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On January 7, 2021, our colleague, a prominent Czech economist, co-founder and former long-term Director of the Institute of Economic Studies, prof. Ing. Michal Mejstřík, CSc., passed away.
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At the beginning of December, our colleague, Associate Prof. Petr Janský took part in a panel discussion within European Parliament
"Do harmful tax practices within and outside the EU create distortions of competition in the Single Market?”,
where members of the Subcommittee on Tax Matters discussed with their guests the existence of current harmful tax practices outside the EU and how the existing tools could be improved to eliminate them. The debate then focused on to what extent harmful tax practices within the EU create distortions of competition in the Single Market and which legislative or non-legislative tools could be used to tackle them.
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Congratulations to Professor Lubomír Mlčoch, for becoming a laureate of this year’s
CES Prize for long-term contribution to the development of Czech economic learning.
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The Czech Economic Society (CES) awards the Young Economist of the Year Award to members of the Czech economics community under 30 years of age every year, who register for the competition by submitting their original, professional papers.
Furthermore, the CES can also decide to award the Karl Engliš Prize to the paper best dealing with Czech economic policy.
We are happy to see our students and alumni among the laureates regularly.
Těší nás, že v obou kategoriích pravidelně vídáme oceněné práce našich studentů a absolventů.
V letošním roce uspěli tři studenti doktorského programu na IES - Marek Šedivý, Dominika Ehrenbergerová a Josef Bajzík.
Hlavní cenu Mladý ekonom získal absolvent bakalářského programu na IES Bruno Baránek.
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An article “Remittances and Economic Growth: A Meta-Analysis”, written by our colleagues Alina Cazachevici, Tomáš Havránek and Roman Horváth, was published this October in a prestigious monthly journal World Development. This journal focuses on improving standards of living, and examining potential solutions to problems such as poverty, unemployment, trade and payments imbalances, international debt, discrimination, or lack of popular participation in economic and political life.
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The World Tax Summit - TaxCOOP2020 will take place online from October 13 to 15, 2020.
It is one of the key international rendezvous for actors in the realm of taxation, and despite the unfavourable epidemiological situation, more than 1,800 participants are already registered for the online event.
Tax havens, environmental taxation, a minimum worldwide tax, taxation of transnationals and SMEs, questions related to developing countries, the digital economy and other themes will be addressed by some 100 speakers, including politicians, NGO spokespersons, corporate CEOs and researchers, as well as the representatives of the UN, the OECD and the IMF.
