislative framework, institutional capacity of the Chamber of Commerce (CCIS) and the role and activities of the key stakeholders in the process. Institutional support and consulting: Participated in activities aimed at promotion of the out-of-court restructuring Preparing training materials including case studies for mediators in the consensual financial restructuring. Drafting the Guide to Consensual Financial Restructuring of Companies.
     
Dates (from – to)   July 2014 – December 2015
 Name and address of employer   Center for liberal democratic studies
Client   Judicial Academy Republic of Serbia /European Bank for Restructuring and Development
Project   Judicial Training on Law & Markets in Serbia
 Main activities and responsibilities   Preparing and delivering two separate training curricula on law and markets, four batches of six-day training seminar for app. 90 judges and advisors of Serbian Commercial Courts and Commercial Court of Appeals and another 10-day seminar for the class of candidate judges for 2014/2015.

 

Dates (from – to)   September 2014 – December 2014
 Name and address of employer   IFC/World Bank
Client   Government of Federation BiH (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Project   BOSNIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE (ISCRA) PROJECT
 Main activities and responsibilities   Preparing and conducting training materials and presentation for RIA Training of Trainers (FBIH governmental officials) using case-studies approach.Reviewing draft Federation BIH RIA Handbook with a focus on Quantitative Analysis chapter.

 

Dates (from – to)   March 2011 – December 2011 and September 2013– March 2014
 Name and address of employer   Cardno Emerging Markets USA/Balkan Center for Regulatory Reform
Client   USAID/Government of Serbia
Project   Business Enabling Project (BEP)

STANDARD COST MODEL – MEASUREMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS IN SERBIA 2011 (BASELINE STUDY) AND 2013 (UPDATE) /

 Main activities and responsibilities   Team leader and author of the study with the focus on comprehensive measurement on administrative costs. The study and the database have established a baseline identified priorities for action, but it also enables private sector to examine and debate proposals for simplification.

 

Dates (from – to)   June 2011 – May 2013
 Name and address of employer   East West Management Institute INC., New York, USA
 Client   USAID/Government of Montenegro
Project   Good Governance Activity in Montenegro/ REgulatory Impact Analysis component
 Main activities and responsibilities   Preparation of various regulatory impact assessment – RIAs (using the cost-benefit analysis, the standard cost model, the multi-criteria analysis and other impact assessment tools); Preparing the RIA Manual; preparing RIA training materials including case studies and delivered on job training course designed to key local staff).

Detailed RIAs and draft legislation on Business Licensing, Consensual Corporate Financial Restructuring Law, Amendments to the Bankruptcy Law, Law on Payment transactions and Law on Prevention of Late Payments.

     
Dates (from – to)   March 2007 – March 2012
 Name and address of employer   Government of Serbia, Office for Regulatory Reform and Impact Assessments
 Client   World Bank/SIDA
Project   REGULATORY REFORM AND REGULATORY IMPACT ASSESSMENTS PROJECT
    Design and implementation of “Comprehensive Regulatory Review Project”; Provided key contribution to the Regulatory Reform Strategies; Reviewed and assessed more than 100 laws and other regulations to determine their potential costs and benefits; Drafted Regulatory Impact Analysis Manual; Created and delivered regular Impact analysis training for the public officials; Led or provided key inputs to several drafting committees responsible for business-related laws and prepared detailed Impact Assessments (RIAs) (including Law on Bankruptcy, Law on Out-of-Court Financial Restructuring and Company Law) and related bylaws.
     
Dates (from – to)   August 2013 –January 2015)
 Name and address of employer   European Bank for Restructuring and Development
Project   Support for Effective Implementation of the Consensual Financial Restructuring Law (Out of the Court Restructuring)
 Main activities and responsibilities   Key economic expert. Providing background studies including review of legal framework. Preparing training materials including case studies for mediators in the consensual financial restructuring. Assessment and elaboration on selected copyright-based industries of importance to Serbia, their national market structure, value chain, demand and supply patterns

 

