May 2020, See what we have been working on for the past 12 months
If you wish to see what we have been working on for the past 12 months please see our Book of Abstracts: English summaries of recent IDEA studies that can be also downloaded in PDF format here.
Shortly after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic and the initial measures taken by the government, CERGE-EI's think tank IDEA launched the IDEA anti COVID-19 project to provide expert ideas and recommendations to mitigate the negative economic effects of the pandemic. Numerous faculty members, researchers, students and alumni have of CERGE-EI joined the project and are generating a multitude of policy briefs addressing various aspects of the crisis.
Four CERGE-EI faculty have been appointed to the government's Economic Advisory Team, and make up one-third of this advisory body: Jan Švejnar, who leads the team, together with Štěpán Jurajda, Filip Matějka, and Daniel Münich. Filip Matějka was also appointed a member of the Central Crisis Committee.
All the above mentioned are covered by the leading newspapers, online journals, and public broadcasters. Although entering the public debate is not the be-all and end-all of the researchers' job, it is great to see so many members of the CERGE-EI community having their say on this very important topic.
This page shows abstracts of most studies only. For full information go to the Czech web page of IDEA anti COVID-19.
Before the pandemic, IDEA has been working on its regular agenda, which is producing policy-oriented studies with the aim to contribute to the public debates on relevant issues.
Recent IDEA anti COVID-19 and other studies (from May 2020 to May 2019)
Startups during the Covid-19 pandemic: experience for Czechia from the USA
IDEA anti COVID-19 # 19 | Author: Petr Sedláček
The Covid-19 pandemic and socio-economic inequality in education
IDEA anti COVID 19 # 18 | Authors: Miroslava Federičová, Václav Korbel
How to reawaken the economy: Soothe, warm up, say some farewells
IDEA anti COVID 19 # 17 | Author: Filip Matějka
Macroeconomic policy during the coronavirus epidemic
IDEA anti COVID-19 # 16 | Authors: Marek Kapička, Michal Kejak, Ctirad Slavík
Serological tests for Covid-19 antibodies: What could they be good for?
IDEA anti COVID-19 # 15 | Author: Ludmila Matysková
Using Bluetooth technology for COVID-19 contact tracing
IDEA anti COVID-19 # 14 | Authors: Ole Jann, Pavel Kocourek and Jakub Steiner (full study)
IDEA anti COVID-19 #13 | Authors: Nikolas Mittag, Filip Pertold (full study)
Compliance with bans in the coronavirus period: enforcement must be effectively targeted
IDEA anti COVID-19 # 12 | Author: Libor Dušek
Collecting personal data for smart COVID-19 tracing: How to motivate people and not scare them off
IDEA anti COVID-19 # 11 | Author: Ole Jann
How should the government´s crisis measures be communicated? Through frequent repetition
IDEA anti COVID-19 # 10 | Authors: Václav Korbel, Vladimír Novák, Michal Šoltés, Lukáš Tóth
IDEA anti COVID-19 # 9 | Author: Vojtěch Bartoš
Households´attitudes to infection and to the government measures: The latest survey data
IDEA anti COVID-19 # 7 | Authors: Václav Korbel, Vladimír Novák, Michal Šoltés, Lukáš Tóth
What behavioural economics can teach us about prevention: another way of fighting COVID-19
IDEA anti COVID-19 # 6 | Authors: Michal Bauer and Julie Chytilová
The economics of testing for COVID-19: beware of greater damage than benefit
IDEA anti COVID-19 # 5 | Authors: Jan Kulveit and Jakub Steiner
Insolvency during the Coronavirus period: a proposal for temporary changes to the Insolvency Act
IDEA anti COVID-19 # 4 | Author: Tomáš Richter
Helping companies to maintain employment: fast, simple, economically meaningful
IDEA anti COVID-19 # 3 | Author: Daniel Münich
Study: Where do universities recruit researchers?
Interactive application: https://idea.cerge-ei.cz/files/RecruitingResearchers/
Authors: Vít Macháček and Martin Srholec
February 2020
Authors: Vladimír Novák, Michal Šoltés
December 2019
International comparison of school principals: Czech administrative hell
Author: Miroslava Federičová
November 2019
Private and Public Returns to Business R&D spending in Czechia
Author: Petr Pleticha
October 2019
Donations to Political Parties and Procurement Contracts: Evidence from the Period 2007 - 2014
Authors: Vítězslav Titl and Benny Geys
September 2019
Czech teacher´s pay: a new hope
Authors: Daniel Münich, Vladimír Smolka
August 2019
Stigma as a self-fulfilling prophecy? An experiment in the Czech prisons
Authors: Lubomír Cingl, Václav Korbel
August 2019
Teaching quality, education, economic growth and prosperity in the Czech Republic
Authors: Daniel Münich, Jana Krajčová, Tomáš Protivínský
May 2019
GLOBALIZATION OF SCIENCE: Evidence from authors in academic journals by country of origin
Authors: Vít Macháček and Martin Srholec
May 2019
