Masters theses topics
PhDr. Martina Mysíková
Viz témata bakalářských prací s vyššími nároky na zpracování
Mgr. Magda Pečená Ph.D.
Topics related to risk management in banks (esp. credit risk, market risk)
- Empirical studies on credit risk in the (Czech) banking sector
- Capital requirements derived from credit risk models vs. Capital adequcy
requirements
- Quantification of credit risk and market risk
- Changes in credit risk management (valuation techniques) during the crises, impact of the crises on credit risk management, quantification of credit risk
- Compliance of regulatory issues and commercial bank´s risk management
Jiří Novák Ph.D., Boston Consulting Group Corporate Chair
(I supervise only theses written in English)
empirical financial accounting,
empirical corporate finance,
company valuation,
financial markets,
behavioral finance
cost management in the times of economic crisis (supported by RWE Transgas)
cash flow planning (supported by RWE Transgas)
Mgr. Patrik Nový
“Can Banks Profit from the Business Cycle? Credit Risk Management in the Czech Banking Context: Theory, Practices, Pilot Empirical Analysis”
Radovan Parrák MSc.
Portfolio credit risk modelling
market risk modelling
Real estate risk modelling
Risk integration
Volatility modelling and forecasting
Mgr. Magdalena Patáková
Generally any risk management, macroeconomic or financial modelling topic is welcome
Mgr. Michal Paulus
Fiscal or health policies
PhDr. Kateřina Pavloková
Cost of illness
Reforma zdravotnictví na Slovensku - selhání nebo úspěcch?
Vliv stárnutí populace na výdaje na dlouhodobou péči
PhDr. Andrea Klimešová
Same as for Bachelor theses
PhDr. Michael Princ
Corporate governance practices and firm performance;
European region: integration and stock market evolution;
Financial liberalization and stock market efficiency;
Liquidity and informed investors in the Czech Republic;
Econometric modelling of financial markets;
(nebo po domluvě/or upon request)
Mgr. Jan Procházka
EU monetary integration (e.g. from the point of view of institutions/Vývoj monetární integrace EU z hlediska institucionální koordinace a sbližování
European Monetary policies/Evropská měnová politika
Economic policies limitations of an EU member state/Omezení hospodářské politiky členské země EU
Economic policies limitations of an EMU member state/Omezení hospodářské politiky členské země EMU
Monetary Cooperation
Central Banking Insitutions
Central Bank
Currency Board
National Monetary Systems
International Monetary System
topics from International Trade
topics from International Finance I
topics from Structural Reforms
topics from Economic policy of the Czech Republic (or another country)
EU cooperation with third countries
Regional International Cooperation
nebo dle dohody/or up to the agreement
PhDr. Jana Votápková
Topics concerning efficiency measurements
Topics in healthcare economics
Changes in hospital financial performance after legal form conversion (Adam Jankura)
Jan Průša M.Phil. (Cantab)
1) Theory of capital in economic thought: from past to present. (Focus on the Austrian school.) Overview including, but not limited to: Smith, Marx, Böhm-Bawerk, Wicksell, Lachmann, Keynes, von Strigl, Hayek, Mises, Kirzner.
2) The theory of capital in current economic thought. Overview including, but not limited to: Standard mainstream models focusing on technological progress (Solow residual, Real business cycle theory); extensions concerning human capital and education (Arrow); measurement of capital.
3) Technical and economic efficiency (theory, application, or both).
4) Subsidies of photovoltaic (or any other "renewable") power plants in the Czech Republic. The redistributive nature of subsidies. Cost and benefit analysis of Czech installed capacity. Potential comparison with other neighbouring countries.
Besides, I will be glad to consult on any other topic related to my specialization -- please refer to my publications and literature mentioned therein.
PhDr. Marie Raková
Research topics in the field of:
Monetary Policy
Central Banking
Exchange Rates
International Trades
Global Financial Crisis
JUDr. Tomáš Richter LL.M., Ph.D.
