Institute of Economic Studies
Faculty of Social Sciences
Charles University

The Institute of Economic Studies of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Charles University (IES) and Deloitte regularly grant the Deloitte Outstanding Thesis Award (DOT Award) to the best Bachelor’s and Master’s Theses defended at IES. For 2021, the...

A key selling point of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ( TCJA ) in the U.S. was that it would discourage multinational corporations from funneling billions in profits to offshore tax havens, bringing that money back to the U.S. where it could create jobs...

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

The Czech Economic Society calls for applications for the 28th Young Economist of the Year Award . The competition is open to Czech citizens as well as to citizens of other countries who are living, working or studying in the Czech Republic, aged 30...

The latest Alumnus of the Month was Jan Polách. In June we talked to him about his studies and life in the UK, what quant manager means and how he handles lockdown abroad. Jan's profile and...

The first issue of  Czech Journal of Economics and Finance  in the year 2021 was published.  The list of published papers is available below. Stepan JURAJDA a Pavla DOLEZELOVA: Czech Kurzarbeit: Evidence from the 1st Pandemic Wave Martin...

Please note that from July 1 to August 11, 2021, our libraries will have limited opening hours only. From August 12 to August 31, 2021, the library will be transitioning to a new library platform. The old library system will be down. It will therefore...

Jan Šomvársky was Alumnus of the Month in May. Jan studied Innovation Management at the Rotterdam School of Management and then founded the start-up Vitadio. An interview with Jan you can read...

In the article "Will poorer countries benefit from international tax reform?" , which discusses the broader context of the international tax reform and what makes it so complicated for the 139 countries in the forum led by OECD to reach a consensus, the...

We congratulate the following 5 doctoral candidates for receiving research fellowship from the  Center for Advanced Economic Studies  (HUM/035, a project of excellent research at Charles University, organized jointly by IES and CERGE): Nino...