1. 4. Olga Popova: Psychological Costs of Currency Transition: Evidence from Euro Adoption (Seminář z cyklu MUES) 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... od 13:00
13. 4. Alex Klein: Cities and Economic Growth: Lessons from U.S. Industrialization, 1880-1930 (Seminář z cyklu MUES) 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... od 14:00
19. 4. Jakub Haas: Aktuální problémy financování zdravotnictví (Seminář z cyklu MUES) 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,... od 17:00
20. 4. Miroslav Hloušek: Collateral constraint, asymmetries and zero lower bound (Seminář z cyklu MUES) 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.... od 12:00
27. 4. Chris Nash: Bus and Rail Privatisation - British experience (Seminář z cyklu MUES) 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,... od 16:20
28. 4. Miroslav Hloušek: Fiscal Multipliers and the Zero Lower Bound (Seminář z cyklu MUES) 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... od 12:00
28. 4. Ľudovít Ódor: Hodnota za peniaze v slovenskej verejnej politike (Seminář z cyklu MUES) 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... od 16:20