Nové úvěrové financování společností v insolvenčním řízení - srovnávací ekonomická analýza práva
Optimální pravidla pro přeshraniční insolvenční řízení v České republice a v EU - srovnávací ekonomická analýza práva
Insolvence spotřebitelů ve střední a východní Evropě - srovnávací ekonomická analýza práva
Analýza vzorku českých spotřebitelských insolvenčních řízení (oddlužení) - empirická studie
Insolvenční řízení ohledně velkého nefinančního dlužníka v České republice - případová studie
Optimální pravidla priority zajištěných věřitelů pro Českou republiku - srovnávací ekonomická analýza práva
Rekodifikace obecné právní úpravy zástavního práva v České republice - srovnávací ekonomická analýza práva
Optimální pravidla koncernového práva pro Českou republiku - srovnávací ekonomická analýza práva
Reforma pravidel vytváření a zachování základního kapitálu akciových společností - srovnávací ekonomická analýza práva s přihlédnutím k vývoji v EU
Optimální pravidla právní regulace OTC derivátů (též jako PhD)
Vlivy reformy českého insolvenčního práva (zejm. zavedení oddlužení) na české retailové finanční trhy - empirická studie (též jako PhD)
Empirická studie ex ante a ex post účinků omezení přednostního práva zajištěných věřitelů českým konkursním právem (též jako PhD)
Nové paradigma právní regulace kapitálových trhů po kolapsu teorie efektivnosti kapitálového trhu (též jako PhD)
Divergence mezi českým a slovenským korporačním právem
PhDr. Milan Rippel
1) Qualitative approaches to operational risk management (Key Risk Indicators, Risk Control Self Assessment, Insurance)
2) Economic capital and Pillar II of Basel II
3) Stress testing credit risk
4) Current crises as a failure of risk management
5) New trends in Risk Management
6) Reaction of financial institutions on financial crises in risk management field
Mgr Pavel Ryska MPhil
1. Business cycle theories (theoretical rather than empirical treatment)
2. The Austrian school of economics - mainly its business cycle theory, but also other topics including the main protagonists of this school of thought
3. Deflation
4. Theories of the interest rate and the role of the interest rate in the business cycle
Mgr. Milan Ščasný PhD.
see above
PUBLICATIONS
ARTICLE IN PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL
Ščasný, M., Urban, J, Which energy-saving activities are undertaken more often and by whom? A cross-country analysis from ten OECD countries. Journal Energy Efficiency. (under review)
Alberini, A., Ščasný, M., Does the cause of death matter? The effect of dread, controllability, exposure and latency on the VSL. Ecological economics. (under review)
Kiula, O., Markandya, A., Ščasný, M., Menkyna Tsuchimoto, F., Economic and Environmental Effects of Taxing Air Pollutants and CO2: Lessons from a Study of the Czech Republic. Paper submitted in Review of Environmental Economics and Policy (under review).
Ščasný, M., Alberini, A., Valuation of Mortality Risks Attributable to Climate Change: Investigating the Effect of a Survey Mode of Administration on a VSL, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Special Issue "Climate Change and Human Health Impacts and Adaptation". (In print)
Rečka, L., Ščasný, M. Analýza dopadů regulace v českém elektrickém systému – aplikace dynamického lineárního modelu MESSAGE (Impact analysis of regulation in the Czech electric systém – an application of dynamic linear model MESSAGE). Politická ekonomie. (In print).
Urban, J., Ščasný, M. (2012), Exploring domestic energy-saving: The role of environmental concern and background variables. Energy Policy, Volume 47, pp. 69–80.
Urban, J., Zvěřinová, I., Ščasný, M. (2012), What motivates Czech consumers to buy organic food? Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review. Volume 48 (2012): 3, 509-536.
Máca, V., Melichar, J., Ščasný, M. (2012). Internalization of External Costs of Energy Generation in Central and Eastern European Countries. The Journal of Environment & Development, 21(2), 181-197.
Alberini, A., Ščasný, M., Guignet, D., Tonin, S. (2012), The Benefits of Contaminated Site Cleanup Revisited: The Case of Naples and Caserta, Italy. Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association, Volume 62, Issue 7, 783-798.
Weinzettel, J., Havránek, M., Ščasný, M. (2012), A consumption based indicator of external costs of electricity. Ecological Indicators, Volume 17, Issue (June, 2012), p. 68-76. ISSN: 1470-160X DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.04.035.
Alberini, A., Ščasný, M. (2011) Context and the VSL: Evidence from a Stated Preference Study in Italy and the Czech Republic. Environmental & Resource Economics, Volume 49(4), pp.511-538.
Desaigues, B., Ami, D., Bartczak, A., Braun Kohlová, M., Chilton, S., Czajkowski, M., Farreras, V., Hunt, A., Hutchison, M., Jeanrenaud, C., Kaderjak, P., Máca, V., Markiewicz, O., Markowska, A., Metcalf, H., Navrud, S., Nielsen, J.S., Ortiz, R., Pellegrini, S., Rabl, A., Riera, P., Ščasný, M., Stoeckel, M.-E., Szántó, R., Urban, J, (2011), Economic valuation of air pollution mortality: A 9-country contingent valuation survey of value of life year (VOLY). Ecological Indicator 11(2011), 902-910.
