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Meet Our Alumni: Jakub Matějů

For our latest alumni interview on the CERGE-EI Blog, we had the pleasure of speaking with Jakub Matějů, a CERGE-EI graduate and Deputy Director of the Monetary Department at the Czech National Bank. 

Talking Economics: Urban Economics Uncovered

In the latest episode of the Talking Economics podcast, we sit down with CERGE-EI alumnus Lukáš Makovský to explore the field of urban economics.

The Week of the Czech Academy of Sciences at CERGE-EI

Let us invite you to the public lectures of CERGE-EI researchers, which will take place during the Week of the Czech Academy of Sciences on Thursday, November 7, in the CERGE-EI building at Politických vězňů 7, Prague 1.

Professor Jan Švejnar Was Awarded a State Decoration for His Work

On the 106th anniversary of the establishment of the independent Czechoslovak state, Professor Jan Švejnar received the Medal of Merit in the Field of Science from the President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel.

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Altmejd, Adam, Andrés Barrios-Fernández, Marin Drlje, Joshua Goodman, Michael Hurwitz, Dejan Kovac, Christine Mulhern, Christopher Neilson, and Jonathan Smith. 2021. “O Brother, Where Start Thou? Sibling Spillovers on College and Major Choice in Four Countries.Quarterly Journal of Economics, 136(3): 1831–1886.

Kőszegi, Botond, and Filip Matějka. 2020. “Choice Simplification: A Theory of Mental Budgeting and Naive Diversification.” Quarterly Journal of Economics, 135(2): 1153–1207.

Bartoš, Vojtěch, Michal Bauer, Jana Cahlíková, and Julie Chytilová. 2022. “Communicating Doctors’ Consensus Persistently Increases COVID-19 Vaccinations.” Nature, 606: 542–549.

Korovkin Vasily, and Alexey Makarin. 2023. “Conflict and Inter-Group Trade: Evidence from the 2014 Russia-Ukraine Crisis.” American Economic Review, 113(1): 34–70.

Mackowiak, Bartosz, Filip Matejka, and Mirko Wiederholt. 2023. “Rational Inattention: A Review.” Journal of Economic Literature, 61(1): 226–273.

Gossner, Olivier, Jakub Steiner, and Colin Stewart. 2021. “Attention Please!.” Econometrica, 89(4): 1717–1751.

Zacchia, Paolo. 2020. “Knowledge Spillovers through Networks of Scientists.” Review of Economic Studies, 87(4): 1989–2018.

Ochsner, Christian, and Felix Roesel. 2024. “Activated History: The Case of the Turkish Sieges of Vienna.” American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 16(3): 76–112.

Robson, Arthur, Larry Samuelson, and Jakub Steiner. 2023. “Decision Theory and Stochastic Growth.” American Economic Review: Insights5(3): 357–376.

Kina, Özlem, Ctirad Slavík, and Hakki Yazici. 2024. “Redistributive Capital Taxation Revisited.” American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 16(2): 182–216.

Schweiger, Helena, Alexander Stepanov, and Paolo Zacchia. 2022. “The Long-Run Effects of R&D Place-Based Policies: Evidence from Russian Science Cities.” American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 14(3): 322–351.

Ashenfelter Orley, and Štěpán Jurajda. 2022. “Minimum Wages, Wages, and Price Pass-Through: The Case of McDonald’s Restaurants.” Journal of Labor Economics, 40(S1): 179–201.

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Christian Ochsner in the American Economic Association Research Highlights... more

 

The Czech Academy of Sciences Awards Two CERGE-EI Scientists with the Title "Doctor of Science"... more

 

Nobel Prize Laureate Paul Milgrom Receives Honorary Scientific Degree from Charles University... more

 

Mariola Pytliková Elected Vice-President of the Czech Economic Society... more

 

CERGE-EI Is Part of New Platform for Biomedical and Economic Research... more

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