Prof. dr hab. Tadeusz Kowalski, prof. zw. UEP
Name: TADEUSZ
Surname: KOWALSKI
Position: Associate Professor UEP
CONTACT DETAILS
Email: tadeusz.kowalski@ue.poznan.pl
Office phone: (+48 61) 854 38 68
Homepage: http://www.kpgipr.ue.poznan.pl/kowalski/english/index.shtm
HISTORY
(habilitation, Ph.D, masters, fellowships):
Education
1977 - MSc. (Econ), Department of Economics, Poznan University of Economics,
1986 - Ph.D. (Econ), Poznan University of Economics,
2001 - D.Sc. (Doctor habilitatus, Econ), Poznan University of Economics,
2003 - Professor of the Poznan University of Economics.
Major scholarships and fellowships:
1985 - University of Oslo, Dept. of Economics - the Norwegian Government Scholarship,
1993 - University of Glasgow - Senior Fellowship, Dekaban Foundation,
1995 – Georgia State University, A. Mellon Foundation
1996 - Management Centre, Bradford University, Visiting Research Fellowship.
AREA OF RESEARCH/EXPERTISE :
international economics, macroeconomics and economic policy, banking and financial systems, economics of the new EU member states
JEL CLASSIFICATION: E58, E61, E65, F42
selected (max. 10) publications (preferably in English):
- Hochreiter Eduard, Tadeusz Kowalski (2000), Central banks in European emerging market economies in the 1990s, Banca Nationale Del Lavoro Quarterly Review, March, pp. 45-70.
- Green Christopher, Mark Holmes, Tadeusz Kowalski (2001), Poland: A successful transition to budget sustainability, Emerging Markets Review, vol. 2, pp. 160-182.
- Kowalski Tadeusz (2002), H.A. Simon’s Bounded Rationality Hypothesis and Expectation Formation, the Poznan University of Economics Review, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 5-24.
- Kowalski Tadeusz, Paweł Kowalski, Clas Wihlborg (2007), Poland. The EMU entry strategy vs. The monetary issues, the Poznan University of Economics Review, 2007, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 59-88.
- Kowalski Tadeusz, Letza Steve (eds.) (2007), Corporate governance and institutions : a pan-European perspective, Wydawnictwo Akademii Ekonomicznej w Poznaniu, Poznań.
- Kowalski Tadeusz, Letza Steve, Wihlborg Clas (eds), (2010), Change in the European Transition Economies. The Case of Poland, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Poznaniu, Poznań.
- Kowalski Tadeusz, Wihlborg Clas (2010), Problems of Governance and Institutional Environment in the European Transition Economies, in: ed. by T. Kowalski, S. Letza, C. Wihlborg Institutional Change in the European Transition Economies. The Case of Poland, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Poznaniu, Poznań, 14-29.
- Kowalski Tadeusz (2010) Comparative analysis of economic transformation in Poland and selected central European countries, in: (eds) T. Kowalski, S. Letza, C. Wihlborg Institutional Change in the European Transition Economies. The Case of Poland, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Poznaniu, Poznań, 30-64.
- Kowalski Tadeusz, Wihlborg Clas (2010), Insolvency procedures and too big to fail in banking, in: (eds) T. Kowalski, S. Letza, C. Wihlborg Institutional Change in the European Transition Economies. The Case of Poland, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Poznaniu, Poznań, 90-99.
- Kowalski Tadeusz (2010) Perception of the quality of the institutional framework in Poland, in: ed. by T. Kowalski, S. Letza, C. Wihlborg Institutional Change in the European Transition Economies. The Case of Poland, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Poznaniu, Poznań, 126-154.
- Kowalski Tadeusz , Matysek_Jędrych Anna (2010) Changes in the banking law vs. the performance of banks in Poland in 1997-2008, in: (eds) T. Kowalski, S. Letza, C. Wihlborg Institutional Change in the European Transition Economies. The Case of Poland, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Poznaniu, Poznań, 277-300.
Recent research grants/ participation in international research projects:
- Coping with financial reforms in emerging market economies. Analitical tools, policy implementation and case studies of Estonia and Poland ACE/Phare 685-R. coordinated by Christopher Green, Loughborough University, United Kingdom
- Building financial institutions and markets in transition economies: with special reference to Estonia, Poland and Lithuania, ACE/Phare P96-6152-R. coordinated by Christopher Green, Loughborough University, United Kingdom
- Central banks, financial structure and monetary policy in economies in transition, ACE/Phare P96-6114-R. coordinated by: Ricardo Rovelli, University of Bologna, Italy
- Ownership, structure and efficiency of building societies: An Anglo-Polish comparative study, coordinated by: Steve Letza, Bournemouth University, WAR/992/173 - British-Polish Joint Research Collaboration Programme.
- Foreign banks and economic transition, ACE P98-1082-R; coordinated by: Jacob De Haan, Groningen University, the Netherlands
- Przemiany instytucjonalne w gospodarkach środkowoeuropejskich. Przypadek Polski. (eng. Institutional Change of the Economies in the Central Europe) coordinated by T. Kowalski
Professional memberships
- PTPN Poznańskie Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk
- S.U.E.R.F Societe Universitaire Europeenne de Recherches Financieres
- ACES Association for Comparative Economic Studies
- PECSA Polskie Stowarzyszenie Badań Wspólnoty Europejskiej
- SMBA Stowarzyszenie Master of Business Administration Atlanta
- SODCh Stowarzyszenie Oświatowe im. Dezyderego Chlapowskiego
Currently teaching courses/ programmes
- Economic Transformation in Central and Eastern Europe
- Globalization and Regionalization
- International Economics I & II
- Economic Policy of the EU Countries

