1 Apr Olga Popova: Psychological Costs of Currency Transition: Evidence from Euro Adoption (MUES seminar) Personal website Paper Abstract: We analyze individual levels of life satisfaction in Slovakia, after that country adopted the Euro, following a spirited debate. We gauge the psychological cost of transition... from 1:00 PM
13 Apr Alex Klein: Cities and Economic Growth: Lessons from U.S. Industrialization, 1880-1930 (MUES seminar) Abstract: We investigate the role of industrial structure in labor productivity growth in U.S. cities between 1880 and 1930. We find that increases in specialization were associated with faster productivity... from 2:00 PM
19 Apr Jakub Haas: Aktuální problémy financování zdravotnictví (MUES seminar) Aktuálním tématem v médiích je a vyvolává to velké vášně, kolik půjde ze státního rozpočtu do zdravotnictví. Tedy výše platby za státní pojištěnce, minulý vývoj, návrhy na jeho automatickou valorizaci,... from 5:00 PM
20 Apr Miroslav Hloušek: Collateral constraint, asymmetries and zero lower bound (MUES seminar) This paper deals with asymmetry between house prices and consumption that is present in data of the Czech economy. We use small open economy model with housing sector and collateral constraint on loans.... from 12:00 PM
27 Apr Chris Nash: Bus and Rail Privatisation - British experience (MUES seminar) Britain largely privatised its bus network following the Transport Act of 1986 and its rail network over the period 1994-7, but in very different ways. Whilst the bus network was completely deregulated,... from 4:20 PM
28 Apr Miroslav Hloušek: Fiscal Multipliers and the Zero Lower Bound (MUES seminar) This paper studies implications of the zero lower bound (ZLB) on interest rates for the size of fiscal multipliers. The analysis is carried out in extended ECB’s New Area-Wide Model that contains various... from 12:00 PM
28 Apr Ľudovít Ódor: Hodnota za peniaze v slovenskej verejnej politike (MUES seminar) Nielen Slovensko, ale žiadna krajina nedokáže mať naraz anglosaské dane, škandinávske výdavky a balkánsku korupciu. Úspešné krajiny 21. storočia s najvyššou kvalitou života sa líšia veľkosťou štátu, no... from 4:20 PM