PhDr. Jana Votápková Ph.D.
Topics concerning efficiency measurements
Topics in healthcare economics
How financial IBA’s to increase physical activity can affect health care expenditures in the Czech Republic (Valentin Schnabl)
Send me an email with areas that interest you and we will discuss a specific topic.
Jan Průša M.Phil. (Cantab), Ph.D.
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.
Mgr. Lukáš Rečka
Topics in energy economics and energy modelling
Mgr. Dominika Špolcová
Topics related to economics of well-being or from the area of environmental economics are welcome.
Students are welcome to specify the topic on their own. Only theses written in English and LaTeX are to be supervised.
doc. 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
Optimální pravidla spotřebitelské insolvence v České republice - srovnávací ekonomická analýza práva
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
Optimální pravidla o odpovědnosti členů statutárních orgánů českých korporací ohrožených úpadkem - 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 a konvergence mezi českým a slovenským korporačním právem
Divergence a konvergence mezi českým a slovenským insolvenčním právem
PhDr. Karolína Vozková
Bank performance
Banking non-interest income
Impact of market concentration on banks
Export financing with state support
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
Yermone Sargsyan MSc.
Energy Economics, Environmental Economics, Labor Economics.
Mgr. Milan Ščasný PhD.
Household behaviour and residential demand (energy demand, energy savings, fuel demand, mobility, organic food, diets); links to social-psychological behavioral theories
Non-market valuation (willingness-to-pay for environmental goods, ecosystem services, health risk and safety, new product, new business/service models); discrete choice experiments, hedonic pricing
Health benefit valuation (Value of a Statistical Life, WTP for avoiding illness, increasing fertility, or improving health, WTP versus QALY/DALY)
Regulatory Impact Assessment - energy system modelling, economic models (CGE, E3ME, microsimulation model); external cost quantification; Social Cost of Carbon
Environmental economics; energy economcis, transport economics
Mgr. Marek Šedivý
Topics related to measurement of income inequality and poverty.
PhDr. Tomáš Sedláček Ph.D.
On Ethics of Homo Oeconomicus
PhDr. Jakub Seidler Ph.D.
All slots are currently occupied
PhDr. Vojtěch Seman
Application of Bayesian Model Averaging technique,
Corporate Governance topics,
Public Debt and Economic Growth
Ing. Vilém Semerák M.A., Ph.D.
Trade and innovations: the role of trade in upgrading of less advanced economies
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
Abuse of dominance in multi-sided markets
Mgr. Ing. Tomáš Šestořád
Topics related to macroeconomics and monetary economics (ZLB, unconventional monetary policy tools) investigated by DSGE models and multivariate time series analysis. Students are welcome to specify the topic on their own. Only theses written in English and LaTeX are to be supervised.
doc. Ing. Ondřej Schneider MPhil., 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 Ph.D.
i) Do firm characteristics influence monetary policy transmission? And how?
ii) Interesting, preferably empirical topics concerning institutions and entrepreneurship.
iii) More to come. Stay tuned...
Mgr. Jan Šíla MSc.
I will be happy to supervise theses on financial econometrics and/or machine learning in finance
General topics, preferably applied (you are more than welcome to specify the topic yourself):
Topics on Crypto(currency) markets
Topics on Efficient markets hypothesis
Topics on Market Endogeneity
Topics on Asset Pricing
Mgr. Michal Skořepa Ph.D
Modely rozhodování jednotlivce v ekonomii
PhDr. Ing. Jiří Skuhrovec PhD.
Public procurement - various topics (procurement data)
Political party financing (party donation and budget data)
Virtual Economies - Bitcoin, World of Warcraft, Second Life. Digital, virtual currencies (applied monetary theory)
Other works with czech public sector data - Insolvencies, Research grants, EU grants.., especially data from data.mfcr.cz portal.
