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Department of Econometrics

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Department of Econometrics focuses on understanding and modelling important economic and financial problems like decision making of agents, asset pricing, understating interaction between agents, or recently understanding the economic impacts of pandemics. We offer solutions to these problems with the help of mathematical models as well as statistical methodologies. More recently, we utilize modern machine learning methods for decision-making problems and analyze high-dimensional data sets (big data). We particularly focus on understanding economic and financial problems, focusing on estimation of real-world data.

In our department, we cover topics such as Machine Learning/Statistical Learning, Dynamic networks and financial decision making, Dynamic quantile asset pricing models, Measurement of dependence between cyclical economic variables, High-frequency data analysis, Agent based models, Stochastic optimization and Macroeconomics.

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Organized conferences and workshops:

  • STAT of ML 2023, 2022,2021,2020, 2019, Prague. Economterics Department in cooperation with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague organized a STAT of ML (Statistics of Machine Learning) conference held October 5-6, 2023.  
  • Haindorf workshop 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. The series of joint workshops with Humboldt University organized in January are focused on networking activities of research groups of prof. Barunik and prof.Hardle and training PhD students in statistical techniques. We have enjoyed hosting several respected scholars who joined the workshops including Victor Chernozhukov (MIT), Oliver Linton (Cambridge), Bryan Graham (UC Berkeley), Qiwei Yao (LSE), Holger Dette (Bochum) and many visiting international scholars.
  • 2015 – 2020 Research Seminar Series – Jointly with Institute of Economic Studies we organize occasional small workshops for PhD students with invited international speakers, i.e. Eddie Gerba (LSE), Mattia Bevilaqua (LSE), Todorova (Bocconi).
  • FinMaP – Financial Distortions & Macroeconomic Performance 2015 Prague: 2nd general workshop of the consortium organized by Institute of Information Theory and Automation.
  • FinMaP – Financial Distortions & Macroeconomic Performance 2015 Mannheim: 3rd general workshop of the consortium co-organized by Institute of Information Theory and Automation.
  • 2015 Econophysics Colloquium: The 2015 annual meeting of international researchers that brings together interdisciplinary research as physicists, economists and practitioners to discuss statistical methods, quantitative measures, modelling, simulations, and computational issues was co-organized in Prague by Institute of Information Theory and Automation and Charles University.
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Department detail

