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CERGE-EI is proud to announce that Filip Matějka, an Assistant Professor at CERGE-EI, was awarded a share of first prize in the 2011 Prof. František Vencovský Prize along with a pair of researchers from the Czech National Bank.

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After his unanimous confirmation by the U.S. Senate on November 3, CERGE-EI ESC member Alan B. Krueger (Princeton University) now chairs President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisers. A report on Alan Krueger's nomination can be found here. We wish him the best success in this extremely demanding job.

Prof. Jan Kmenta has received the 2011 Neuron award for lifetime achievements in the field of economics. The annual Neuron awards were established by Nadační fond Karla Janečka (NFKJ, Karel Janeček's Endowment Fund) in 2010. There are two awards given annually – one to celebrate lifetime achievements and the other to for young researchers who decide to return from abroad to pursue their academic/research careers in the Czech Republic.

Read more: Jan Kmenta Awarded NFKJ Neuron Lifetime Achievement Award

CERGE-EI is proud to announce that Peter Ondko and Vahagn Jerbashian, CERGE-EI students and Junior Researchers, received the first and the second prize in the competition “Young Economist of the Year” held by the Czech Economic Society.

Read more: Young Economists of the Year: CERGE-EI Students Carry the Day in Czech Economic Society Competition

Professor Joseph Stiglitz, winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics and member of CERGE-EI's Executive and Supervisory Committee (ESC) was one of the honored guests at CERGE-EI's 20th Anniversary celebrations recently. On Monday, October 10, 2011, he delivered a lecture to CERGE-EI faculty and students on “Restoring Growth and Stability in a World of Crisis and Contagion: Lessons from Economic Theory and History.” (Click to see his lecture in its entirety.) Professor Stiglitz also met with small groups of students and faculty to provide feedback on their current research, and spoke with local donors about the euro zone sovereign debt crisis at an informal breakfast.

Read more: Nobel Prize Winner Josef Stiglitz Delivers a Lecture at CERGE-EI