The Elite Quality Index (EQx) is a comparative, international measurement of Elites.

EQx is a political economy index that measures the ability of the elite business models in a country – on aggregate – to create value, rather than to extract value.

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To learn more about the EQx, navigate the following links:

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• EQx Documents and Downloads

• EQx Data Toolkit (in cooperation with the University of St. Gallen)

• EQx Reports

• EQx Media Coverage (in cooperation with the FGN - HSG)

  • St. Gallen Symposium 2022. 
    Prof. Cozzi and Prof. Casas i Klett were at the St. Gallen Symposium to discuss some results of the Elite Quality 2021 world ranking. The link to the interview is here

  • Newspaper Article.  How Really Influential is Our Elite? The Economic Times, Mumbai, 2nd of November 2020. N. Banik and G. Cozzi (2020)

  • Guido Cozzi and Nilanjan Banik discuss: "India's Elite are Quite Influential but what the Country Need from them is Empathy": Bennett University (Times of India Group), 3rd of November 2020.

  • Podcast. "Global Conversation with Guido Cozzi. Elites in the world: between value creation and extraction": Department of Economics and Finance, Tor Vergata University of Rome, 9th of October 2020.

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