On December 23, at 11:00, the public defense of the doctoral dissertation by Akaki Mosakhlishvili, a student of the English-language doctoral program in economics at the School of Economics, will take place in the conference hall of Caucasus University.

The dissertation is titled: “Central Bank Dilemma in a Small Open Economy: The Trade-Off Between Dedollarization and Lower Inflation” and is supervised by Mariam Kharaishvili, Assistant Professor. 

The defense will be conducted before a dissertation board, consisting of: 

• Mariam Kharaishvili – Assistant Professor, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University International School of Economics (ISET); 
• Erekle Pirveli – Professor, School of Business, Caucasus University; 
• Vano Benidze – Professor, School of Economics, Caucasus University; 
• David Keshelava – Assistant Professor, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University International School of Economics (ISET); 
• Sofiko Skhirtladze – Visiting Lecturer, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University International School of Economics (ISET).