6 Oct Andrew Smith: Rail passenger market opening: The British experience (MUES seminar) European policy has focused in recent decades on liberalising Europe’s railway systems with a view to promoting competition and enhancing the performance of railways. Whilst legislation on passenger competition... from 4:20 PM
7 Oct Klaus Nowotny: Linguistic distance, networks and the regional location decisions of migrants to the EU (MUES seminar) This paper analyzes the interaction between migrant networks and linguistic distance in the location decisions of migrants to the European Union at the regional level. We find that networks have a positive... from 1:00 PM
10 Oct Jitka Doležalová, Hana Fitzová: Transformation of Labour Market in Europe and Voting for Far-Right and Far-Left Parties (MUES seminar) The literature suggests that there is a significant gender gap in the support of far right parties. Male voters exhibit a higher propensity to voting for them. The probability of voting for these political... from 12:00 PM