Ščasný, M., Máca, V. (2010) “Market-Based Instruments in CEE Countries: Much Ado about Nothing”, Rivista di Politica Economica, Issue VII-IX, Year XCIX, pp. 59-82.
Czajkowski M., Ščasný M. (2010), Study on benefit transfer in an international setting. How to improve welfare estimates in the case of the countries' income heterogeneity? Ecological Economics 69 (2010) 2409–2416.
Melichar, J., Ščasný, M., Urban J. (2010), Hodnocení smrtelných rizik na trhu práce: studie hédonické mzdy pro českou republiku. (The Valuation of Risks in the Labour Market: Hedonic Wage Study in Czech Republic). Politická ekonomie 5/2010.
Ščasný, M., Píša, V., Pollitt, H., Chewpreecha, U., (2009), Analysing Macroeconomic Effects of Energy Taxation by Econometric E3ME Model. Czech Journal of Economics and Finance, Volume 59, Issue 5, pp. 460-491.
Markowska, A., Markiewicz, O., Malgorzata Bartczak, A., Ščasný, M., Melichar, J. Škopková, H. (2007), Lake Water Quality Valuation - Benefit Transfer Approach vs. Empirical Evidence. Ekonomia journal, 2007, vol. 19.
Ščasný, M., Kovanda, J, Hák, T. (2003), Material flow accounts, balances and derived indicators for the Czech Republic during the 1990s: results and recommendations for methodological improvements. Ecologic Economics 45(2003), pp. 41-57.
BOOKS
Ščasný, M., Urban, J., Zvěřinová, I. (2012). Environmentally Significant Behaviour in the Czech Republic: Energy, Food and Transportation. Karolinum, Praha.
Ščasný, Milan, Kiulia, Olga, Píša, Vítězslav, Rečka, Lukáš, Tsuchimoto-Menkyna, Fusako (2012). Modelování dopadů environmentální regulace: přednosti a omezení modelů a jejich aplikace na českou ekonomiku. (in English: Modelling Of Impacts Due to Environmental Regulation: Advantages And Disadvantages of Models And Their Applications in the Czech Republic). 80 str.
Alberini, A., Bateman, I., Loomes, G., Ščasný, M. (2010), Valuation of Environment-Related Health Risks for Children. OECD Publishing, Paris. ISBN 978-92-64-06810-0. 150 pp.
Ščasný, M., Urban, J. (2009). Residential Energy Efficiency: A Cross-Country Empirical Analysis. OECD Environment Directorate. June 2009, OECD, Paris.
Ščasný, M., Braun Kohlová, M. et al. (2008), Modelling of Consumer Behaviour and Wealth Distribution. Matfyzpress, Praha. ISBN: 978-80-7378-039-5, pp. 224.
Dvořák, A., Brůha, J., Brůhová-Foltýnová, H., Melichar, J., Ščasný, M. (2007), Kapitoly z ekonomie přírodních zdrojů a oceňování životního prostředí. Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, Oeconomica – Praha 2007. ISBN: 978-80-245-1253-2.
Ščasný, M., Melichar., J., ed. (2004), Development of the Czech Society in the European Union. (Proceedings from the Conference held on October 21-23, 2004). Part V: Non-market Valuation Methods in environmental area. Charles university in Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences and Charles University Environment Center, 21-23 October 2004. Matfyzpress, Prague. ISBN 80-86732-35-5.
Ščasný, M., Brůha, J., Foltýnová, H. eds. (2004), Approaches to Assessing the Environment. Methods on quantification of the economic impacts and externalities within the environmental area. The Proceedings from the International Round-table Seminar, Prague, October 2-3, 2003, Charles University Environment Center. ISBN: 80-239-3841-X, 232 pp.
Ritschelová, I., Ščasný, M. (eds.) (2004), Environmental Accounting: Current Situation and Future Development. Papers and Proceedings from the Workshop. Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, 15 November 2004. pp. 190, ISBN: 80-7044-612-9.
Ščasný, M. ed. (2002), The Consolidation of Governance and Entrepreneurship in the Czech Republic and the European Union 4. Environmental tax reform - Optimal fiscal policy or efficient environmental policy? Conference Proceedings. November 2002. Charles University in Prague. Matfyzpress, Prague. ISBN: 80-86732-00-2, 288 pp. (in Czech), 286 pp.
BOOK CHAPTER
Ščasný, M., Máca, V. (forthcoming) “Market-Orientated Instruments in CEE Countries: Much Ado about Nothing”, in Castellucci, L., Markandya, A. (eds.), Environmental Taxes and Fiscal Reform. Palgrave Macmillan, 272 pp.
