Dot Awards 2024

On October 9, 2024, the awards ceremony for the Deloitte Outstanding Thesis Award (DOT Award) took place. This award, designated for exceptionally high-quality and outstanding Bachelor's and Master's theses written by IES students, has been granted since 2018 based on the partnership between IES and Deloitte. TIndividual theses are nominated for this award by the guarantors of the Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes in cooperation with the examination committees for the final examinations at IES FSV UK. The theses are selected on the basis of their quality and the student's performance in the thesis defence.

Although the award is supported by Deloitte, the thematic focus of the awarded theses is not limited in any way. The only criterion for the award is the academic quality of the theses. This year’s nominees and winners examined a wide range of both local and international topics. They used various economic approaches to demonstrate the investigated relationships, often reflecting the most advanced methods in the given field.

This year, the following 10 students received the DOT Award:

Bachelor's theses:

• Bc. Nikola  Bošković:
  Impact of government subsidies on the quantity and quality of movie production
  advisor: Bajgar, M. D.Phil.
   
• Bc. Anna Marie Břicháčková:
  The effect of SSRIs on the severity of COVID-19
  advisor: PhDr. Mgr. Votápková,J. Ph.D.
   
• Bc. Tomáš Burian:
  The Impact of Insider Ownership on the Efficiency of Capital Allocation
  advisor: doc. PhDr. Baruník,J. Ph.D.
   
• Bc. Klára Grohmannová:
  Learning in public goods game: alternative model performance
  advisor: RNDr. Michal Červinka, Ph.D.
   
• Bc. Jia Xin Ji:
  ESG score and corporate financial performance in controversial industries
  advisor: PhDr. Jiří Kukačka, Ph.D

Master's theses:

• Mgr. Petr Čala:
  Ability bias in the returns to schooling: How large it is and why it matters
  advisor: doc. PhDr. Zuzana Havránková, Ph.D.
   
• Mgr. Jan Bartůněk:
  The Impact of Stablecoin Depegging on Bitcoin's Volatility
  advisor: prof. PhDr. Krištoufek,L. Ph.D.

• Mgr. Pavel Řežábek: 
  Analysis of Prediction Markets in Crypto: Investigating Convergence in Time, Volatility, and Biases in Polymarket
  advisor: prof. PhDr. Krištoufek,L. Ph.D.
• Mgr. Tereza Veselá:
  Disagreement about Expected Inflation and the Transmission of Monetary Policy in the Czech Republic
  advisor: PhDr. Baxa,J. Ph.D.

• Mgr. Lin Zhang
  Financial Distress Prediction in Digital Finance Platforms
  advisor: prof. Ing. Evžen Kočenda, M.A., Ph.D., DSc.

We sincerely congratulate all nominated and awarded students and wish them continued success in their professional and academic lives!