Institute of Economic Studies
Faculty of Social Sciences
Charles University

The interview with our alumnus Adam Rückl is about his work experience at Škoda Auto, where he is now a technical project manager. In the autumn, he will also start a completely new experience, namely a few months of parental leave. The interview and...

Attention Bachelors and soon-to-be-Bachelors interested in studying economics, finance and/or data analytics!  Do you wish to spend your Master studies in a friendly and thought-provoking environment, in the company of bright, inspiring and...

The Czech Economic Society calls for applications for the  29 th  Young Economist of the Year Award. Deadline: October 9, 2022   The award is open to Czech citizens as well as citizens of other countries who are living, working or studying in the...

The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) features on its homepage the research paper  "Did the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Reduce Profit Shifting by US Multinational Companies?"  by Petr Janský , Javier Garcia-Bernardo, and Gabriel Zucman, in which...

With our alumnus Benedikt Kotmel we discussed how he became a data platform manager, about the journey from the IES to working with data, his commitment to innovation and smart solutions, and what the company Operátor ICT is doing. The interview can be...

The list of internship possibilities for our students was updated. Please see the details  here.

We invite students to a special 3-day course on mergers and acquisitions taught by  Jana Fidrmuc  from Warwick Business School, University of Warwick. Jana Fidrmuc is Associate Professor in Finance, with a long experience in teaching corporate finance,...

In the latest alumni interview, Katarína Líšková talks about her work in London, her studies in Cambridge and what one has to go through to get hired by J.P. Morgan. The interview and Katarina's profile can be found here.  

In this year's World Investment Report  on international tax reforms and sustainable investment, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) quotes extensively from the research of our colleague Petr Janský - not only from the...

Our colleague, Professor Evžen Kočenda  and our alumnus,  Václav Brož , have published their research in a high quality journal devoted to theoretical and empirical research in the fields of international monetary economics and international...