Ščasný, M. (2012), Passenger Road Transport During Transition And Post-transition Period: Focused On Residential Fuel Consumption And Fuel Taxation in the Czech Republic. In: Zachariadis, Theodoros I. (Ed.). Cars and Carbon: Automobiles and European Climate Policy in a Global Context, Chapter 10, 1st Edition, 2012, III, Springer Verlagh, 430 pp. ISBN 978-94-007-2122-7.
Ščasný, M. (2012), Who pays taxes on fuels and public transport services in the Czech Republic? Ex post and ex ante measurement. Chapter 17, In: Sterner, T. (eds), Fuel Taxes and The Poor: The Distributional Effects of Gasoline Taxation And Their Implications For Climate Change. Resource For the Future, Washington, DC. 320 pages, ISBN 9781617260926. pp. 269-298.
Ščasný, M., Tsuchimoto Menkyna, F. (2012). Index-based decomposition of SO2, NOx, CO and PM emissions stemming from stationary emission sources in Czech Republic over 1997-2007. In: V. Costantini, M. Mazzanti, & A. Montini (Eds.), Hybrid economic-environmental accounts. London; New York: Routledge.
Máca V, Melichar J, Ščasný M (2010). External Costs From Energy Generation and Their Internalization in New Member States. In: Soares CD, Milne J, Ashiabor H, Deketelaere K, Kreiser L (eds.), Critical Issues in Environmental Taxation Volume VIII. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Braun Kohlová, M., Ščasný, M. (2008), Parental Guardianship and Altruism in Children’s Morbidity Valuation: CV Surveys in the Czech Republic, in: Ščasný, M., Braun Kohlová, M. et al., Modelling of Consumer Behaviour and Wealth Distribution. Matfyzpress, Praha. ISBN: 978-80-7378-039-5, pp. 87-106.
Urban, J., Ščasný, M. (2008), Validity and Reliability of Two CVM Applications on the Valuation of Work-related Risks. In: Ščasný, M., Braun Kohlová, M. et al., Modelling of Consumer Behaviour and Wealth Distribution. Matfyzpress, Praha. ISBN: 978-80-7378-039-5, pp. 107-124.
Ščasný, M., Urban. J. (2008), Application of the Hedonic Wage Model: Value of Statistical Life Derived from Employee’s Choice in the Czech Labor Market. In: Ščasný, M., Braun Kohlová, M. et al., Modelling of Consumer Behaviour and Wealth Distribution. Matfyzpress, Praha. ISBN: 978-80-7378-039-5, pp. 125-145.
Urban, J., Ščasný, M., Zveřinová, I. (2008), How much are Prague consumers willing to pay for organic food? In: Šauer, P., Environmental Economics, Policy and International Environmental Relations. 10th International Conference of Postgraduate Students, Young Scientists and Researchers, Nakladatelství a vydavatelství litomyšlského semináře, Prague. ISBN 978-80-86709-14-7, pp. 86-104.
Brůha, J., Ščasný, M. (2008), Tax Progressivity Measurement: Empirical Applications for the Czech Republic. In: Ščasný, M., Braun Kohlová, M. et al. 2008, Modelling of Consumer Behaviour and Wealth Distribution. Matfyzpress, Praha. ISBN: 978-80-7378-039-5, pp. 157-179.
Alberini, A., Ščasný, M., Braun Kohlova, M., Melichar, J., (2006), The Value of Statistical Life in the Czech Republic: Evidence from Contingent Valuation Study. In: Menne, B., Ebi, K.L. (eds.), Climate Change and Adaptation Strategies for Human Health. Springer, Steinhopff Verlag, Darmstadt. ISBN: 3-7985-1591-3. pp. 373-393.
Brůha, J., Ščasný, M., Machálek, P. (2005), Decomposition Analysis of Air Pollution Reduction in the Czech Republic: Focused on Driving Forces of Environmental Pressure Changes during the transition. In: Ritschelová, I. (eds.), Environmental Accounting and Sustainable Development Indicators. Proceedings. International Conference, Prague 25-27 September 2005. ISBN: 80-7044-676-5. pp. 277-287.
Brůha, J. et Ščasný, M. (2005), Environmental Tax Reform Options and Designs for the Czech Republic: Policy and Economic Analysis. In: Deketelaere, K., L. Kreiser, J. Milne, H. Ashiabor, A. Cavaliere eds. Critical Issues in Environmental Taxation: International and Comparative Perspectives. Volume III. Richmond Law & Tax Publisher Ltd, Richmond, UK, March 2005. 750 pp. Chapter 17.
