New Economic Talent

NET 2015: Final Results

The final results of the New Economic Talent 2015 student competition are here!

On Friday 29 May, the three finalists presented their papers to the CERGE-EI evaluation committee. This year’s final papers were selected from 138 papers from 55 countries and 94 universities. All finalists gave excellent presentations and the evaluation committee offered feedback and recommendations for their future research.

On Saturday 30 May all the finalists were invited to attend the CERGE-EI Graduation Gala where the results were announced by Prof. Jan Švejnar, founding father of CERGE-EI.

José Javier Domínguez Ramírez received the third prize. Nodira Khaydarova was awarded not only overall second place but also a special prize of 500 USD donated by the CERGE-EI Foundation for the best bachelor paper in the competition. Cristiano Mantovani received the first prize – 1,000 USD, donated by Nadace CERGE-EI foundation. He will also be invited to the Global Development Network Conference in 2016 (his travel costs and accommodation will be covered) and will receive a VIP ticket to the next Distinguished Speaker Series at CERGE-EI. All the finalists dined alongside VIP guests at the Gala.

Congratulations to all three finalists, very well done!

NET 2015 Finalists

First place:
Cristiano Mantovani, Bocconi University, Italy
Paper: Public Employment Policies in a Two-Sector Model with Matching Frictions and Wage Rigidity
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Second place and the best bachelor paper award:
Nodira Khaydarova, Westminster International University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Paper: Marriage Institutions and Sibling Competition Revisited: Evidence from Indonesia
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Third place:
José Javier Domínguez Ramírez, University of Granada, Spain
Paper: Positive Discrimination in Childhood and Adolescence: Culture As a Determinant Factor of Individual Behaviour
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NET 2015: Final Round - 29 May, 2015

Join us for the final round of New Economic Talent 2015 that takes place on 29 May, 2015 at 15:00 at CERGE-EI (Politických vězňů 7, Prague 1). Hear the three finalists present their winning papers! E-mail us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to reserve your place.

Members of the Evaluation Committee:
Prof. Randall K. Filer, Ph.D. (Hunter College & The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York)
Patrick Gaulé, Ph.D. (CERGE-EI, Prague)
Marek Kapička, Ph.D. (CERGE-EI, Prague)

The winner will be announced at the annual Graduation Gala on Saturday 30 May, 2015.

NET 2015: Results of the First Round

We had a great response to our call for papers for this year’s competition. 138 entries were submitted by students from 94 universities in 55 countries.

120 papers were admitted to the first round of evaluation. The Evaluation Committee has selected three finalists who will present their papers in Prague in the second and final round on 29 May.

The finalists of NET 2015 are:

Nodira Khaydarova, Westminster International University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Paper: Marriage Institutions and Sibling Competition Revisited: Evidence from Indonesia

Cristiano Mantovani, Bocconi University, Italy
Paper: Public Employment Policies in a Two-Sector Model with Matching Frictions and Wage Rigidity

José Javier Domínguez Ramírez, University of Granada, Spain
Paper: Positive Discrimination in Childhood and Adolescence: Culture As a Determinant Factor of Individual Behaviour

Congratulations to all three finalists. We look forward to meeting you in Prague!

We would also like to congratulate the following participants whose papers made it to the top 15:

Davit Adunts, American University of Armenia, Armenia
Paper: Social Norms of Distributive Justice and Kuznets Curve

Ulugbek Aminjonov, Westminster International University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Paper: The Impact of Remittances on Household Poverty: The Case of Tajikistan

Valeriia Budiakivska, Università degli Studi di Pisa, Italy
Paper: Extending the Prospect Theory: Analysis of Animal Spirits and Consecutive Gambles in the Decision-Making Process

Elisabete Castro, University of Hamburg, Germany
Paper: Intuition or Rationality: An Exploratory Study of Serial Entrepreneurs’ Decision-Making Processes

Aleksei Chmykhov, National Research University Higher School of Economics - Perm Branch, Russia
Paper: Football Sponsor: Fan or Businessman?

