News
Invitation to a Research Seminar at the CNB: Tom Stanley
16/05/2012 | PhDr. Tomáš Havránek
Professor Tom Stanley, the pioneer of meta-analysis methods in economics, will give a seminar on Friday, May 25, at the Czech National Bank. The seminar will begin at 10 am and it will be a general introduction to meta-analysis. We have five places available for IES students; if you want to come, please write to tomas.havranek@ies-prague.org till Friday, May 18.
IES FSV UK - CSOB Award "Banking, Confidence and Finance"
16/05/2012 | doc. Roman Horváth Ph.D., ČSOB Corporate Chair
IES FSV UK and ČSOB announce the competition for the best B.A. or M.A. thesis with a focus on the banking, confidence and finance. Detailed information is available by clicking on the link above.
Dissertation Pre-Defense of Petr Jakubik
15/05/2012 | PhDr. Jana Votápková
Dissertation Pre-Defense of Petr Jakubik will take place on Thursday, May 17th, 2012 at 6:00 pm in room 109. The topic is "Four Essays on Financial Stability". All scholars and students are invited.
European Accounting Association Publishing Workshop, Prague, September 7 – 8, 2012
15/05/2012 | Jiří Novák Ph.D., Boston Consulting Group Corporate Chair
The European Accounting Association offers a Workshop on “Writing to Publish in International Accounting Journals” for early stage scholars from Central & Eastern European countries. It will be held at the University of Economics, Prague (VSE) on September 7 – 8, 2012. There is no participation fee. Scholars interested in participating in the Workshop should submit one copy of their résumé to salvador.carmona@ie.edu, the paper they intend to present at the workshop as well as a short statement of how the Workshop could specifically help their work-in-progress. The deadline for submissions is June 4, 2012.
Invitation to a Research Seminar at CERGE-EI on May 21, 2012 - Dr. Martin Burda
15/05/2012 | Monika Klajblová
We are pleased to invite you to attend a research seminar entitled “A Bayesian Semiparametric Duration and Competing Risk
Model with Unobserved Heterogeneity” to be given by Dr. Martin Burda from the University of Toronto, Canada. The seminar
will take place at CERGE-EI, Politickych veznu 7, Praha 1, in room # 6 (2nd floor), on Monday, May 21, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. and will be chaired by Dr. Michal Bauer.
Reminder: JEM 140 Quantitative Multivariate Finance
14/05/2012 | Ing. Dagmar Schnellerová
A new intensive course of "Quantitative Multivariate Finance" will be taught in a week of 21.5. - 25.5. 2012 as an Alt. A course by Martin Burda from the University of Toronto, Canada. The course is based on a related course offered in the Economics MA program at the University of Toronto and is perfectly suited for students interested in applied financial econometrics. All advanced Bachelor level students as well as Master level students are more than welcome to enroll and take the opportunity to get more experienced in the field. Detailed information is attached. For the enrollment, please request jirsova@fsv.cuni.cz with code, name of the course, your first name, surname and year of studies.
Deadline for Master Thesis Proposals is June 26, 2012
11/05/2012 | PhDr. Tomáš Havránek
Dear first-year MA students, please note that the topic of your thesis must be confirmed by your supervisor in the Student Information System one year before the thesis defense. So if you want to defend your thesis at the end of the Summer Semester 2013, your deadline is June 26, 2012 (use the "Thesis" module in SIS). The deadline is given by law and there is no way we can change it.
You can have one more month to submit the detailed thesis proposal (http://ies.fsv.cuni.cz/default/file/download/id/17055) if you agree on this with your supervisor ex ante. You must send the proposal, approved by your supervisor, to mejstrik@fsv.cuni.cz , tomas.havranek@ies-prague.org and zuzana.irsova@ies-prague.org by e-mail till July 26, 2012.
You can choose from a list of offered topics (http://ies.fsv.cuni.cz/en/node/258) or come up with your own topic. In any case, you must find a suitable advisor. Please note that the supply of advisors is limited, and most of them accept students on a first come, first served basis.