Ščasný, M., Melichar., J., ed. (2004), Development of the Czech Society in the European Union. (Proceedings from the Conference held on October 21-23, 2004). Part V: Non-market Valuation Methods in environmental area. Charles university in Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences and Charles University Environment Center, 21-23 October 2004. Matfyzpress, Prague. ISBN 80-86732-35-5.
Ščasný, M. (2004), Environmental accounting on natural resources: accounting method and valuation of subsoil assets in the Czech Republic. In: Ritschelová, I., Ščasný, M. (eds.), Environmental Accounting: Current Situation and Future Development. Papers and Proceedings from the Workshop. Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, 15 November 2004. pp. 190, ISBN: 80-7044-612-9; pp. 123-143. (také česky: „Environmentální účetnictví přírodních zdrojů: účetní metody a oceňování podzemních aktiv v České republice“; ISBN: 80-7044-611-0; pp. 133-165.)
OTHER MONOGRAPHS
Bruyn de, S, Markowska, A., Nelissen, D., Šcasny, M., Balajka, J., Rečka, L. (2011), The economic impacts on Slovakia of tightening the EU GHG target from -20 to -30%. Delft, CE Delft, August 2011
OECD (2011), Greening Household Behaviour: The Role of Public Policy, OECD Publishing. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264096875-en (Contribution to Chapter 3 on Residential Energy Use, pp. 59-80).
Ščasný, M., Urban, J. (2009). Residential Energy Efficiency: A Cross-Country Empirical Analysis. OECD Environment Directorate. June 2009, OECD, Paris.
Maliszewska, M., Jarocińska E., and M. Ščasný (2010), Modeling Economic, Social and Environmental Implications of a Free Trade Agreement Between the European Union and The Russian Federation, CASE Network Reports No 93, CASE-Center for Social and Economic Research, Poland.
PROJECTS AND GRANTS
(i) European Commission – DG Research 5th, 6th and 7th Framework program
DEFINE - Development of an Evaluation Framework for the INtroduction of Electromobility. EC ERA-NET TRANSPORT (2012-15) (CASE - Center for Social and Economic Research, Poland)
CECILIA2050 – Choosing Efficient Combinations of Policy Instruments for Low-carbon development
and Innovation to Achieve Europe's 2050 climate targets (2012-2015)
PURGE – Public health impacts in urban environments of greenhouse gas emissions reduction strategies (2011-13); leader of project partner
GLOBAL-IQ – Impact Quantification of Global Changes (2011-13) ; leader of project partner
PASHMINA - PAradigm SHifts Modelling and INnovative Approaches (2009-2012) ; coordinator of workpackage or stream
IN-STREAM - Integrating Mainstream Economic Indicators with Sustainable Development Objectives (2008-11) ; leader of project partner
ClimateCost - Full Costs of Climate Change (2008-2011) ; leader of project partner
HEIMTSA IP - Health and Environment Integrated Methodology and Toolbox for Scenario Assessment (2007-2011) ; leader of project partner
EXIOPOL IP - A New Environmental Accounting Framework Using Externality Data and Input-Output Tools for Policy Analysis (2007-2011) ; leader of project partner
VERHI-Children - Valuation of Environment-Related Health Impacts: Accounting for Differences Across Age and Latency with a Particular Focus on Children (2006-2009) ; leader of project partner
NEEDS IP - New Energy Externalities Developments for Sustainability (2004-2009) ; leader of project partner
DROPS - Development of macro and sectoral economic models aiming to evaluate the role of public health externalities on society (2005-2008) ; leader of project partner
METHODEX - Methods and data on environmental and health externalities: harmonising and sharing of operational estimates (2004-2006); leader of project partner
COMETR - Competitiveness effects of environmental tax reforms (2004-2006); researcher
EXTERNE-POL- Externalities of Energy: Extension of accounting framework and Policy Applications (2002-2004) ; leader of project partner
SUS-TOOLS - Tools for sustainability: Development and application of an integrated framework (2003-2004) ; leader of project partner
cCASHh - Climate Change and adaptation strategies for human health in Europe (2002-2004); researcher
MOSUS - Modelling Opportunities and Limits for Restructuring Europe Towards Sustainability (2002-2005); researcher
INFOSDEV - Information on Sustainable Development - Education, Economic Instruments and Indicators (2003-2005); coordinator of workpackage or stream
(ii) OECD & Other International Agencies
GreenConsumption – Household Consumption and Environmental Policy (cross-country survey in 10 OECD countries, responsible for residential energy efficiency) (2008-2009); researcher
ECHA-WTP – Stated-preference study to examine the economic value of benefits of avoiding selected adverse human health outcomes due to exposure to chemicals in the European Union. Funded by European Chemistry Agency (2012-2013); coordinator
Framework contract for services in the field of policy development and assessment in relation to climate change. Funded by DG CLIMA, coordinated by AEA Technology (2012-15)
