Lazar Ivanović is an Economist working at the Center for Advanced Economic Studies (CEVES). His principal professional interests include fiscal policy, industrial policy, and labor market in the context of economic development. Lazar started his career as an Advisory intern at the consulting company Crowe RS. There he assisted and participated in corporate finance projects, including mergers and acquisitions, due diligence, financial modeling, and valuation. Subsequently, Lazar worked as an intern at the Institute of Economic Sciences (IEN) where he had the opportunity to write his first scientific paper “Analysis of the main macroeconomic indicators in the function of stability of Western Balkan countries” which was published by IEN. Lazar holds a Master’s degree in International Economics from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Belgrade and a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science at the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Belgrade. In addition, Lazar holds a C2 level certificate in Advanced English from the Cambridge Assessment English.