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January

Monday, 14 January, 2019 | 14:00 | Applied Micro Research Seminar

Prof. Ola Kvaløy (U. of Stavanger, Norway) “Fair Advice”

Thursday, 17 January, 2019 | 14:00 | Micro Theory Research Seminar

Ian Chadd (Job Talk) “Random Network Consideration: Theory and Experiment”

Thursday, 24 January, 2019 | 17:00 | Special Event

Project Snapshot

Friday, 25 January, 2019 | 11:00 | Special Event

Mentoring Program for Women Researchers

Monday, 28 January, 2019 | 14:00 | Micro Theory Research Seminar

Albin Erlanson, Ph.D. (Job Talk) “Optimal Allocation with Capacity Constrained Verification”

Wednesday, 30 January, 2019 | 14:00 | Micro Theory Research Seminar

Ole Jann, Ph.D. (Job Talk) “Why Echo Chambers are Useful”

Thursday, 31 January, 2019 | 14:00 | Macro Research Seminar

Prof. Ľuboš Pástor (Chicago Booth) “Inequality Aversion, Populism, and the Backlash Against Globalization”

February

Friday, 1 February, 2019 | 14:00 | Applied Micro Research Seminar

Paolo Zacchia, Ph.D. (Job Talk) “The Long Run Effects of R&D Place-based Policies: Evidence from Russian Science Cities”

Monday, 4 February, 2019 | 14:00 | Micro Theory Research Seminar

Andrej Woerner (Job Talk) “Overcoming Time Inconsistency with a Matched Bet: Theory and Evidence from Exercising”

Wednesday, 6 February, 2019 | 15:45 | Micro Theory Research Seminar

Tetsuya Hoshino (Job Talk) “Rational Inattention in Games”

Friday, 8 February, 2019 | 14:00 | Applied Micro Research Seminar

Alexey Makarin (Job Talk) “Trading with the Enemy: The Impact of Conflict on Trade in Non-Conflict Areas”

Monday, 11 February, 2019 | 10:00 | Defense - PhD

Vahan Sargsyan: “Essays on Citizenship Policies and Immigrant Integration”

Monday, 11 February, 2019 | 18:00 | Economics Discovery Hub

SQL Fundamentals

Tuesday, 12 February, 2019 | 17:30 | Economics Discovery Hub

Mathematics for Economists

Tuesday, 12 February, 2019 | 18:00 | Economics Discovery Hub

Introduction to Machine Learning with Python

Wednesday, 13 February, 2019 | 18:00 | Economics Discovery Hub

Introduction to Python

Thursday, 14 February, 2019 | 14:00 | Macro Research Seminar

Christiane Baumeister, Ph.D. (U. of Notre Dame, USA) “Structural Interpretation of Vector Autoregressions with Incomplete Identification: Revisiting the Role of Oil Supply and Demand Shocks”

Thursday, 14 February, 2019 | 18:30 | Economics Discovery Hub

Mastering Excel Basics

Friday, 15 February, 2019 | 11:00 | Special Event

Mentoring Program for Women Researchers

Monday, 18 February, 2019 | 14:00 | Applied Micro Research Seminar

Prof. Davide Cantoni (LMU Munich) “Persistence and Activation of Right-Wing Political Ideology”

Monday, 25 February, 2019 | 17:30 | Economics Discovery Hub

Introduction to R Programming

Thursday, 28 February, 2019 | 14:00 | Macro Research Seminar

Prof. Florian Scheuer (U. of Zurich) “Signaling to Experts”

March

Friday, 1 March, 2019 | 10:00 | Special Event

Mentoring Program for Women Researchers

Wednesday, 6 March, 2019 | 18:00 | Economics Discovery Hub

Conflict Management and Effective Negotiation

Thursday, 7 March, 2019 | 14:00 | Macro Research Seminar

Prof. Felix Kübler (U. of Zurich) “Self-justified equilibria: Existence and computation”

Monday, 11 March, 2019 | 14:00 | Applied Micro Research Seminar

Joshua Dean, Ph.D. (briq Institute on Behavior & Inequality, Bonn) “Noise, Cognitive Function, and Worker Productivity”