Framework contract for economic analysis of environmental policies and of sustainable development. Funded by DG ENV European Commission. Coordinated by AEA Technology. (2011-2013)
(iii) Grant Agencies of the Czech Republic (excerpt)
DISTRIBUTION - Analysis of distributional and social impacts of sector policies (2006-2011); coordinator of the project
TRANEXT- Quantification of External Costs of Transport in the Czech Republic; researcher
MODEDR - Impacts of Environmental Tax Reform Modelling: Second Phase of Environmental Tax Reform (ETR) in the Czech Republic (2007-2010); coordinator of the project
LABOUR - Impact of changes in labour state on quality of life (2005-2008); coordinator of workpackage
FOREST- Monetary valuation of recreational and aesthetic function of the forest ecosystems in the Czech Republic (2006-2007); researcher
INSTRUMENTS - Environmental and economic effects of economic instruments in environmental protection (2004-2005); coordinator of workpackage or stream
MACROAGGREGATES - Economy-wide models for the impacts of environmental policy measures assessment on macroeconomic aggregates in the Czech Republic (2004-2005); researcher
EXTERNALITY- External costs of electricity and heat production in the Czech Republic and methods of their internalisation (SM/320/1/03) (2003-2005); coordinator of the project
CHILDREN - Environmental effects on children health (1C/5/6/04) (2004-2005); coordinator of WP
ACCOUNTING- Application of Environmental Accounting: SEEA-2003 (2004-2005); coordinator of workpackage or stream
NATURA- Assessment and proposal for introduction of economic instruments in the area of nature and landscape protection regarding the EC lax transposition (VaV/610/1/03) (2003-2005); researcher
ETR - Ecologic Tax Reform impacts and linkages on environmental policy, main macroeconomic parameters, public finance system, selected economic sectors and households (2003-2004); coordinator of the project
EVALNATURE- Analysis of evaluation methods for selected parts of Nature. Project (VaV610/01/01) (2001-2002); researcher
MFA- Methodology of environmental performance and prediction assessment by material (as well energy) flows and balances including hidden flows (VaV/310/2/000) (2001); coordinator of the project
(iv) Czech Science Grant Agencies
EKC - Increasing environmental returns of scale in transition countries (2011-12), GAČR P403/11/2494
FIRM - Environmental regulation and firm economic / financial performance: the case of airborne pollution (2009), GAČR 402/09/2049
HEDONICWAGE - Hedonic Wage Model: Estimation of wage differential in the Czech Republic (2008-09), GAČR 402/08/1659
MORTALITA- New approaches towards evaluation of morbidity and risks of illnesses and their applications in the Czech Republic (GA402/04/1336) (2004); coordinator of the project
EKC- Environmental Kuznets curve - theory, evidence and implications for the Czech Republic (GA402/04/1376) (2004); researcher
ASSETS- Evaluation of environmental assets with focus on the subsoil assets (247/2002/A-EK/COZP and 275/2002/A-EK/COZP) (2002-2003); coordinator of the project
ISEW- Alternative indexes to GDP and testing applicability of ISEW Index for the Czech Republic (2000-2001); coordinator of the project
IV. Consultations and others
Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment in support of negotiations of a DCFTA between the EU and the Republic of Moldova and between the EU and Georgia (2011-12); coordinated by Ecorys; involved under CASE-Poland.
Evaluation of the European Observation Network for Territorial Development and Cohesion Programme (ESPON). Peer-review of three projects (Priority 1, 3 and 4). Under the project coordinated by ADE.
Research on economic effects on Slovakia of a more ambitious EU climate target. Funded by Greenpeace. Coordinated by CE Delft (2011)
Study on the economic impact on selected priority areas and on general social and environmental impact of Free Trade Area agreement between the European Union and the Russian Federation; responsible for environmental impact assessment. Coordinated by CASE (2009)
Ex post Evaluation of cohesion policy programmes 2000-2006 co-financed by the European Fund for Regional Development (objective 1 and 2) Work package 5b: Environment, Climate change. Peer-review and evaluation of the study for the DG Regio. Study coordinated by ADE (2008-2009)
Economic And Social Costs of the First Phase of Environmental Tax Reform in the Czech Republic. A study prepared for the Czech Ministry of the Environment (2007)
Regional emission reduction programmes and Regional energy policy critical assessment (2004)
Ex-ante evaluation of Sectoral operation programme: Rural development and Multi-function agriculture (2002-2003)
Strategy of Sustainable Development in the Czech Republic (2001)
Environmental assets in the system of national accounts (SNA 1993) and European system of Accounts (ESA 1995) (2001)
Reporting of economic costs involved by the implementation of environmental acquis in the Czech Republic (2001)
Social and economic impacts of the accession of the Czech Republic to the EU (2000)
PhDr. Tomáš Sedláček
On Ethics of Homo Oeconomicus
PhDr. Jakub Seidler, Ph.D.