Igor Dorosh, Vilnius University, Lithuania
Paper: Multidimensional Index of Economic Well-Being for Central and Eastern European Countries

Abubakar Hassan, Eastern Mediterranean University, North Cyprus
Paper: Panel Cointegration Analysis on International Capital Mobility in BRICs

Stefani Milovanska, American University in Bulgaria, Bulgaria
Paper: The Dutch Disease, Financial Development and Economic Growth in the Manufacturing Sector: A Comparative Analysis between Norway and the United Kingdom

Abdullahi Ahmed Mohammed, Çankaya University, Turkey
Paper: Exchange Rate Pass-Through to Domestic Consumer Prices in Nigeria and Taylor’s Hypothesis: Structural VAR Approach

Aneta Mohylová, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
Paper: Stress Testing of the Czech Banking Sector

Kaleem Saleem, Institut Pertanian Bogor, Indonesia
Paper: Analysis of Portfolio Optimization With and Without Short Selling Based on Diagonal Model: Evidence from Indonesian Stock Market

Salim Turdaliev, Westminster International University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Paper: Female Income and the Divorce Decision: Empirical Evidence from A Transition Economy

A huge thank you goes to all participants in this year’s competition who helped to make it such a remarkable event. We wish you the best of luck with your continued studies and hope you’ll submit another paper to NET 2016!

New Economic Talent 2015 Call

Have you recently written an interesting paper in any area of economics? Do you (or did you) study math, physics or engineering, but your work has implications for economics? Submit your paper to our competition and present your ideas. Win $1,000 USD and tickets to CERGE-EI special events. Get feedback from leading economic scholars and gain ideas and contacts for your future research.

In our second annual New Economic Talent Competition, the Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education – Economics Institute (CERGE-EI) and the Nadace CERGE-EI foundation invite university students to submit their papers.

The New Economic Talent 2015 contest is under the auspices of the US Embassy in Prague.

The competition is open to current bachelor’s and master’s students (full-time or part-time) or bachelor’s and master’s graduates (up to two years after graduation) in any field, who are interested in contemporary economic issues and wish to better understand the forces and processes that ‘shape the world’. Please read NET conditions for details. 

Participation: international

Topics: any sub-field of economics (such as macroeconomics, microeconomics, monetary policy, public finance, theoretical economics, econometrics, behavioral economics etc.)

Language: English

Deadline for submission: 28 February, 2015

Number of rounds: 2

First round: electronic submission of a completed paper (10 to 50 pages; 18,000-90,000 characters including spaces) and an extended abstract (1-2 pages; 1,800-3,600 characters including spaces)

First-round results: within 3 weeks after the deadline

Second round: presentation at CERGE-EI, Prague (up to 5 finalists), late May

Criteria of evaluation: originality, substance, analytical nature, clarity of writing

Prize: 1,000 USD and access to an international network of top economists (through attendance at events such as the Global Development Network conference, the Distinguished Speaker Series or the Graduation Gala).

How to Submit Your Paper:

• Prepare the documents.
  - Format: please submit MS Word or similar text editor files only (not PDFs).
  - Length of the paper must be between 10 and 50 pages (18,000—90,000 characters including spaces) in total, including the text body, footnotes, charts, graphs, and bibliography (charts or graphs included as images count as 900 characters). The length of the abstract must be between 1 and 2 pages (1,800 and 3,600 characters including spaces). The extended abstract does not count toward the page limit of the paper. All texts must be written in English and should not include your personal and contact details.
• Submit our online registration form.
• Send the paper and its extended abstract to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Please try to limit its size to 3 MB.

Further details: please see NET Conditions

Download: NET 2015 Call for Papers, NET 2015 poster

If you are interested in studying at CERGE-EI, our Master of Arts in Applied Economics and PhD in Economics Admissions Committees generally see participation in competitions like this as reflecting positively on the applicant, no matter how the applicant performs in the competition.

Contact:
New Economic Talent
CERGE-EI
P.O. Box 882
Politických vězňů 7
111 21 Prague 1
Czech Republic
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