Tuesday, 12 March, 2019 | 17:30 | Economics Discovery Hub

Introduction to MatLab

Wednesday, 13 March, 2019 | 17:00 | Economics Discovery Hub

Practical Workshop: Data Visualization and Tableau

Thursday, 14 March, 2019 | 14:00 | Macro Research Seminar

Charles Gottlieb, Ph.D. (University of St. Gallen) “Information Frictions in Labor Markets: Cross Country Evidence from Employment Durations”

Thursday, 14 March, 2019 | 18:30 | Economics Discovery Hub

Mastering Advanced Excel Functions

Monday, 18 March, 2019 | 14:00 | Applied Micro Research Seminar

Karna Basu, Ph.D. (Hunter, CUNY) “A Biased Correction of Exponential Growth Bias: Evidence and Theoretical Implications”

Thursday, 21 March, 2019 | 14:00 | Macro Research Seminar

Filip Novokmet, Ph.D. (U. of Bonn) “The long-run evolution of inequality in the Czech Lands”

Tuesday, 26 March, 2019 | 11:00 | Special Event

EEAG Report on the European Economy

Wednesday, 27 March, 2019 | 18:00 | Economics Discovery Hub

Practical Workshop: New Trends in Loan Approvals

Thursday, 28 March, 2019 | 14:00 | Macro Research Seminar

Matthias Kehrig, Ph.D. (Duke U.) “The Micro-Level Anatomy of the Labor Share Decline”

Friday, 29 March, 2019 | 14:00 | Micro Theory Research Seminar

Prof. Dino Gerardi (Collegio Carlo Alberto) “Dynamic Contracting with Limited Commitment and the Ratchet Effect”

April

Friday, 5 April, 2019 | 09:00 | Special Event

Global Macroeconomics Workshop

Friday, 5 April, 2019 | 14:00 | Micro Theory Research Seminar

Prof. Francesco Squintani (U. of Warwick) “Legal Restrictions and Optimal Contracts”

Saturday, 6 April, 2019 | 10:00 | Special Event

Global Macroeconomics Workshop

Friday, 26 April, 2019 | 14:00 | Micro Theory Research Seminar

Prof. Marco Mariotti (Queen Mary U. of London) “Inferring Cognitive Heterogeneity from Aggregate Choices”

Monday, 29 April, 2019 | 16:00 | Micro Theory Research Seminar

Ambuj Dewan, Ph.D. (USC Dornsife Institute for New Economic Thinking) “Costly Multidimensional Information”

Tuesday, 30 April, 2019 | 13:00 | Defense - PhD

Jekaterina Kuliomina: “Essays on Local Politics”

May

Monday, 6 May, 2019 | 14:00 | Applied Micro Research Seminar

Jonas Hjort, Ph.D. (Columbia U.) “Ethnic Investing and the Value of Firms”

Thursday, 9 May, 2019 | 14:00 | Micro Theory Research Seminar

Prof. Stephen Morris (Princeton U.) “Incomplete Information and Coordination”

Friday, 10 May, 2019 | 14:00 | Applied Micro Research Seminar

Prof. Aloysius Siow (U. of Toronto) “Quality, variety and quantity from the industrial revolution to the digital revolution”

Monday, 13 May, 2019 | 14:00 | Applied Micro Research Seminar

Thomas Le Barbanchon, Ph.D. (Bocconi U.) “Working while Studying”

Tuesday, 14 May, 2019 | 19:30 | Economics Discovery Hub

Practical Workshop: Creative Thinking

Friday, 17 May, 2019 | 14:00 | Micro Theory Research Seminar

Prof. Paul Heidhues (U. of Düsseldorf) “Browsing versus Studying: A Pro-Market Case for Regulation”

Saturday, 18 May, 2019 | 10:00 | Special Event

Open House Prague 2019

Sunday, 19 May, 2019 | 10:00 | Special Event

Open House Prague 2019

Monday, 20 May, 2019 | 14:00 | Applied Micro Research Seminar

Prof. Romain Wacziarg (Anderson, UCLA) “Fertility and Modernity”

Wednesday, 22 May, 2019 | 16:00 | Applied Micro Research Seminar

Nikolas Mittag, Ph.D. (CERGE-EI) “How Does Potential Unemployment Insurance Benefit Duration Affect Re-employment Timing and Wages?”