- Countercyclical Capital Buffers – is it a working concept?
- Credit in foreign currencies – implications for fin. stability in CEE countries
- Equilibrium credit growth in CEE countries
- Estimating probability of default (PD) from spreads of non-defaulted risky bonds
- Evidence between Financial Stability Reports and Financial stability
- Global Liquidity and its Consequences for Financial Stability
- How to Identify Domestic Systematicaly Important Financial Institutions (D-SIFI)
- Life Cycle of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in Central and Eastern European (CEE) Countries
- Link between Business Cycle and Credit Risk
- Macroeconomic determinants for non-performing loans dynamic – the case of the Czech Republic
- Modelling of the Current Account in the Czech Republic
- Phillips Curve in the Czech Republic – real wage elasticity with respect to the unemployment rate
- Probability of default (PD) modelling using macroeconomic factors
- Stress-testing of the banking sector – what is possible to test using public data
Mgr. Jan Seifert
Soft Budget Constraint - moral hazard in bank sector
Soft Budget Constraint in transition economies
Bank sector in transition economies
State intervencies in bank sector
Are bailouts solution to the problems?
PhDr. Vojtěch Seman
Application of Bayesian Model Averaging technique,
Corporate Governance topics,
Public Debt and Economic Growth
PhDr. Goran Serdarević M.A.
Merger control in the EU (US)
Modelling and simulation of M&A impacts on the market's competitive structure
Political economy of the antitrust policy
Regulation and anti-trust in telecommunication industries
Network neutrality and economics of the internet
Microeconomic approach to spectrum auctions
doc. MPhil. Ondřej Schneider Ph.D.
WARNING: AS I AM ABROAD FOR THE TIME BEING, ONLY EMAIL CONSULTATIONS AND SUPERVISIONS ARE AVAILABLE!!!!
Pension systems in European countries - what can we learn from reforms?
Pension reform with children-related public pensions
Law makers - who are they? Professional and educational background of Czech (or other) law makers
Fiscal policy - political constraints and theoretical assumptions
1. Daňové zatížení práce a kapitálu: stav a vývoj v ČR a ekonomické důsledky. 2. Progresivnost českého daňového systému.
3. Střední volič a jeho vliv na daňové systémy v Evropě a v USA - esej.
4. Důchodový systém - podmínky pareto efektivní změny.
5. Důchodové systémy - vliv demografie.
6. Důchodový systém - polská a maďarská reforma ve světle českého systému.
7. Jak od spotřebních daní k ekologické dani?
8. Rovnost ve společnosti - nástroje měření a nástroje ovlivňování.
9. Optimální zdanění: kritické prozkoumání předpokladů teorie - esej.
10. Daně a ekonomický růst - empirické srovnání.
11. Daně a ekonomický růst - ekonomická analýza.
12. Fiskální federalismus, vyšší územně správní celky a české veřejné rozpočty. 13. Funkce mimorozpočtových fondů v zemích EU.
14. Internet a daně - esej.
15. Globalizace a daňová konkurence: rizika a přínosy - esej, analýza.
16. Rozpočtové výdaje na podporu úspor: jejich efektivnost a ospravedlnitelnost.
17. Velikost veřejného sektoru ve světě: přínosy a náklady - analýza
18. Generační účetnictví: koncept a jeho aplikace na Českou republiku.
NEW AND RECOMMENDED - Thesis topics proposed and supervised by Jan Zapal (with my support) are in the document attached below.
PhDr. Jiří Schwarz
i) Do firm characteristics influence monetary policy transmission? And how?
ii) Unintended consequences of drug prohibition: How does the drug abuse start?
iii) Rules in homeless communities: institutional analysis.
iv) Interesting, preferably empirical topics concerning institutions and entrepreneurship.
v) More to come. Stay tuned...