Česká spořitelna Competition
03/05/2012 | PhDr. Pavel Vacek Ph.D., Česká spořitelna Corporate Chair
Česká spořitelna announces a competition for the best bachelor and master thesis defended at the IES in the summer term 2012. This competition is held in the framework of Česká spořitelna Corporate Chair program. Two bachelor and two master theses will be awarded. The theses can have any topic. The prize for the best thesis is CZK 10.000,-. The prize for the second best thesis is CZK 5.000,-. Submit your thesis by Saturday, May 19 (including) electronically at the following email: vacek@fsv.cuni.cz, to the subject line: write either CS competition - Bc. or CS competition - Mgr. The winning theses will be selected by a committee consisting of Pavel Vacek, Česká spořitelna Corporate Chair, Prof. Dědek and Doc. Cahlík after the end of State exams in June 2012.
A new issue (2/2012) of the Czech Journal of Economics and Finance
02/05/2012 | Monika Klajblová
A new issue (2/12) of the Czech Journal of Economics and Finance has been released and brings the following papers (http://journal.fsv.cuni.cz/mag/issue/current/ :
- DEA-Risk Efficiency and Stochastic Dominance Efficiency of Stock Indices,Martin BRANDA, Miloš KOPA
- Dynamic Multi-Factor Credit Risk Model with Fat-Tailed Factors, Petr GAPKO, Martin ŠMÍD
- International Equity Portfolio Risk Modeling: The Case of the NIG Model and Ordinary Copula Functions, Aleš KRESTA, Tomáš TICHÝ
- Market Application of the Fuzzy-Stochastic Approach in the Heston Option Pricing Model, Gianna FIGÀ-TALAMANCA, Maria Letizia GUERRA, Luciano STEFANINI
- Independent Spike Models: Estimation and Validation, Fredrik REGLAND, Erik LINDSTRÖM
GDN 13th Annual Research Competition
17/04/2012 | Monika Klajblová
CERGE-EI is pleased to announce that the Call for Proposals for Round 13 of the RRC (Calendar Year 2013) have been published. The Projects in these areas will receive priority:I. Urbanization and Cities: Urban / Rural Policy, Migration, Demographics,
II. Enterprise Development and Behavior including Corporate Governance and Restructuring
III. Labor Markets including Retirement, Social Assistance and Health Economics
IV. Globalization including Regional and International Economic Policy Coordination
V. The Reform Process including Public Finance, Fiscal Burden, and Taxation
VI. Education including Educational Policy, Reform, Funding and Outcomes
The deadline for proposal submissions is Monday: June,25 2012 to Department of Science.
18.06.2012 - SUERF/OeNB Workshop and SUERF Annual Lecture in Vienna
20/03/2012 | Monika Klajblová
The SUERF/OeNB Workshop and SUERF Annual Lecture to be held in Vienna on the afternoon of 18 June 2012 on the topic of "The Interaction of Political, Fiscal and Financial Stability: Lessons from the Crisis". The 2012 SUERF Annual Lecture will be delivered by Governor András Simor of the Magyar Nemzeti Bank. Further information, including the programme and the online registration form, is available here.
IES ranks 1st in Economics and Finance in the Czech Republic
24/02/2012 | PhDr. Martin Gregor Ph.D.
| A widely-read Czech daily Hospodářské noviny published today a brand new ranking of 17 Czech schools that offer degrees in economics and finance. The IES at Charles University won the ranking by a huge margin of 7 points. We scored extremely well in research, PhD program, study abroad opportunities, and international atmosphere in the school. The article (available in Czech) considers the IES to be "... by far the best economics school in the country". |
24/02/2012 | Monika Klajblová
The Faculty of Social Studies of Masaryk University, the Faculty of Law of Masaryk University and the Jan Hus Education Foundation (hereinafter “Award announcers”) announce in cooperation with the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic, the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic, the Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic, the Supreme Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Czech Republic and the Public Defender of Rights (hereinafter “cooperating institutions”) The Award IUS et SOCIETAS (hereinafter “Award”). The essay must be delivered in electronic form to the address int@law.muni.cz and at the same time in written form to the address: The Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, Office for Science, International and External Relations, Veveří 70, 611 80 Brno no later than 31st May 2012.