Thursday, 23 May, 2019 | 14:00 | Macro Research Seminar

Prof. Michèle Tertilt (U. of Mannheim) “Consumer Credit with Over-optimistic Borrowers”

Friday, 24 May, 2019 | 11:00 | Micro Theory Research Seminar

Annie Liang, Ph.D. (U. of Pennsylvania) “Dynamically Aggregating Diverse Information”

Monday, 27 May, 2019 | 14:00 | Applied Micro Research Seminar

Tomáš Jagelka (École Polytechnique – CREST) “Are Economists' Preferences Psychologists' Personality Traits?”

Thursday, 30 May, 2019 | 14:00 | Macro Research Seminar

Prof. Yacine Ait-Sahalia (Princeton U.) “Implied Stochastic Volatility Models”

Friday, 31 May, 2019 | 11:00 | Special Event

New Economic Talent 2019 - Final Presentations

Friday, 31 May, 2019 | 11:00 | Special Event

NET 5 Years Gathering

Friday, 31 May, 2019 | 13:00 | Special Event

MA and PhD Graduation Ceremony

June

Saturday, 1 June, 2019 | 18:00 | Special Event

Graduation Gala 2019

Thursday, 13 June, 2019 | 14:00 | Macro Research Seminar

Prof. Guillaume Rocheteau (U. of California, Irvine) “Money Mining and Price Dynamics”

Tuesday, 25 June, 2019 | 11:30 | Special Event

CERGE-EI Macro Workshop: Macroeconomic Consequences of Ageing

July

Thursday, 11 July, 2019 | 12:00 | Special Event

Final Project Presentations of the MA in Applied Economics program

Thursday, 25 July, 2019 | 13:00 | Special Event

MA in Applied Economics Graduation Ceremony 2019

August

Monday, 19 August, 2019 | 12:30 | Defense - PhD

Andrei Matveenko: “Essays on Implications of Rational Inattention to Discrete Choices ”

September

Monday, 9 September, 2019 | 11:00 | Special Event

Math & Discovery Week of the MA in Applied Economics Program

Monday, 23 September, 2019 | 10:00 | Special Event

PhD and MAER Program Academic Year 2019/2020 Begins

Monday, 23 September, 2019 | 19:00 | Economics Discovery Hub

Projects in Applied Economics for Talented Students 2019

October

Thursday, 3 October, 2019 | 16:00 | Macro Research Seminar

Prof. Assaf Razin (Tel Aviv U.) “Welfare State vs. Market Forces in a Globalization Era”

Friday, 4 October, 2019 | 16:00 | Micro Theory Research Seminar

André Veiga, Ph.D. (Imperial College Business School) “Migration Between Platforms”

Monday, 7 October, 2019 | 16:00 | Applied Micro Research Seminar

SHARE-CZ+ seminar: Dmitry Arkhangelsky, Ph.D. (CEMFI, Madrid, Spain) “Double-Robust Identification for Causal Panel Data Models”

Tuesday, 8 October, 2019 | 20:00 | Economics Discovery Hub

Personal Effectiveness: Getting Things Done

Thursday, 10 October, 2019 | 16:00 | Macro Research Seminar

Prof. Harald Fadinger (U. of Mannheim, Germany) “The Real Exchange Rate, Innovation and Productivity”

Friday, 11 October, 2019 | 12:00 | Special Event

Alumni Event

Monday, 14 October, 2019 | 16:00 | Applied Micro Research Seminar

SHARE-CZ+ seminar: Stefano Fiorin, Ph.D. (U. of California San Diego) “Reporting Peers’ Wrongdoing: Experimental Evidence on the Effect of Financial Incentives on Morally Controversial Behavior”

Monday, 14 October, 2019 | 20:00 | Economics Discovery Hub

Advanced Python: Matplotlib Essentials

Wednesday, 16 October, 2019 | 20:00 | Economics Discovery Hub

Introduction to R Programming

Thursday, 17 October, 2019 | 16:00 | Macro Research Seminar

Christian Moser, Ph.D. (Columbia Business School) “Optimal Paternalistic Savings Policies”

Monday, 21 October, 2019 | 16:00 | Applied Micro Research Seminar

Prof. Marie-Claire Villeval (University of Lyon) “The Way People Lie in Markets”