Dates (from – to)   September 2012 – January 2013, December 2013 –  March 2014
Name and address of employer   National Alliance for Local Development (NALED), Beograd, Serbia
Project   Regulatory Index of Serbia (RIS)
 Main activities and responsibilities   Development of the methodology aimed to measure legislation process transparency, the quality and costs of law preparation and enforcement, efficiency in removing obstacles for doing business.
Dates (from – to)   March 2011 – September 2013

 

Name and address of employer   National Alliance for Local Development (NALED), Beograd, Serbia
Project   GREY BOOK/QUARTERLY REVIEWS ON REGULATORY ISSUES
Client   National Alliance for Local Development (NALED), Beograd, Serbia
Main activities and responsibilities   Author of quarterly reports on regulatory issues in the Republic of Serbia. Key contributor to the “Grey Book” containing recommendations for removing administrative barriers for doing business in Serbia.
     
Dates (from – to)   August 2012 –  February 2013
 Name and address of employer   Foundation for Economic Research, Beograd, Serbia
Client   Cardno Emerging Markets/USAID
    SHADOW ECONOMY IN SERBIA
 Main activities and responsibilities   Development of the questionnaire. Preparation of the study that identifies the causes of the shadow economy and gives recommendations for its formalisation through measure proposals in the spheres of fiscal policy, the labour market, financial sector, corporate restructuring and investment climate.

 

Publications    

 

