Department of Economics Archives - Anglo-American University in Prague /directory-school/department-of-economics/ 国产乱伦 is a top private university in Czech Republic offering dual accredited bachelor and master level programs in English across Business, International Relations, Humanities, Social Sciences, Political Science, Journalism, Media Studies, Visual Arts and Law. Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:44:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Michael Fanta, Ph.D. /directory/michael-fanta-ph-d/ Fri, 13 Sep 2024 11:57:27 +0000 /?post_type=directory&p=23823 Michael holds a master鈥檚 degree from the University of Economics in Prague and a PhD in Applied Economics from Jan Evangelista Purkyn臎 University, his studies in the latter case primarily focusing on the regulation of addictive behaviors. Additionally, he completed a research internship at Pompeu Fabra University. Michael currently works as chief analyst at the […]

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Michael holds a master鈥檚 degree from the University of Economics in Prague and a PhD in Applied Economics from Jan Evangelista Purkyn臎 University, his studies in the latter case primarily focusing on the regulation of addictive behaviors. Additionally, he completed a research internship at Pompeu Fabra University. Michael currently works as chief analyst at the Center for Economic and Market Analysis in Prague, where he analyzes the impacts of regulations and taxation on the business sector.

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David Lipka, Ph.D. /directory/david-lipka-ph-d/ Wed, 19 Apr 2023 09:12:19 +0000 /?post_type=directory&p=17541 David was born and raised in Prague. After completing his Ph.D. in economic theory and history of economic thought he worked as an assistant professor and later department chair at the UEP, Prague. He joined 国产乱伦 in 2013 as Dean of the School of IRD. Until mid-2020 he served as VP for enrollment management. Since […]

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David was born and raised in Prague. After completing his Ph.D. in economic theory and history of economic thought he worked as an assistant professor and later department chair at the UEP, Prague. He joined 国产乱伦 in 2013 as Dean of the School of IRD. Until mid-2020 he served as VP for enrollment management. Since 2020 he holds a regular visiting position at the University of Turin’s economics department.

Specializations

Economics and Ethics, Philosophy and History of Political Economy

  • LIPKA, David. 鈥淒o Economists Need Virtues?鈥 In: KARLSON, Nils, NOREK, Mikolaj, WENNBERG, Karl. Virtues in Entrepreneurship. Ratio, 2015. pp 160鈥83. 234 p.
  • BERGGREN, Niclas, BJORNSKOV, Christian, LIPKA, David. 鈥淟egitimacy and the Cost of Government.鈥 Public Choice 162, no. 3鈥4 (December 28, 2014): 307鈥28.
  • LIPKA, David. The Max U Approach: Prudence Only, or Not Even Prudence? A Smithian Perspective. Econ Journal Watch, 2013, 10 (1): 2鈥14.

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Petr Barto艌 /directory/petr-barton/ Fri, 13 Jan 2023 15:43:53 +0000 /?post_type=directory&p=16679 Petr Barto艌 is an economist educated at the universities of Cambridge and Chicago. His research concentrates on regulation, the game theoretic aspects of public choice, and cost-push inflation. At 国产乱伦, he teaches the globalization and the International Political Economy 肠辞耻谤蝉别.听

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Petr Barto艌 is an economist educated at the universities of Cambridge and Chicago. His research concentrates on regulation, the game theoretic aspects of public choice, and cost-push inflation.

