Faculty

Michal Bauer is a professor at CERGE-EI, a member of the Executive and Supervisory Committee of CERGE-EI and a Senior Researcher at the Economics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences (EI). In addition, he is affiliated with the Institute of Economic Studies at Charles University, IZA and CEPR. He was granted the ’’Doctor of Sciences’’ degree in 2024.

His research spans behavioural economics, development economics and experimental economics. The unifying motivation is to shed light on “behavioural” mechanisms that may contribute to pressing social issues, including poverty, discrimination and violent inter-group conflicts. To do so, he conducts field experiments in relevant settings, often in disadvantaged communities. His research appeared in number of leading journals, including American Economic Review, Journal of Economic Perspectives, JEEA, Nature or PNAS.

Research orientation:

Development microeconomics, experimental economics, behavioral economics.