  • Radulović, B., Hervías-Parejo, V. (2022). Mainstreaming Gender into Public Policies: A Tale of Two Countries. In: Davinić, M., Kostić, S. (eds) Gender Competent Public Law and Policies. Gender Perspectives in Law, vol 2. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14706-7_3
  • Hervías Parejo, V., Radulović, B. (2023). Public Policies on Gender Equality. In: Vujadinović, D., Fröhlich, M., Giegerich, T. (eds) Gender-Competent Legal Education. Springer Textbooks in Law. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14360-1_12
  • Mikić, H., Radulović, B., & Savić, M. [2020]. Creative industries in Serbia: Methodological approaches and economic contribution.Ekonomika preduzeća, 68(3-4), 201-214.
  • Radulović, B. & Savić, M. [2021]. Trade in Counterfeit Goods in Serbia – Methodological Approach and Quantification. Industrija 49(1), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.5937/industrija49-28308
  • Branko Radulović „Ekonomska analiza korporativnog stečajnog prava, Pravni fakultet, Univerzitet u Beograde, 2020 (Economic Analysis of Corporate Bankruptcy Law)
  • Branko Radulović, Marko Radović, „Bias and predictability in judicial decisions involving corporate restructuring: Evidence from Serbia”, Анали Правног факултета Универзитета у Београду, бр. 2/2020, 80-99
  • Branko Radulović Morality of informality: Tax morale in the Serbian business sector – an empirical investigation, Industrija : časopis za ekonomiku industrije. ISSN 0350-0373. – Vol. 47, no. 1 (2019), str. 43-60
  • Goldberg, I. Radulovic B. Unmet expectations: The Case of the Serbian Privatization 2001-2015, Conference Paper Europe 2020 CASE Warsaw, Poland.
  • Branko Radulović, Luka Andrić, „On the Treatment of ‘New Money’ in Serbian Law on Bankruptcy“, in Bojan Milisavljević, Tatjana Jevremović Petrović, Miloš Živković (eds.), Law and Transition, Faculty of Law University of Belgrade, Belgrade, 2017, стр. 147-161
  • Branko Radulović, Genc Alimehmeti Better Regulation in Western Balkans, Regional School of Public Administration (RESPA) ISBN 978-9940-37-020-6
  • Vuk Radović, Branko Radulović, Prearranged Reorganization Plans in Serbia: Form Over Substance European Business Organization Law Review pp. 393-413 Springer / T.A. Press ISSN 1566-7529
  • Gorana Krstić, Branko Radulović, Siva ekonomija u Srbiji u 2017.godini Procena obima, karakteristike učesnika i determinante, NALED, ISBN 978-86-80128-03-0
  • Gorana Krstić, Branko Radulović Osvrt na osvrt – Kretanje sive ekonomije u Srbiji, 2012-2017. (2018) 87-93, Ekonomski fakultet, Univerzitet u Beogradu 2217-6217
  • Dušan Vasiljević, Branko Radulović, Marija Babović, Saša Todorović Komasacija kao neiskorišćeni potencijal: Efekti primene, prepreke i mogući značaj komasacije poljoprivrednog zemljišta u Srbiji 1-114 NALEDI ISBN 978-86-80128-04-7
  • Radulović, B. (2015) the Faculty of Law, From shadow to light Formalizing Grey economy in Serbia – Policy Measures, and Growth Effects, (2015) Krstić, Gorana, Schneider, Friedrich (Eds.) 2015 Springer Verlag, Chapters 4,6, 9 and 10. ),
  • Radulovic, B. S. Dragutinovic, (2015) “Efficiency of Local Self Governments in Serbia – Stochastic Frontier Analysis and Data Envelopment Analysis”, Industrija
  • Radulović, B. (2014) „Subordination of Shareholder Loans in Bankruptcy Proceedings – Economic Analysis, Comparative Law and Application in Republic of Serbia” (in Serbian), Usklađivanje poslovnog prava Srbije sa pravom Evropske unije, Vuk Radović (ured.), Pravni fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu
  • Radulović, B., Dragutinović, S. „Privatization in Serbia – Case Studies (2014)Naled Belgrade
  • Radulović, B. (2013) “A Meta-Analysis on the Relationship between Trust and Economic Growth”, in Madzar, Lj. and A. Jovanovic (eds.) “Law, Rules and Economic Performance”, pp. 110-134. Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade.
  • Radulović, B. (2014) “Bankruptcy in Serbia – Facts, Fallacies and Unintended Consequences” (in Serbian) „Stečaj u Srbiji – činjenice, zablude i nenameravane posledice“, u “Ekonomska politika u 2014. godini”, D. Šoškić, M.Arsić (ured.), Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade, in. press.
  • Radulović, B. (2013) “Reorganization Plans prepared in Advance in the Republic of Serbia Comparative Legal and Empirical Analysis“, in Usklađivanje poslovnog prava Srbije sa pravom Evropske unije, Vuk Radović (ured.), Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade, pp. 56-106.
  • Radulović, B. (2013) “Regulatory Budget – A Realistic Approach” (in Serbian) in Razvoj pravnog sistema Srbije i harmonizacija sa pravom EU, R.Vasic (ed.), Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade,.
  • Aleksić, D. and Radulović, B. (2013) “Public Agencies in Serbia – Analysis and Recommendations for Reform”, Balkan Center for Regulatory Reform, Belgrade
  • Stefanović, M. and Radulović, B (2013), “Comment on the Law on Payment Deadlines in Commercial Transactions (Late Payment Law)” (in Serbian) Komentar Zakona o rokovima izmirenja novčanih obaveza u komercijalnim transakcijama -Sl. glasnik RS”, br. 119/2012”, Paragraf, Pravni Instruktor, pp.33-40