At 国产乱伦, he teaches the globalization and the International Political Economy 肠辞耻谤蝉别.听

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prof. PhDr. Zuzana Havr谩nkov谩, Ph.D. /directory/doc-phdr-zuzana-havrankova-ph-d/ Tue, 03 Jan 2023 14:07:07 +0000 /?post_type=directory&p=16590 Zuzana Havr谩nkov谩 is a Professor of Economics at Charles University in Prague, Senior Lecturer at Anglo-American University in Prague, and Research Affiliate at the Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford. She specializes in labor economics, international economics, and tool development and applications of meta-analysis in economics. Dr. Havr谩nkov谩 has published as corresponding author in leading journals, including the Review […]

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Zuzana Havr谩nkov谩 is a Professor of Economics at , Senior Lecturer at Anglo-American University in Prague, and Research Affiliate at the . She specializes in labor economics, international economics, and tool development and applications of meta-analysis in economics. Dr. Havr谩nkov谩 has published as corresponding author in leading journals, including the Review of Economics and StatisticsJournal of Labor EconomicsNature CommunicationsEuropean Economic Review, and Review of Economic Dynamics, with over 30 peer-reviewed articles to her name. Her work has been cited approximately  and recognized in top journals such as Science and the American Economic Review. Her research has had significant real-world impact: her paper on daylight saving time has informed policy debates in the US Congress and European Parliament and has been covered by media outlets such as the New York Times and Der Standard. Nobel laureate Tom Sargent has used her work in his book on . Her studies in macroeconomics and international economics have been referenced in policy materials by the IMF, OECD, World Bank, and European Commission.

Dr. Havr谩nkov谩 maintains the website , which provides data and codes for meta-research;  forthcoming in JPE Micro is built entirely on this resource. She is Associate Editor for meta-analysis at the Journal of Economic Surveys and has been active in international networks such as the Meta-Analysis of Economics Research Network, collaborating with researchers at institutions including the University of California, Berkeley, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, and Stanford. Her academic achievements have been recognized with numerous awards, including the Katerina Smidkova Award from the Czech Economic Society (for the top Czech female economist), Editor鈥檚 Prize for best paper in Experimental Economics in 2024, and prizes from the Czech National Bank, National Bank of Slovakia, Czech Ministry of Education, and Global Development Network. According to , she ranks among the top 150 female economists worldwide and is currently the most cited Czech female economist.

Specializations

Her research interests span several fields, including:

  • international economics
  • energy and environmental economics
  • labor economics
  • macroeconomics
  • banking

Selected publications

2025 Spurious Precision in Meta-Analysis of Observational Research,聽Nature Communications, forthcoming (with Bom, Havranek, and Rachinger)

2025 Publication Bias and Model Uncertainty in Measuring the Effect of Class Size on Achievement,聽Journal of Labor Economics, forthcoming (with Opatrny, Havranek, and Scasny)

2024 Publication and Attenuation Biases in Measuring Skill Substitution,聽Review of Economics and Statistics聽106(5), pp. 1187-1200 (with Laslopova, Havranek, and Zeynalova).

2023 Intertemporal Elasticity in Labor Supply: A Meta-Analysis,聽Review of Economic Dynamics聽51, pp. 1095-1111 (with Elminejad, Horvath, and Havranek)

2022 Measuring Capital-Labor Substitution: The Importance of Method Choices and Publication Bias,聽Review of Economic Dynamics聽45, pp. 55-82 (with Gechert, Havranek, and Kolcunova).

2022 Individual Discount Rates: A Meta-Analysis of Experimental Evidence,聽Experimental Economics聽25(1), pp. 318-358 (with Matousek and Havranek).

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Katar铆na Stehl铆kov谩, Ph.D. /directory/katarina-stehlikova/ Fri, 03 Jul 2020 10:17:21 +0000 /?post_type=directory&p=1825 Currently on maternity leave. Katar铆na Stehl铆kov谩 earned her M.A. (Mgr.) degree in Mathematics and Management at the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics at the Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia and her Ph.D. in Economics at the Center for Economic Research and Graduate Studies (CERGE-EI) in Prague. She worked as a researcher at the Economics […]

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Currently on maternity leave.

