Property rights predictability and FDI 21 Aug 2015 12:00 PM This paper deals with the role of predictability of property rights protection in source countries on the bilateral stock of foreign direct investments allocated in OECD countries. The poor predictability...
Visits MUNI - international visiting professors at 5 Czech universities In person 1 Sep – 20 Dec 2015 3:27 PM – 11:07 PM
Návrat firmy Baťa do Československa 8 Oct 2015 12:50 PM Přednáška/diskuse se týká okolností návratu firmy Baťa na československý trh. Majetek firmy Baťa byl znárodněn po roce 1945. Paní Steinsky byla pověřena zajištěním návratu firmy do Československa po roce...
Career Breaks after Childbirth and the Role of Parental Leave Policies 9 Oct 2015 1:00 PM The Czech Republic is a country with a strong attachment of women to the labor market but one of the longest paid parental leave durations. Using a difference-in-differences methodology, we study the effect...
Childcare arrangements: Parental preferences in the Czech Republic 9 Oct 2015 1:00 PM The research explores how cultural values, policy arrangements and economic pressures influence the preference for childcare. We study the parents preferences towards the childcare arrangements of pre-school...
Migrace v proměnách tisíciletí 21 Oct 2015 6:00 PM Přednáška vysvětlí pojmy "penetrace", "velká migrace" a stát ve starověku i v přechodném mezi starověkem a středověkem, které jsou potřebné k porovnání situace současné migrační vlny s těmi historickými....
On the regularity of smooth production economies with externalities: Competitive equilibrium à la Nash 29 Oct 2015 12:00 PM Abstract: We consider a general equilibrium model of a private ownership economy with consumption and production externalities. The choices of all agents (households and firms) may affect utility functions...
Call for MU bursary applications for students in difficult social situation In person 1 – 20 Nov 2015
Veřejné finance a daně z evropské perspektivy 2 Nov 2015 4:20 PM Ekonomická téma v evropské diskusi dnes překrývá imigrační krize, přesto však jsou podstatná a dominovala diskusi minulých let. Jedním z nich byla otázka rozpočtových pravidel, které krize konce minulých...
The marginal cost of justice: A theory of optimal use of alternative criminal procedures 3 Nov 2015 12:00 PM Abstract: Criminal cases can be adjudicated via court trials or alternative criminal procedures, such as penal order and plea bargaining. We develop a model of optimal allocation of cases across these...
Housing regimes in post socialist countries 13 Nov 2015 1:00 PM Presentation adds to the research on the role of the housing sector in transition countries. The East European Housing Model (Hegedüs and Tosics, 1996) summarizes the main characteristics and elements...
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...
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....