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November 2015

Man, Wine and Society Conference 2015

19 Nov 2015 10:00 AM

Local perceptions of climate change impacts and migration patterns in Maledives

24 Nov 2015 12:30 PM

This study covers outcomes from our field research in Maldives in 2013. We investigated what are the most acute environmental and especially climate challenges generally and how they are perceived and...

Co nám (ne)řeknou regionální statistická data?

30 Nov 2015 4:20 PM

Přednáška "Co nám (ne)řeknou regionální statistická data?" se bude týkat kvality regionálních statistických dat a principů, na kterých stojí oficiální statistiky. Stěžejní částí přednášky budou základní...

December 2015

Řízení operačních rizik pojišťovny

2 Dec 2015 9:20 AM

Imagination in human development. A public lecture

2 Dec 2015 9:45 AM

Indeterminacy, Misspecification and Forecastability: Good Luck in Bad Policy?

3 Dec 2015 1:00 PM

A recent debate in the forecasting literature revolves around the inability of macroeconometric models to improve on simple univariate predictors, since the onset of the so called Great Moderation. This...

Explaining the labor market gaps between immigrants and natives in the OECD

4 Dec 2015 1:00 PM

In most OECD-countries, immigrants have lower employment and higher unemployment than natives. On average, the gap in labor market outcomes is larger in countries with more immigrant friendly attitudes....

Endogenous Economic Cycles: An Agent-based Model Of Consumers’ Confidence

10 Dec 2015 12:00 PM

The main goal of this paper is to present consumers’ confidence as an important source of cyclical economic activity. We use a simplified agent-based model with a single production sector and consumers...

„Naše-vaše integrace“ aneb jak to vidí Češi

10 Dec 2015 2:35 PM

Jedna z nejčastějších definic integrace (včetně integrace menšinových skupin do majoritní společnosti) vychází z konceptu oboustranného procesu. Jinými slovy, má-li být integrace úspěšná, je třeba, aby...

Rocket and Feather Effect in Retail Gasoline Market : Evidence from the Czech Republic

11 Dec 2015 11:30 AM

This study investigate price adjustement in retail gasoline market in Czech Republic. Using weekly aggregated panel data of 1285 gas stations over years 2008-2013 error-corection model is estimated to...

Google searches and stock returns

17 Dec 2015 2:00 PM

We investigate whether Google searches can be used to forecast stock returns. We find that short-term (daily and weekly) increase in search activity leads to negative excess stock returns with subsequent...

CGU - call for a research expert in the team

18 – 31 Dec 2015 9:50 AM – 11:50 PM

January 2016

MjUNI 1/2016 - Faculty of Informatics MU

16 Jan 2016

February 2016

Workshop of Czechoslovak Society for Microbiology

11 Feb 2016

Maximizing vs. Satisficing in decision making

11 Feb 2016 12:00 PM

Abstract: Some people, called Maximizers, do not settle for good enough choices – they want to make sure what they select is the best. To discover the best options possible, they can exert large amounts...

MjUNI 2/2016 - Faculty of Education MU

13 Feb 2016

Justifying the unjustifiable: How the intangible benefits of information systems can be evaluated

18 Feb 2016 12:00 PM

Abstract: From the introduction of Brynjolfsson’s “Productivity Paradox” and Bannister’s and Remenyi’s “act of faith”, the scientists are tackling the challenge of evaluating intangible benefits of information...

Instagram FSS

23 Feb 2016 9:08 AM

Introduction to Experimental and Behavioral Economics

25 Feb 2016 11:00 AM

The lecture will introduce students to this increasingly popular method for testing and stimulating economic theory. Traditionally, economics research has sought to test the predicted effect of a policy...

March 2016

Sociology of Tomorrow 2016

4 – 5 Mar 2016