Katar铆na Stehl铆kov谩 earned her M.A. (Mgr.) degree in Mathematics and Management at the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics at the Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia and her Ph.D. in Economics at the Center for Economic Research and Graduate Studies (CERGE-EI) in Prague. She worked as a researcher at the Economics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences focusing on quality assurance of nonprofit organizations and corporate giving. Since 2006, she has worked at Anglo-American University in various positions: initially the Dean of School of Business Administration, since 2009 also Vice-Provost for Student Affairs, and since 2011 in the position of Vice President and Accreditation Liaison Officer.

Specializations

Applied Microeconomics, Non-profit Organizations, Quality Assurance

Publications & Other Activities

  • Sv铆tkov谩 K., 2013. Certification and its Impact on Quality of Charities. Prague Economic Papers, 4/2013, 542-557
  • Ortmann A., Svitkova K., 2009. Do Self-Regulations Clubs Work? Some Evidence from Europe and Some Caveats from Theory. Chapter in: Nonprofit Accountibility Clubs (eds: Gugerty M.K., Prakash A.), 2011
  • Hanousek, J., Ko膷enda, E., Sv铆tkov谩, K., 2010. Corporate Philanthropy in the Czech and Slovak Republics. Czech Journal of Economics and Finance, 60(2), 102-121
  • Sv铆tkov谩 K., 2007. Prompted to Be Good: The Impact of Certification on the Quality of Charities, CERGE-EI, Working paper No. 320
  • Ortmann, A., Sv铆tkov谩 K., 2007. Certification As A Viable Quality Assurance Mechanism in Transition Economies: Evidence, Theory, and Open Questions. Prague Economic Papers, 2007 (2)

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Jan Va拧enda, Ph.D. /directory/jan-vasenda-ph-d/ Mon, 29 Jun 2020 18:56:06 +0000 /?post_type=directory&p=1259 Jan joined 国产乱伦 in the fall of 2009 and has been working on a range of academic and administrative matters since. Currently, he serves as vice dean of the School of Business Administration and the School of Law. He holds a Ph.D. from Prague University of Economics and Business. He spent the fall of 2014 as a […]

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Jan joined 国产乱伦 in the fall of 2009 and has been working on a range of academic and administrative matters since. Currently, he serves as vice dean of the School of Business Administration and the School of Law. He holds a Ph.D. from Prague University of Economics and Business. He spent the fall of 2014 as a visiting scholar at the Department of Economics at George Mason University. In his spare time, he is a big sports fan and enjoys playing basketball and tennis.

Specialization

Higher education policy

Courses taught:

Introduction to Economic Thought

Elementary Math

Publications & Other Activities

  • VA艩ENDA, Jan & Jan 膶ADIL. Impact of specific features of national quality assurance and higher education systems in the overall quality of higher education 鈥 a comparative analysis. European Journal of Education. Published online: 25 May 2024.
  • AYAN MUSIL, Pelin & Jan VA艩ENDA. Party regulation in Turkey: a comparison with modern Europe. Turkish Studies. 2020, 21(1), 83-107.
  • VA艩ENDA, Jan. Visegrad Group countries compared through world university rankings. International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives. 2019, 18(3), 100-115. ISSN 1443-1475.
  • VA艩ENDA, Jan. Investice do lidsk茅ho kapit谩lu na p艡铆kladu 膷esk茅ho vysok茅ho 拧kolstv铆 [Human capital investments: the case of Czech higher education]. Business & IT. 2014, 4(2), 54-66. ISSN 1805-3777.
  • VA艩ENDA, Jan. Accreditation of Higher Education in the USA. Trade-off. 2020, 5(2), 68-71.
  • VA艩ENDA, Jan. Interview with Thomas Archer Bata, great-grandson of Tom谩拧 Ba钮a. Trade-off. 2020, 5(2), 41-45.

