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The Economics Institute of the CAS has joined the proposal of the Institute of Thermomechanics of the CAS and will support Ing. Jiří Plešek, CSc., Deputy Director of the Institute of Thermomechanics in his candidacy for the position of President of the CAS for the term of office 2025-2029.

Read more …The Economics Institute Supports the Candidacy of Jiří Plešek for the Position of President of the CAS

It is a great pleasure to announce that Christian Ochsner won the Jan Švejnar and Katherine Terrell Teaching Prize at CERGE-EI for the 2023/2024 academic year. Congratulations!

Read more …Christian Ochsner awarded the Jan Švejnar and Katherine Terrell Teaching Prize at CERGE-EI for 2023/2024

The 19th edition of the GLOBSEC Forum, one of Europe’s foremost dialogue platforms, takes place in Prague from 30 August to 1 September 2024 under the auspices of President Petr Pavel.

Read more …Jan Švejnar Participates in the GLOBSEC Forum 2024

The new podcast series Talking Economics Emerging Scholars is dedicated to showcasing the research and inspiring journeys of CERGE-EI PhD in Economics fresh graduates. Our first guest is Ella Sargsyan, an empirical economist specializing in development economics.

Read more …Talking Economics Emerging Scholars: Ella Sargsyan

In her August 9, 2024 Financial Times opinion piece “What burger flipping tells you about the US economy”, columnist Soumaya Keynes (yes, a relation of John Maynard Keynes) discusses a new study co-authored by Štěpán Jurajda (CERGE-EI) and Orley Ashenfelter (Princeton University) just accepted by The Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat).

Read more …What Burger Flipping Tells You about the US Economy