Mgr. Milan Ščasný, Ph.D.

Education

1994 Bc., Economics; 1997 Mgr., Economics; 2006 PhD., Economic Theory

Job history

2001 to date - Charles University, Environment Center (Senior Research Fellow; Head of the Environmental Economics and Sociology Unit)
2017 to date - Charles University, Institute of Economic Studies at Faculty of Social Sciences (academic, deputy coordinator of H2020 ECOCEP and GEMCLIME projects, Coordinator of GACR EXPRO, PRIMUS project)
2017-2018 - CERGE-EI (IDEA project, lecturer)
2014-2016 - Industrial Economics Ltd., Cambridge, USA (Affiliated research fellow)
2011-2016 - Charles University, Institute of Economic Studies at Faculty of Social Sciences (external lecturer)
2009-2015 - CASE Affiliate, Poland (scientific project coordinator)
2008-2009 - OECD (external collaborator in EPIC Program “Household Behaviour and Environmental Policy”)
2005-2006 - Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic (Minister Advisor)
1997-2000 - Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic (economic analyst)

Monographs

• Turnovec F., Strielkowski W., Andrä J., Brodzicki T., Broll U., Cahlíková Z., Duží B., Máca V., Melichar J., Murphy E., Novak P., & Ščasný M. (2012). Advanced economics of European Integration: selected issues. Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences.

Chapters in monographs

Articles

• Ščasný M., Píša V., Pollit H., & Chewpreecha U. (2009). Analyzing Macroeconomic Effects of Environmental Taxation in the Czech Republic with the Econometric E3ME Model. Finance a úvěr - Czech Journal of Economics and Finance, 59(5), 460-491.
• Ščasný M., & Smutná Š. (2021). Estimation of price and income elasticity of residential water demand in the Czech Republic over three decades. Journal of Consumer Affairs, 55(2), 580-608. UT-WOS link
• Ščasný M., Ang B., & Rečka L. (2021). Decomposition analysis of air pollutants during the transition and post-transition periods in the Czech Republic. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 145(July), 1-13. UT-WOS link
• Tyack N., & Ščasný M. (2018). Social Valuation of Genebank Activities: Assessing Public Demand for Genetic Resource Conservation in the Czech Republic. Sustainability, 10(11), nestránkováno. UT-WOS link
• Rečka L., & Ščasný M. (2018). Brown coal and nuclear energy deployment: Effects on fuel-mix, carbon targets, and external costs in the Czech Republic up to 2050. Fuel, 216(March), 494-502. UT-WOS link
• Čiderová T., & Ščasný M. (2022). Estimation of alcohol demand elasticity: Consumption of wine, beer, and spirits at home and away from home. Journal of Wine Economics, 17(4), 329-337. UT-WOS link
• Alberini A., Ščasný M., Czajkowski M., & Bigano A. (2023). Volatile energy markets, consumers and energy price expectations. Energy Economics, 126(October 2023), UT-WOS link
• Mach R., Ščasný M., & Weinzettel J. (2022). The role of allocation of retail trade margins across household segments on their carbon footprint calculation. Economic Systems Research, 34(1), 97-110. UT-WOS link
• Tyack N., & Ščasný M. (2020). 'Warehouse' or research centre? Analyzing public preferences for conservation, pre-breeding and characterization activities at the Czech genebank. Food Security, 12(5), 1035-1046. UT-WOS link
• Rečka L., & Ščasný M. (2013). Analýza dopadů regulace v českém elektroenergetickém systému – aplikace dynamického lineárního modelu Message. Politická ekonomie, 61(2), 248-273. UT-WOS link
• Alberini A., & Ščasný M. (2021). On the validity of the estimates of the VSL from contingent valuation: Evidence from the Czech Republic. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 62(1), 55-87. UT-WOS link
• Miess M., Schmelzer S., Ščasný M., & Kopečná V. (2022). Abatement Technologies and their Social Costs in a Hybrid General Equilibrium Framework. Energy Journal, 43(2), 153-180. UT-WOS link
• Alberini A., Rheinberger C., & Ščasný M. (2023). All Cancers Are not Created Equal: How Do Survival Prospects Affect the Willingness to Pay to Avoid Cancer?. Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 14(1), 93-113. UT-WOS link
• Alberini A., Khymych O., & Ščasný M. (2020). Responsiveness to energy price changes when salience is high: Residential natural gas demand in Ukraine. Energy Policy, 144(September), nestránkovano. UT-WOS link
• Alberini A., Bezhanishvili L., & Ščasný M. (2022). "Wild" tariff schemes: Evidence from the Republic of Georgia. Energy Economics, 110(June 2022), nestránkováno. UT-WOS link
• Mach R., Weinzettel J., & Ščasný M. (2018). Environmental Impact of Consumption by Czech Households: Hybrid Input-Output Analysis Linked to Household Consumption Data. Ecological Economics, 149(July 2018), 62-73. UT-WOS link
• Alberini A., Khymych O., & Ščasný M. (2019). Response to Extreme Energy Price Changes: Evidence from Ukraine. Energy Journal, 40(1), 189-212. UT-WOS link

Contributions in the conference proceedings

• Turdaliev S., Alberini A., & Ščasný M. (2020). Price Responsiveness and Carbon Emissions Reductions in the Residential Sector: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Russia. 5th AIEE Energy Symposium - Current and Future Challenges to Energy Security - Executive Summaries (pp. 19-20).

1997 Josef Vavroušek Prize

JEM218 - Environmental Economics

Bachelor theses

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

Master theses

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

Environmental Economics, Behavioral Economics, Residential demand, Health Risk Valuation, Non-market Valuation; regulatory impact assesment (TIMES, CGE, BCA, external costs)