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Ing. Miroslav Svoboda, Ph.D. /directory/ing-miroslav-svoboda-ph-d/ Mon, 29 Jun 2020 18:41:57 +0000 /?post_type=directory&p=1249 Svoboda is the Vice President for Academic Affairs. He earned his Ph.D. in Economics and his M.A. in Economic Policy and Philosophy at the University of Economics, Prague. He also graduated from Charles University (liberal studies). Miroslav has extensive experience in university-level academic and operational management, academic quality management, and teaching economics. Miroslav previously served […]

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Svoboda is the Vice President for Academic Affairs. He earned his Ph.D. in Economics and his M.A. in Economic Policy and Philosophy at the University of Economics, Prague. He also graduated from Charles University (liberal studies). Miroslav has extensive experience in university-level academic and operational management, academic quality management, and teaching economics. Miroslav previously served as Dean of School of Business Administration at 国产乱伦. Before, he served as Vice Dean for Academic and Students Affairs at the largest Czech university, specializing in economics, where he initiated and participated in university accreditation and academic quality enhancement, and participated in managing university fiscal and information resources.

Specializations

Economic Way of Thinking, Philosophy and Methodology of Economics, Austrian School of Economics

Publications & Other Activities

  • SVOBODA, Miroslav. Realism, Instrumentalism and the Time Aspect of Theory Building. Prague Economic Papers, 2015, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 473-481. ISSN 1210-0455.
  • SVOBODA, Miroslav. Fenomenologie jako z谩klad ekonomick茅 metody. Politick谩 ekonomie, 2014, vol. LXI, no. 3, pp. 400鈥417. ISSN 0032-3233.
  • SVOBODA, Miroslav, BOC脕K, Petr. Curiosity of Pay-Per-Bid Auctions: Evidence from Bonus.cz Auction Site. Prague Economic Papers, 2013, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 418鈥432. ISSN 1210-0455.
  • ROD, Ale拧, SLINT脕KOV脕, Barbora, SVOBODA, Miroslav, DEJNO沤KA, Petr, LAVICK脻, Martin. 艩koln铆 atlas 鈥 Dne拧n铆 finan膷n铆 sv臎t [CD-ROM]. Prague : TERRA-KLUB, 2012. 63 p. ISBN 978-80-902282-8-3.
  • SVOBODA, Miroslav. History and Troubles of Consumer Surplus. Prague Economic Papers, 2008, vol. XVII, no. 3, pp. 230鈥242. ISSN 1210-0455.
  • SVOBODA, Miroslav. Consumer’s Surplus 鈥 Economic Tool for Public Finance, or Business. Her木any 13. 11. 2007 鈥 14. 11. 2007. In: Mlad铆 vedci 2007 [CD-ROM]. Ko拧ice : Technical University of Ko拧ice, 2007, pp. 157鈥161. ISBN 978-80-8073-948-5.

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Ing. Peter Bolcha, Ph.D. /directory/peter-bolcha/ Sun, 14 Jun 2020 18:05:45 +0000 https://aau.local/?post_type=directory&p=539 Peter Bolcha earned both his MSc and PhD in economics at the University of Economics, Prague. His research interests are connected with empirical economics and applied econometrics. Bolcha has published on topics related to evaluations of government policies and applied economics. Along with his academic activities, which include past work at the University of Economics […]

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Peter Bolcha earned both his MSc and PhD in economics at the University of Economics, Prague. His research interests are connected with empirical economics and applied econometrics. Bolcha has published on topics related to evaluations of government policies and applied economics.

Along with his academic activities, which include past work at the University of Economics and Charles University, he has worked on multiple projects with major institutions and companies such as RWE (innogy), the Czech Ministry of Trade, and the Czech Traffic Police.