  • Radulović, B. Nenezić, D. „Public Private Partnerships in Serbia“ (2012), European Procurement & Public Private Partnership Law Review 4/2012, pp.305-309
  • Nenezić, D. Radulović, B. (2012) „Assessment of possibilities and modalities of PPP financing and financial support measures in Serbia” (in Serbian) “Analiza mogućnosti i modaliteta finansiranja i mera finansijske podrške javno-privatnog partnerstva u Srbiji“, Kvartalni monitor, pp.62-71
  • Radulović, B. (2012) “A Bird in the Hand or two in the Bush: Bankruptcy and Reorganization Decision Making in Serbia- An Empirical Assessment” (in Serbian) „Vrapci i golubovi – Empirijska analiza odluka o bankrotstvu ili reorganizaciji u Republici Srbiji“, Evropska unija i srbija – Od tranzicije do pridruživanja, Ivan Vujačić (ured.), Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade, Beograd, pp.79-94.
  • Radulović, B., Stefanović.,M. (2012) “Comment on the Rules on the Content of the Contract on Moratorium – Finalizing Legal Framework for Consensual Restructuring” –(in Serbian), Komentar Pravilnika o Sadržini Ugovora o Mirovanju dugova, Paragraf, Pravni Instruktor,April 2012. br. 18, pp. 49-52.
  • Radulović, B. (2011) “Empirical Assessments of Bankruptcies in Serbia” (in Serbia) „Empirijska analiza bankrotstva u Republici Srbiji“, Usklađivanje poslovnog prava Srbije sa pravom Evropske unije, Vuk Radović (ured.), Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade, pp.146-183.
  • Radulović, B., Stefanović.,M. (2011) “Comment on the New Law on Consensual Financial Restructuring – (in Serbian) Komentar Zakona o sporazumnom finansijskom restrukturiranju privrednih društava, November 2011, Paragraf Lex, Belgrade. The Comment is most widely used reference for the Consensual Financial Restructuring in Serbia (available only to subscribers)
  • Marušić, A. Radulović, B. (2011). “Regulatory Impact Assessment – Manual”, USAID – Good Governance Activity in Montenegro.
  • Radulović, B., Stefanović.,M. (2010) “Comment on the Draft Law on Consensual Financial Restructuring – Resolving Corporate Debt with the new regulatory mechanism” – (in Serbian) Komentar Predloga Zakona o Sporazumnom Finansijskom Restrukturiranju privrednih društava – Novi regulatorni mehanizam za rešavanje korporativnih dugova, November 2010, Paragraf Lex, Belgrade.
  • Radulović, B. (2010) “New Law on Bankruptcy – The Logic of the Absence of Collective Action” (in Serbian) „Novi Zakon o stečaju – logika odsustva kolektivne akcije”, Fokus – Kvartalni izveštaj o institucionalnim reformama, godina II, br. 4, ss. 33-38, januar 2010.
  • Radulović, B. (2009) “Assessment of the Remuneration Structure of Bankruptcy Administrators in Serbia” (in Serbian) Analiza sistema nagrade i naknade troškova stečajnih upravnika”, Razvoj pravnog sistema Srbije i harmonizacija sa pravom EU, S.Tabaroši (ed.), Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade, pp. 72-89
  • Radulović, B. Marušić, A. and Vukotić, D. (2010) „Regulatory Impact Assessment Handbook“, Office for Regulatory Reform and Impact Assessment, Government of Serbia (electronic edition)
  • Radulović, B. (2008) “The Effect of Section 363 Sales on Recovery Rates: Allowing for Self-Selection Bias”, Paper presented at the 13th Annual Conference of The International Society for New Institutional Economics at the University of California at Berkeley, Walter A. Haas School of Business, USA, June 18-20, 2009.
  • Radulović, B. (2008) “Credit Derivatives, Creditor’s Powers and Bankruptcy Initiation”, Paper presented at the EMLE Midterm Meeting, University of Ghent, Belgium
  • Goldberg, I. and Radulovic, B. (2005). Hard budget constraints, restructuring and privatization in Serbia: A strategy of growth of the enterprise sector, Private Sector Note (PSN). Mimeo, World Bank
  • Goldberg, Itzhak, Branko Radulovic and Mark Schaffer (2005) “Productivity, Ownership and the Investment Climate: International Lessons for Priorities in Serbia”, August 2005, World Bank, Policy Research Working Paper No. 3681.(also No 503, CERT Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, Heriot Watt University, 2005)
  • Goldberg, Itzhak, Branko Radulovic and Mark Schaffer (2004) Serbia Investment Climate Assessment”, World Bank
  • Radulovic, B. (2004) “Knowledge Based Restructuring in Transition Economies: The Role of Business Environment, Competition and ICT” (January 2004). TIGER Working Paper No. 48. Warsaw
  • Radulovic, B. (2006) Reassessing the Costs of Patents. Razvoj pravnog Sistema 2006, Pravni fakultet, Univerzitet u Beogradu.
  • Radulović, B., D.Popović, D. Aleksić, “The Economic Contribution of Copyright-based Industries in Serbia” (2014) National Studies on Assessing the Economic Contribution of the Copyright-Based Industries. World Intellectual Property Organization
  • Radulović, B. (2003) “Modeling Labour Market Dynamics in Transition Economies – Good Jobs, Bad Jobs and On-the-Job Search“,Ekonomska misao, vol. 36, br. 1-2, str. 27-69. (2003)