Masaryk University Events Calendar

Undergraduate Awards

1 Apr 2017 3:26 PM – 13 Jun 2017 3:26 PM

EUSOC - CALL FOR PAPERS

12 Apr – 3 Jul 2017

Discrimination in the Workplace : Experimental Evidence

1 Jun 2017 5:00 PM

We examine labor market favoritism in a unique laboratory experiment design.  Group identities are created and both employment preference rankings and wage offers favor in-group members.  Workers positively...

What’s in a Name in a War

2 Jun 2017 1:30 PM

We propose a novel empirical strategy for identifying and studying nationalism using name choices. We first show that having been given a first name that is synonymous with the leader(s) of the fascist...

6th European Youth Games for the Disabled „Emil Open“

7–11 Jun 2017

Financial Decision-Making among Finance Students

28 Jun 2017 12:00 PM

Making sound financial decisions is an essential skill which can have an impact on life of each consumer of financial products. The aim of this paper is to examine decision-making concerning financial...

Action Reducing Old-Age Social Exclusion in Europe

8 Sep 2017 1:00 PM

Výstava minerálů

9 Sep 2017 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

CONFERENCE Russia and Central Europe

12 Sep 2017

Open Days for secondary school students

15 Sep 2017 9:00 AM

Room for Children at FSS

22 Sep 2017

The FSS Room for Children ("Dět-ko") offers baby-sitting and seeks volunteers

Is Economics Useful for Public Policy?

13 Oct 2017 9:00 AM

Prof. James Alm is Chair of Economics at Tulane University in New Orleans. Alm’s most recent research areas include tax compliance and tax evasion, the marriage tax, tax and expenditure limitations, tax...

Hierarchies and honesty

24 Oct 2017 11:00 AM

Every organization rests on hierarchical structures. In organizations hierarchies are essential to structure and delegate which agent is responsible for which kind of task, but also which agent in the...

Extractive Institutions: A Little Goes a Long Way. The Soviet Occupation of Germany versus Austria

13 Nov 2017 1:00 PM

As a consequence of World War II, Austria was divided into four different occupation zones for 10 years. Before tight travel restrictions came into place, about 11 percent of the population residing in...

The Winding Roads of Union Revitalization: the Old and New Challenges to Trade Unionism in Poland

16 Nov 2017 2:00 PM

(Coffee and cake will be available from 13:45 with the seminar starting promptly at 14:00)

Abstract: In the context of ongoing discussion on the changing nature of union power resources, this presentation...

Odhad dopadu a škod kartelových dohod

16 Nov 2017 4:00 PM

Kartelové dohody mezi konkurenty oslabují konkurenci na trhu a vedou k vyšším cenám. Firmy v takovýchto případech platí svým dodavatelům, kteří se domluvili na ceně, více, než kolik by platily na správně...

Old sins cast long shadows: Long-term effects of social capital destruction on residential migration

20 Nov 2017 12:50 PM

The theoretical models suggest there is a negative relationship between social capital and migration (Glaeser et al 2002, David et al 2010, Bräuninger and Tolciu 2011). The simultaneity between investment...

The effect of anchors on task duration estimates

24 Nov 2017 12:00 PM

The ability to accurately estimate the duration of planned tasks is the cornerstone of successful time and project management. It is naturally appealing to expect that the accuracy of estimates increases...

Conventional vs. Digital Vigilante Practices in the Far Right and Anti-Far Right Strategies

24 Nov 2017 2:00 PM

Abstract: The lecture will focus on the concept of vigilantism in the strategies of far right groups in Slovakia as well as in the context of the response from the civil society initiatives. While in the...

St. Nicolas Day

5 Dec 2017 3:00 PM