Bolcha has managed over 80 junior consulting projects for students and serves as director of the International Consulting Program at 国产乱伦. Additionally, he founded the Center for Applied Research (now the 国产乱伦 Research Office), which he led as a director of research for five years. 聽

Specializations

applied microeconomics, applied econometrics, empirical research

Publications & Other Activites

  • Bolcha, P., & Hofrichterov谩, T. (2025). Relative Risk of Causing a Road Traffic Crash: Quasi-Induced Exposure Approach and Its Possible Biases.聽European Transport-Trasporti Europei, 102, Paper n掳 6, 1-18.
  • Bolcha, P., Voz谩rov谩, P., & Fanta, M. (2024). Transparency Meets Efficiency: The Case of Public Procurement in the Czech Republic.聽Public Works Management & Policy, 29(3), 296-331.聽
  • Principal investigator of grant project CK03000255 鈥New Generation of Traffic Accidents Statistics for Police CR鈥, provided by the Technological Agency of the Czech Republic for 国产乱伦 and Charles University.
  • Team member of grant project CK01000049 鈥濪eveloping advanced tools for analysis of traffic accidents for Czech Police鈥, Technological Agency Czech Republic for the Charles University and Masaryk University (2020-2022)
  • Principal investigator of the fellowship project “Relative efficiency of public road construction spending as an indicator of possible corruption: the case of Czech Republic”, Institute for Research in Economic and Fiscal Issues, France,聽听(2019-2021)
  • SANTOS ROLD脕N, L.; PALACIOS FLORENCIO, B.; BOLCHA, P., (2021), Tourists鈥 characteristics in relation to expectations, satisfaction and loyalty in hotel industry, Esic Market Economics and Business Journal, 52(3), e5234. DOI: 10.7200/esicm.168.0523.4
  • PEDRAZA-RODR脥GUEZ, J. A., BOLCHA P. & SANTOS-ROLD脕N, L. (2020) From strategies to innovation: an empirical study from Spain, Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, DOI: 10.1080/09537325.2020.1795112
  • BOLCHA P. & SANTOS-ROLD脕N, L., STRATULAT M. (2020). Effects of FDI on Domestic Employment: Czech Case. In I. Jind艡ichovsk谩, & P.Bolcha (Eds.), Conference Proceedings: 8th International Scientific Conference IFRS: Global Rules & Local Use – Beyond the Numbers, 9-10 October 2020, TBA. Prague: Anglo-American University; Metropolitan University Prague.
  • BOLCHA, P. (ed.), ANTIcorruption&fraud: DETECTION&MEASUREMENT, Proceedings of the international conference, Anglo-American University, Prague April 7, 2017. ISBN 978-80-906585-2-3
  • BOLCHA, P., ROVN脻, J. (2016). Luck or luxury? Possible corruption in the car registration process in the Czech Republic. Journal of Public Policy, 36(4), 603-638. doi:10.1017/S0143814X15000276
  • BOLCHA, P. — ZEMPLINEROV脕, A. Dopad investi膷n铆ch pob铆dek na objem investic v 膶esk茅 republice. Politick谩 ekonomie : teorie modelov谩n铆, aplikace. 2012. sv. 60, 膷. 1, s. 81–100. ISSN 0032-3233
  • BOLCHA, P. O v媒po膷te fi拧k谩lneho dopadu investi膷nej podpory. Politick谩 ekonomie : teorie modelov谩n铆, aplikace. 2008. sv. LVI, 膷. 2, s. 257–274. ISSN 0032-3233.
  • BOLCHA, P. Kant – Sartre a sp盲钮. Acta oeconomica Pragensia : v臎deck媒 膷asopis Vysok茅 拧koly ekonomick茅 v Praze.. sv. 13, 膷. 5, s. 61–71. ISSN 0572-3043.
  • SCHWARZ, J. — BARTO艊, P. — BOLCHA, P. — HE艠MANSK脻, P. — MACH, P. Anal媒za investi膷n铆ch pob铆dek v 膶esk茅 republice. Praha. 2007
  • BOLCHA, P. Efekty migr谩cie a odhady bud煤cich migra膷n铆ch tokov v kontexte roz拧铆renia EU.in Kade艡谩bkov谩, B (ed.) Dopady globalizace na trhy pr谩ce. Praha: Oeconomica, 2006. 1 s. ISBN 80-245-1092-8.

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