On Friday, May 30th, we had the pleasure of welcoming back alumnus Jaroslav Borovička, now a professor at New York University. His talk, titled “Monetary Policy and Inflation Expectations,” focused on how households’ and firms’ expectations influence key macroeconomic outcomes. The event was organized as part of the CERGE-EI #AlumniLive series, which aims to create networking opportunities for CERGE-EI students and alumni while providing insights into successful career paths. Continue reading Highlights from the #AlumniLive Seminar with Jaroslav Borovička: On the Role of Expectations in Monetary Policy
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Universal giftedness testing would help identify gifted children who are not caught by the current system
Interview with Alena Bičáková about the new study “What Do We (Not) Know About Quantitatively Gifted Pupils? The Czech Republic in International Comparison” Continue reading Universal giftedness testing would help identify gifted children who are not caught by the current system
Exploring the Decision Process Behind the Investment Choice
The Czech Economic Society awarded its annual “Young Economist of the Year” prizes to three economists under the age of 30 who submitted their original professional work to the competition. Third place was awarded to a CERGE-EI PhD candidate Ante Šterc and his paper “Limited Consideration in the Investment Fund Choice.” Continue reading Exploring the Decision Process Behind the Investment Choice
Talking Economics: Bangladeshi Garment Sector
Another round of the Talking Economics! series shifted attention to the Bangladeshi garment sector thanks to Andreas Menzel and Martina Miotto, whose field research projects using experiments complement one another. When you think of the textile industry and textile workers in any of the developing countries, what image do you have in mind? Sweat shops, the ill-treatment of factory workers, or long shifts with a small paycheck? Research has proved otherwise for the Bangladeshi textile industry. Continue reading Talking Economics: Bangladeshi Garment Sector
History and Social Media Through Eyes of Economists
To identify an exact definition of an economist is a real struggle. Who is an economist actually? Is he or she a business consultant or perhaps an analyst? The CERGE-EI director, Sergey Slobodyan, opened the first lecture of the Talking Economics! series on Thursday with such questioning. “When you go buy a cup of coffee, such an event is considered an economic transaction. But is the person selling the coffee an economist?” he added. Continue reading History and Social Media Through Eyes of Economists
Those who believe in science must also fight for its values
Professor Gérard Roland (University of California, Berkeley), Visiting Professor at CERGE-EI, has been recently awarded the highest honor from the Czech Academy of Sciences. One of the most influential and successful European economists, admired among CERGE-EI community for his striking humbleness and inspiring thoughts, spoke with us about some of his recent works on China, but also about his first meeting with the co-founder of CERGE-EI, Professor Jan Svejnar. Continue reading Those who believe in science must also fight for its values
From Day One, I Considered My Thesis Rather a Research Project
Third New Economic Talent competition interview is here: meet Sebastian Beug (Humboldt University of Berlin), who was awarded a second place (jointly with Kyung Woong Koh from the Yonsei University) for his paper “Federal Governments and the German Economy – An Empiric Exploration”. Continue reading From Day One, I Considered My Thesis Rather a Research Project
What Remains to Be Answered in Political Economy?
Read our next interview with the he New Economic Talent competition finalist: this time Kyung Woong Koh (Yonsei University), who was awarded a second place (jointly with Sebastian Beug from the Humboldt University of Berlin) for his paper “Snowballs and Dominoes: Towards a General Theory of Democratization Waves”. Continue reading What Remains to Be Answered in Political Economy?
Studying Economics for the Joy of Understanding
Final round of the New Economic Talent competition, which CERGE-EI organized for the fourth time, took place on June 1. All three finalists presented excellent papers, and we had the pleasure to get them know better during the events that followed.
Read our interview with Sitong Ding (London School of Economics), who won the first place for his paper “Bounded Rationality in Rules of Price Adjustment and the Phillips Curve”. Continue reading Studying Economics for the Joy of Understanding
Restud Tour: 7 speakers, 2 days, 170 guests
The recent Restud Tour turned out, in many respects, to be the research event of the year for us, and we hope to keep the inspiration and ambience it created going for some time. Here is a short summary for those who could not come, including a short joint interview.
Continue reading Restud Tour: 7 speakers, 2 days, 170 guests