Doc. PhDr. Jozef Baruník Ph.D.
PhDr. Jaromír Baxa Ph.D.
PhDr. František Čech Ph.D.
Mgr. Luboš Hanus
Mgr. Martin Hronec
Mgr. Lukáš Janásek
RNDr. Vlasta Kaňková CSc.
Prof. Ing. Evžen Kočenda Ph.D. DSc.
Prof. PhDr. Ladislav Krištoufek Ph.D.
Mgr. Dušan Križan
PhDr. Jiří Kukačka Ph.D.
Mgr. Josef Kurka
Prof. RNDr. Radko Mesiar DrSc.
Mgr. Lenka Nechvátalová
Mgr. Matěj Nevrla
Attila Sárkány
Jan Šíla MSc.
Ing. Karel Sladký CSc.
RNDr. Martin Šmíd Ph.D.
Mgr. Ing. Martin Štěpánek Ph.D.
Mgr. Lukáš Vácha Ph.D.
Duration: 2016 - 2018
The project will develop a new measures of dependence between economic variables, which will allow to study the frequency dependent dznamics of correlations in different quantiles of joint distribution.
Duration: 2016 - 2018
The aim of this project is to model optimal dynamic behaviour of a risk-averse European carbon-emitting steel producer, to design and implement an algorithm solving the corresponding multi-stage optimisation problem and apply the model to a real-life steel company. A linear combination of mean profit and conditional value at risk will serve as a decision criterion; decision variables will includ
Duration: 2016 - 2019
This project extensively examines the effect of financial sector development and financial risks on both long-term economic growth as well as short-term economic fluctuations during the current financial crisis.
Duration: 2015 - 2017
The aim of the project is to create a dynamical structural model of a mortgage portfolio consisting of multiple tranches. A default of a loan will be driven by a sum of three factors: an overall one, a tranche specific one and an individual one. Analogously, a loss (given default) of individual mortgages will be driven by a sum of three factors (possibly standing for a collateral value).
Duration: 2014 - 2016
The aim of the research project is to analyze financial risk and market co-movements using novel econometric methods and their theoretically grounded modifications. The main focus will be on emerging European markets with respect to global developed markets, as well as important assets from commodities markets.
2022-12-08
Jméno oceněného: František ČechOcenění: Soutěž o nejlepší publikaci ÚTIA pro rok 2022 - cena do 35 letOceněná činnost:...
2022-11-10
Jméno oceněného: L. Vácha, J. BaruníkOcenění: Nejlépe hodnocené kurzy na IESOceněná činnost: Výuka kurzu Advanced...
2022-10-30
Jméno oceněného:       Jozef Barunik, Lenka NechvátalováOcenění: Zlatý kurz FSV Oceněná činnost: výukaOcenění udělil:...
2022-10-20
Jméno oceněného:       Jozef Barunik, Lukas VachaOcenění:           Zlatý kurz FSV (Financial Econometrics I)Oceněná...
2022-09-20
Jméno oceněného:       Ladislav KristoufekOcenění: zařazení do Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2022 (10...
2021-11-30
Jméno oceněného:       Jozef Barunik, Lenka NechvátalováOcenění:           Zlatý kurz FSV (Applied Econometrics)Oceněná...
2021-11-20
Jméno oceněného: L. Vácha, J. BaruníkOcenění: Nejlépe hodnocené kurzy na IESOceněná činnost: Výuka kurzu Advanced...
2021-11-20
Jméno oceněného: L. Vácha, J. BaruníkOcenění: Nejlépe hodnocené kurzy na IESOceněná činnost: Výuka kurzu Advanced...
2020-11-30
Jméno oceněného: Evzen KocendaOcenění: GSJ Global Strategy Research PrizeOceněná činnost: For the best paper relating...
2020-11-20
Jméno oceněného: L. Vácha, J. BaruníkOcenění: Nejlépe hodnocené kurzy na IESOceněná činnost: Výuka kurzu Quantitative...
2020-11-10
Jméno oceněného:       Jozef BarunikOcenění:           Nejlepší magisterský kurs (Applied Econometrics)Oceněná činnost...
2020-10-10
Jméno oceněného: Martin Hronec Ocenění: Top 3 magistersky kurz Oceněná činnost: VyukaOcenění udělil: Institut...
2017-05-24
Prof. Ing. Evžen Kočenda, M.A., Ph.D., DSc. received the scientific title "Research Professor in Social Sciences and...
2017-05-24
Prof. Evžen Kočenda převzal 24.5. 2017 diplom s titulem „doktor sociálních a humanitních věd“ z rukou předsedkyne AV ČR...
2015-12-07
Institute of Energy Economics, Faculty of Finance and Accounting, University of Economics in Prague awarded work of...
2014-05-13
In the year 2014 the President of the Academy of Sciences of the CR granted The Otto Wichterle Award to promising young...
2014-05-12
The Czech National Bank has granted this year’s Economic Research Award to the paper “Are Bayesian Fan Charts Useful...
2014-05-12
Česká národní banka udělila letošní cenu za nejlepší výzkumné práce (Economic Research Award) práci „Are Bayesian Fan...
2013-12-03
Institute of Energy Economics, Faculty of Finance and Accounting, University of Economics in Prague awarded work of...
2013-09-13
Ladislav Kristoufek was awarded by the 1st place in PhD students competition for his research paper "Mixed-correlated...
2012-11-30
Institut energetické ekonomie při Fakultě financí a účetnictví VŠE ocenil práci Ladislava Krištoufka, Karla Jandy a...
2012-06-25
In the year 2012 the President of the Academy of Sciences of the CR granted The Otto Wichterle Award to promising young...
2011-06-17
PhDr. Jozef Baruník získal první místo v 17. ročníku Souteže o nejlepší studentskou vědeckou práci z teoretické...