Mgr. Michal Skořepa Ph.D
Modely rozhodování jednotlivce v ekonomii
PhDr. Ing. Jiří Skuhrovec
Czech public procurement - various topics (procurement data)
Public auctions, sales of public property (auction data)
Virtual Economies - World of Warcraft, Second Life.. (experimental economics)
Monopoly markets with intangible goods - software, virtual assets (applied micro)
New means of payment - digital, virtual currencies (applied monetary theory)
Monte Carlo simulations (applied statistics)
..and any interesting topic on crossover of IT and Economics, use of programming in research
RNDr. Martin Šmíd Ph.D.
Wikinomics and Self Interest
Mgr. Jan Šolc
Libovolná témata z oblasti makroekonomie a bankovnictví dle dohody se studenty
(Topics from macroeconomics and banking according to students´ preferences)
PhDr. Boril Šopov, MSc., LL.M.
Ordinary topics:
Value at risk - what threats does it bring?
Stability of the Czech banking sector: Assessing contagion risk
Stability of the Czech banking sector: Dependence beyond correlation
Challenging topics:
Yield curve modelling: Linear non-gaussian Dynamic Nelson-Siegel model
State space models with heteroscedastic errors
Efficient importance sampling: Application in financial modelling
Generally any risk management, econometric or financial modelling topic is welcome
Current bachelor/master theses:
The Czech banking sector fragility: Dependence beyond correlation - Tomáš Fiala
Multivariate volatility modelling - Bc. Marek Klaus
Interest rate risk stress testing: Macroeconomic risk drivers - Bc. Magdalena Patáková
Financial Risk Measures: Review and Empirical Applications - Jan Říha
Extreme value theory: Empirical analysis of tail behaviour of GARCH models - Jan Šiml
Mgr. Jan Soudek
any topic related to fiscal policies, public finance, public procurement, microeconomics, cost allocation methods etc.
PhDr. Ludmila Stakhovych
Suggested topics:
Comparative Studies of Developing and Developed Economies
Evaluation of Environment Using Stated Preference and Revealed Preference Methods
Mgr. Josef Stráský
Bayesian econometrics in macroeconomics
Application of BVAR (Bayesian vector autoregression) in macroeconomics
Wavelet transform in (macro)economics
Filtering of time-series using wavelets
Other topics possible by appointment.
PhDr. Pavel Streblov MSc
European competition policy
Rental and capital value determinants
Risk-adjusted property returns and market efficiency
Efficiency of large vs. small real estate markets
Volatility of real estate markets as cause of crises
Real estate investment as hedge against inflation
Property development vs. macroeconomic cycles
Mortgage market determinants and saturation
Valuation of commercial mortgage backed securities
Ondřej Strecker
- Determinanty sladěnosti hospodářských cyklů
- Teorie endogenity optimálních měnových zón vs. Teorie specializace
- Modelování energetických trhů
PhDr. Wadim Strielkowski Ph.D.
1) Migration and remittances in the Czech Republic and the EU; Ukrainian migration in the Czech Republic (possibility to work with the empirical data from Ukrainian Migration Project)
2) Innovation in small and medium enterprises; growth and success factors of SMEs
3) Intertemporal substitution hypothesis; elasticities of labour supply: testing the daily targeting hypothesis for SMEs
4) Supernatural economics (see www.emilywelkins.com and http://supernaturaleconomics.blogspot.com)
5) Tourism economics: application of a Conjoint Analysis approach (revealed preferences and stated preferences) with regard to cultural heritage, e-tourism services, and augmented reality (see www.isaac-project.eu)
6) Energy economics: electricity market in Russia and the EU; AMES = Agent-based modelling of Electricity Systems
PhDr. Petr Švarc
Selected topics in Agent-Based Computational Economics
- student is expected either to develop his/her own agent-based model or to compare the agent-based and neoclassical approach to particular problem (e.g. financial markets, market competition and/or organization, economic growth etc.)
Mgr. Svatopluk Svoboda
Financial stability/fragility - methods of measurment.
Role of risk-monitoring and risk-assessment in behavior of financial institutions.
Financial markets and applicability of monetary policy.
† RNDr. Miron Tegze CSc.
Determinace výše mzdy v pojetí teorie her, Julie Chytilová.
Nerovnost a chudoba z ekonomického pohledu, Petra Štěpánová.
Rozvrhovací algoritmy pro Flexible Manufacturing Systems (MFF), Lucia Živická.
Determinace a faktory cenové elasticity plynu, František Kolátor.
Toky v sítích s omezeními, vyplývajícími z velikosti toku (MFF), Jaroslav Mužík.
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vzájemné dohodě z těch oblastí, kterými se dr.Tegze zabývá.
PhDr. Petr Teplý Ph.D.
1) Komplexní dopad gamblingu na českou ekonomiku (česky)