Mgr. Lenka Šlegerová
I will be happy to consider supervising theses on health economics and healthcare policies, e.g. health technology assessment, survival analysis, or analysis of healthcare accessibility. Especially a focus on the Czech Republic is welcomed.
RNDr. Martin Šmíd Ph.D.
Wikinomics and Self Interest
Ing. Mgr. Šarlota Smutná, MSc.
I suggest any topic in the field of applied econometrics, especially microeconometrics and consumer demand analysis.
Mgr. Jan Šolc
Libovolná témata z oblasti makroekonomie a bankovnictví dle dohody se studenty
(Topics from macroeconomics and banking according to students´ preferences)
PhDr. Jan Soudek
any topic related to fiscal policies, public finance, public procurement, microeconomics, cost allocation methods etc.
e.g.: the role of SMEs in public procurement
PhDr. Ludmila Stakhovych
Suggested topics:
Comparative Studies of Developing and Developed Economies
Evaluation of Environment Using Stated Preference and Revealed Preference Methods
Mgr. Ing. Martin Štěpánek M.A., Ph.D.
Pension systems and their sustainability
Topics on migration and labour force
Health and wellbeing in economics - sleep, productivity...
Other interesting topics
PhDr. RNDr. Josef Stráský Ph.D.
Bayesian econometrics in macroeconomics
Application of BVAR (Bayesian vector autoregression) in macroeconomics
Other topics possible by appointment.
PhDr. Pavel Streblov M.Sc.
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
Mgr. David Svačina
New Keynesian DSGE models
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.
prof. PhDr. Petr Teplý Ph.D.
No free topics available for the 2020/2021 academic year.
Sophio Togonidze
Monetary Economics, Financial Economics, DSGE Models
Mgr. Tomáš Troch
Topics in healthcare economics:
regional variation in healthcare provision
hospital efficiency comparison
reimbursement mechanisms (theory and empirics)
health macroeconomic multipliers
other topics
Salim Turdaliev BSc M.A.
Energy Economics, Environmental Economics, Labor Economics.
† prof. RNDr. Ing. František Turnovec CSc.
1. New Electoral History of the Czech Republic: Models of Political Behaviour in the Czech Parliaments 1990-2010.
2. Institutional System of the European Union: Models of the EU Decision Making.
3. General Equilibrium Models of the Customs Union.
4. Collective goods, Club Goods and the Theory of Clubs.
5. The Theory of Voting Behaviuour: Strategic Voting and Manipulation.
6. Power Indices Methodology, Applications in Politics and Business.
PhDr. Pavel Vacek Ph.D.
A) ANTITRUST ECONOMICS
1. Application of the Articles 101 and 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) in the Czech Republic
2. Antitrust Decisions of the Czech Office for Protection of Competition
3. Margin Squeeze in Telecommunications
4. Margin Squeeze in Electricity sector
5. Antitrust cases in the Czech Republic – Case Studies
6. An Economic Approach to Abuse of Dominance
7. Market Definition of the Access to the Broadband Internet
8. Issues of the New Law about Significant Market Power in the CZ
9. Predatory Pricing in Transport Sector
10. Effectiveness of Antitrust Sanctions on Cartels
11. Sector Analysis in the Czech Republic (telecommunications, transportation, electricity, banking, coal)
B) INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
1. Productivity Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment
2. Exporting and Productivity
3. Does Supplying to Multinationals Ease Liquidity Constraints?
C) INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
1. Central Bank Interventions and their Influence on Exchange Rates
2. Influence of Sales of Central Bank’s Reserves on Exchange Rates
D) REAL ESTATE ECONOMICS
1. Demand for Housing and other Real Estate in the Czech Republic – trends, forecasts, determinants
2. Supply of Housing, and other Real Estate in the Czech Republic – trends, forecasts, determinants
3. Housing Bubble in the Czech Republic
4. Real Estate Trends in the Czech Republic
5. Czech House Renting Market
Mgr. Lukáš Vácha Ph.D.
Wavelet analysis of financial markets
