Roman Horváth Ph.D.

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Field of interest: Macroeconomics, Applied Econometrics, Monetary Economics, Finance
Membership: Internal, Macroeconomics and Econometrics

Contact

Office:
Email: roman [DOT] horvath [AT] gmail [DOT] com
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Personal web pages: http://works.bepress.com/roman_horvath/

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Syllabi

Course supervisor

JEM116 - Applied Econometrics

Teacher

JEM116 - Applied Econometrics

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Organisation Memberships

European Economic Association, The Econometric Society, Czech Economic Society, Euro Area Business Cycle Network, International Trade and Finance Association

Education

2004-2008 Institute of Economic Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University (PhD.)
2002-2004 Central European University, Department of Economics, Budapest, Hungary (M.A.)
1999-2002 Institute of Economic Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University (Bc.)

Additional Academic Training - summer schools, courses, workshops:
International Monetary Fund, Georgetown University, Southern Illinois University, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Bank of England, Swiss National Bank, Austrian National Bank, University of Salento, CEMFI

Job history

Czech National Bank:
– Head of Research Unit and Adviser to the Bank Board,
Research and Financial Stability Department (Oct. 2009 +)
– Deputy Head of Research Unit,
Research and Financial Stability Department (Oct. 2007-Sept. 2009)
– Senior Economist,
Research Department (March 2007-Sept. 2007)
– Head of Monetary Analysis Unit,
Monetary and Statistics Department (Sept. 2005-Feb. 2007)
– Junior Analyst,
Monetary and Statistics Department (Aug. 2004-Aug. 2005)

Before M.A. degree:
2004 Research Assistant to Nauro Campos, University of Newcastle
2003-2004 Research Assistant to Akos Rona-Tas, University of California at San Diego
2003 Research assistant to Peter Benczur and Attila Ratfai, Central European University
2002-2003 Czech National Bank, external member of research team

Extra activities

2004+ - Lecturer, Applied Econometrics (MA course), Charles University

2007+ - Co-editor, AUCO Czech Economic Review
2008+ - Editorial Board, Finance a uver - Czech Journal of Economics and Finance
2009+ - Editorial Board, Panoeconomicus
2010+ - Member of the Board of Directors, Czech Economic Society

Refereeing: Applied Economics, Applied Financial Economics (2), Asia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies, Bulletin of the Czech Econometric Society, Czech Economic Review (2), Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (6), Czech National Bank working paper series (6), Economic Systems (2), Economic Modelling (2), Ekonomicky casopis (Slovak Journal of Economics) (4), Emerging Markets Finance and Trade (3), Focus on European Economic Integration, Global Economy Journal, IES working paper series (4), International Review of Economics and Finance, Journal of Emerging Market Finance, Global Development Network (2), National Bank of Slovakia WP, Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (3), Grant Agency of the Charles University (2), European Central Bank working paper series, Panoeconomicus (4), Review of International Economics


Currently supervising 5 M.A. and 2 B.A. theses at our Institute

Awards and prizes

According to the RePEc rankings:
I rank 3rd among Czech economists
http://ideas.repec.org/top/top.czech.html#authors

I rank among top 5% in the world in the field Transition Economics
http://ideas.repec.org/top/top.tra.html#authors

I rank among top 200 young economists in the world
http://ideas.repec.org/top/top.young.html


2009
Czech National Bank Economic Research Award 2009 for best paper
2007
Biographical reference in Who's who in the World (Marquis)
Czech National Bank Economic Research Award 2007 for best paper
Principal investigator, Global Development Network grant
2006
Karel Englis Prize, Czech Economic Association award for best policy paper
Young Economist, 2nd Prize of the Czech Economic Association
2004
Young Economist, 3rd Prize of the Czech Economic Association
2003
Central European University, Full University Fellowship
Hlavka Foundation, principal researcher, grant: “Does Czech Republic Fulfill OCA Criteria for Euro Adoption?
1st Prize of Alumni Club of Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University
2002
Young Economist, 3rd Prize of the Czech Economic Association

Topics for supervision

Bachelor theses

My research interest is central banking and political economy of reforms. Empirical topics such as the following are welcomed for supervision:

Central bank credibility index
The voting pattern of monetary policy committees
Monetary Policy Strategy
Central Bank Communication
Reform measurement
Reforms and growth
Obstacles to reform: How long it takes until reforms become visible?

Any empirical work in monetary economics and finance/financial econometrics is fine, too (especially those dealing with the current global financial crisis). Some suggestions are listed below:

International Stock Market Comovements
Global financial crisis and central banks
Monetary policy and asset prices
Central Bank Reaction Function
Inflation Persistence
Exchange Rate Dynamics
Inflation differentials
Euro adoption
Optimum Currency Areas
Equilibrium Exchange Rates
Equilibrium Interest Rates
Monetary Policy Transmission
Financial Integration
Exchange Rate Pass-Through
Price Level Convergence in Europe
How central banks choose their inflation targets
Implicit vs. explicit inflation targets
Voting in monetary policy committees
The role of money in monetary policy analysis
Monetary policy of ECB
Interest rate pass-through: Does it change with financial distress?
Forecasting the interest rates

Master theses

My research interest is central banking and political economy of reforms. Empirical topics such as the following are welcomed for supervision:

Central bank credibility index
The voting pattern of monetary policy committees
Monetary Policy Strategy
Central Bank Communication
Reform measurement
Reforms and growth
Obstacles to reform: How long it takes until reforms become visible?

Any empirical work in monetary economics and finance/financial econometrics is fine, too (especially those dealing with the current global financial crisis). Some suggestions are listed below:

International Stock Market Comovements
Global financial crisis and central banks
Monetary policy and asset prices
Central Bank Reaction Function
Inflation Persistence
Exchange Rate Dynamics
Inflation differentials
Euro adoption
Optimum Currency Areas
Equilibrium Exchange Rates
Equilibrium Interest Rates
Monetary Policy Transmission
Financial Integration
Exchange Rate Pass-Through
Price Level Convergence in Europe
How central banks choose their inflation targets
Implicit vs. explicit inflation targets
Voting in monetary policy committees
The role of money in monetary policy analysis
Monetary policy of ECB
Interest rate pass-through: Does it change with financial distress?
Forecasting the interest rates

Supervised Bachelor theses

all/awarded: 2/2
Awarded: Bc. Marek Rusnák, Bc. Radovan Fišer

Supervised Master Theses

all/awarded: 5/4
Awarded: Mgr. Jakub Matějů, Mgr. Kamila Koprnická, Mgr. Ondřej Strecker, Mgr. Tereza Horáková

Current Ph.D. students

number: 1
PhDr. Tomáš Havránek

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PhD Dissertation