Research Connect Conference
Building connections within the Czech economics community
Prague, Friday May 15, 2026
Czech National Bank Congress Centre (The Commodity Exchange), Senovážné nám. 30, Prague 1
The Czech National Bank is pleased to announce the first edition of the Research Connect Conference, a new initiative aimed at strengthening links among Czech economists working in academia, policy institutions, and research organizations both in the Czech Republic and abroad. Non-Czech economists working at Czech institutions are equally welcome. The conference aims to support the exchange of ideas, facilitate knowledge sharing, and encourage future research collaborations between academic economists.
The conference will feature keynote speeches by Marie Hoerová (European Central Bank & CEPR) and Jiří Slačálek (European Central Bank).
The programme will also include a panel discussion on the role of the National Bank of Czechoslovakia and the Czech National Bank over the past 100 years. As the panel will focus on domestic topics, it will be held in Czech.
Important dates
Conference date: 15 May 2026
Registration deadline: 11 May 2026
Contact: research-connect@cnb.cz
The conference is open to registered participants only.
The conference will be held in person at the Czech National Bank in Prague, Czech Republic. Participants are expected to cover their own travel and accommodation expenses. It is a full day program with lunch and refreshments provided.
Programme
Friday, 15 May 2026
All times are in Central European Summer Time.
| 8.30 | Registration & Morning Coffee |
| 9.00 | Opening Remarks Jan Frait, Deputy Governor, Czech National Bank |
| 9.10 | Keynote Speech: Marie Hoerova (European Central Bank & Centre for Economic Policy Research) |
| 10.00 | Coffee break |
| 10.15 | Dynamic Sparse Adaptive Learning Sergey Slobodyan (CERGE-EI) & Volha Audzei (CNB) |
| 10.40 | Leverage Cycles over the Household Life Cycle: A Quantitative Model of Endogenous Leverage and Default Yi Ping (European Research University) |
| 11.05 | Integration and Product Quality: Asymmetric Valuation in Post-Comecon EU Trade Vincenzo Merella (Prague University of Economics and Business; University of Cagliari) & Josef Tauser (Prague University of Economics and Business) |
| 11.30 | Profit Shifting or Debt Shifting? Institutional Reform, Leverage Allocation, and Profit Contribution in Multinational Business Groups Jan Hanousek Sr. (Mendel University in Brno) & Jan Hanousek Jr. (University of Memphis), Anastasiya Shamshur (King’s College London), and Jared Williams (University of South Florida) |
| 12.00 | Lunch and Poster Session |
| 13.00 | Policy panel: 100 Years of Czech Central Banking – Reflections and Challenges Jan Frait, Martin Melecky, Jakub Kunert, and Zdenek Tuma |
| 14.00 | Coffee Break and Poster Session |
| 14.25 | CNB Research Strategy: Priorities Simona Malovana, Executive Director of the Research and Statistics Department, CNB |
| 14.40 | Keynote Speech: Jiri Slacalek (European Central Bank) |
| 15.30 | Coffee Break and Poster Session |
| 15.45 | Work from Home and Labor Market Trajectories Klara Kaliskova (Prague University of Economics and Business) & Alena Bicakova (CERGE-EI), Kamila Cygan-Rehm (Dresden University of Technology), and Maike Steffen (Dresden University of Technology) |
| 16.10 | The Effects of Winning Public Tenders on Firm Growth: Evidence from the IT Sector in the Czech Republic Smaranda Pantea (Prague University of Economics and Business) & Nadzeya Laurentsyeva (Prague University of Economics and Business and Sanofi) |
| 16.35 | Foreign Bank Ownership and Lending Dynamics in Post-Transition Economies Peter Albrecht (Mendel University in Brno) & Svatopluk Kapounek (Mendel University in Brno), Evzen Kocenda (Charles University), Daniel Pastorek (Mendel University in Brno), and Martin Stachon (Mendel University in Brno) |
| 17.00 | Bot-Induced Social Media Manipulation and Stock Market Distortion Jan Hanousek Jr. (University of Memphis) & Daniel Bradley (University of South Florida), Jan Hanousek Sr. (Mendel University in Brno), and Dominik Svoboda (University of Memphis) |
| 17.25 | End |
| Distributional Effects of Asymmetric Monetary Policy Under Heterogeneous Consumption Baskets Margaryan Samvel (CERGE-EI) |
| Monetary Policy and Labour Income Inequality: A Regional Approach Barbara Livorova (CNB) & Adam Gersl |
| Asset-Level Analysis of Corporate Value Adjustment in the Climate Transition: A Comparison of Market Risk from Climate Scenarios and Stress Test Methodologies for the Global Power Sector Jakub Cervenka (Theia Finance Labs) & K. Tang, F. Yilmaz, B. Gallice, M. Hejazi, R. Apeaning, M. Oweyssi, P. Kamboj, A. Buller |
| Household Heterogeneity and Monetary Policy Transmission in the Czech Economy Tomas Fencl (CNB) & Jan Babecky, Jaromir Baxa, and Jan Bruha |
| Equity and Efficiency under Carbon Pricing: A DSGE Analysis of Carbon Revenue Redistribution Jakub Chalmoviansky (Masaryk University Brno) & Alexander Lipka |
| Perceptions of Undeserved Inequality Make Europeans More Vulnerable to Populist Narratives Filip Cervenka (Research Institute for Labour and Social Affairs) & Robin Maialeh |
The preliminary program can be downloaded here: Program (pdf, 630 kB)
Organizing committee
- Josef Švéda (CNB)
- František Mašek (CNB)
- Filip Blaha (CNB)
- Martijn Boermans (CNB & University of Amsterdam)
Scientific committee
- Ctirad Slavík (CERGE)
- Martijn Boermans (CNB & University of Amsterdam)
- Martin Hodula (CNB)
- František Mašek (CNB)
- Jozef Baruník (Charles University)
- Vincenzo Merella (VŠE)
- Volha Audzei (CNB)
- Josef Švéda (CNB)