Monday, 21 October, 2019 | 20:30 | Economics Discovery Hub

Přemysl Rubeš: How Does Start-up Investing Work

Tuesday, 22 October, 2019 | 11:00 | Economics Discovery Hub

Academic Presentation Skills

Tuesday, 22 October, 2019 | 20:00 | Economics Discovery Hub

Introduction to Python

Wednesday, 23 October, 2019 | 12:00 | Special Event

Demographic Headwinds in Central and Eastern Europe

Thursday, 24 October, 2019 | 16:00 | Macro Research Seminar

Radoslaw Stefanski, Ph.D. (U. of St Andrews and U. of Oxford (OxCarre), United Kingdom) “Patience Breeds Interest: The Rise of Societal Patience and the Fall of the Risk-free Interest Rate”

Thursday, 24 October, 2019 | 20:30 | Economics Discovery Hub

Mastering Excel Basics

Friday, 25 October, 2019 | 18:30 | Special Event

The CCC Lecture Series: Professor Zrzavý

Tuesday, 29 October, 2019 | 19:00 | Economics Discovery Hub

SQL Fundamentals

Thursday, 31 October, 2019 | 19:00 | Economics Discovery Hub

Statistics for Economists

November

Friday, 1 November, 2019 | 15:00 | Micro Theory Research Seminar

Prof. Maria Bigoni (U. of Bologna, Italy) “Rational Cooperation in Finitely Repeated Games”

Friday, 1 November, 2019 | 19:00 | Economics Discovery Hub

R for Econometrics

Monday, 4 November, 2019 | 15:00 | Applied Micro Research Seminar

Prof. Josef Zweimüller (U. of Zurich, Switzerland) “Tightening Disability Screening or Reducing Disability Benefits? Evidence and Welfare Implications”

Tuesday, 5 November, 2019 | 17:00 | Public Lecture

Globalization and Voting Behaviour in Western Europe

Tuesday, 5 November, 2019 | 19:00 | Economics Discovery Hub

Conflict Management and Effective Negotiation

Tuesday, 12 November, 2019 | 16:00 | Economics Discovery Hub

Practical Workshop: Data Visualization in Tableau

Tuesday, 12 November, 2019 | 18:00 | Special Event

Tour of the Schebek Palace - Week of Science and Technology 2019

Wednesday, 13 November, 2019 | 15:00 | Applied Micro Research Seminar

Filipe Campante, Ph.D. (Kennedy School, Harvard U.) “Internet, Social Media, and the Behavior of Politicians: Evidence from Facebook in Brazil”

Wednesday, 13 November, 2019 | 18:00 | Special Event

Tour of the Schebek Palace - Week of Science and Technology 2019

Wednesday, 13 November, 2019 | 19:00 | Economics Discovery Hub

Introduction to Machine Learning with Python

Thursday, 14 November, 2019 | 15:00 | Macro Research Seminar

Pawel Doligalski, Ph.D. (U. of Bristol, United Kingdom) “Redistributive Income Taxation with Moral Hazard and Private Insurance”

Thursday, 14 November, 2019 | 16:00 | Special Event

Filip Pertold: "Seniors in the Labor Market" - Week of Science and Technology

Friday, 15 November, 2019 | 10:00 | Special Event

From Transition Economics to Global Topics

Tuesday, 19 November, 2019 | 16:00 | Economics Discovery Hub

Practical Workshop: Stress Testing

Thursday, 21 November, 2019 | 19:00 | Economics Discovery Hub

Advanced Python: Visualizing Geospatial Data

Thursday, 28 November, 2019 | 18:30 | Economics Discovery Hub

Introduction to LaTeX

December

Monday, 2 December, 2019 | 15:00 | Applied Micro Research Seminar

Libor Dušek, Ph.D. (Charles University) “Learning from Law Enforcement”

Tuesday, 3 December, 2019 | 17:00 | Public Lecture

IDEA public lecture: The heterogeneous effects of R&D tax incentives and the role of policy mix

Monday, 9 December, 2019 | 11:00 | Defense - PhD

Tamara Vovchak: “Essays on Finance and Banking”

Thursday, 12 December, 2019 | 15:00 | Macro Research Seminar

Nicolas Werquin, Ph.D. (Toulouse School of Economics) “Taxes and Turnout”

Friday, 13 December, 2019 | 15:00 | Applied Micro Research Seminar

Prof. Paola Giuliano (UCLA Anderson School of Management) “Diversity in Schools: Immigrants and the Educational Performance of Natives”

Monday, 16 December, 2019 | 17:00 | Special Event

Final Presentations: Projects in Applied Economics 2019

Tuesday, 17 December, 2019 | 17:15 | Defense - PhD

Mykola Babiak: “Essays on Asset Pricing”