Research
RESEARCH OVERVIEW (2015-2021)
A summary of our main research activities conducted in the period 2015-2021 is available in the following report. Below you may find a more detailed list of journal articles published by our colleagues and additional relevant information.
News
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Nobel Committee cites Professor Tomas Havranek's meta-analysis
This year's Prize in Economic Sciences goes to Robert Hall and Michael Woodford. In its scientific background to the prize, the Nobel Committee discusses, in the section on Hall's theory of consumption, the meta-analysis by Professor Tomas Havranek (IES FSV UK) and Associate Professor Anna Sokolova (University of Nevada, Reno) of the marginal propensity to consume, the share of extra income that households spend. -
Jan Šíla, Evžen Kočenda, Ladislav Krištoufek and Jiří Kukačka published an article in the International Review of Financial Analysis
The prestigious journal International Review of Financial Analysis published an article Determinants of wash trading in major cryptoexchanges authored by our colleagues Jan Šíla, Evžen Kočenda, Ladislav Krištoufek and Jiří Kukačka. -
CNB Announces Research Cooperation Program for Students
The Czech National Bank (CNB) is launching the first edition of its research collaboration program for university students. The program gives students the opportunity to work on their thesis using non-public CNB data under the supervision of a CNB research consultant. An information webinar for interested students and supervisors will take place on October 8, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. -
Professor Baruník publishes an article in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
The prestigious Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis accepted for publication new study Common Idiosyncratic Quantile Factors and Asset Prices co-authored by our colleague Professor Jozef Baruník. -
Advanced models to bridge the gap between climate and energy policy and reality
Charles University experts including our colleagues will coordinate the newly EU-funded Socio-Economic Energy-Climate Modelling for European Green Transition (M4G) project and provide policymakers with more effective tools for the green transition. M4G is the fourth in a series of successful projects led by Charles University in cooperation with its international consortium over more than a decade. The project starts in October 2026, in the year of the MSCA programme’s 30th anniversary. -
CIOS V4 Workshop 2026 explored links between finance, inequality, and the green transition
On September 17, 2026, the Institute of Economic Studies hosted the CIOS V4 Workshop 2026: Finance, Innovation, and Inequality, organized by our colleague Eva Horvathová from the Center for Inequality and Open Society (CIOS). The workshop brought together researchers and practitioners to present and discuss ongoing research on the links between finance, inequality, and the transition towards a green economy.
