Conference program 2015

8:50 - 9:20 | REGISTRATION

9:20 - 9:30 | WELCOME ADDRESS

9:30 - 10:50 | SESSION I

Trade 1
Room S307

Anna Ray (Sciences Po Paris): Expanding Multinationals - Industry Relatedness and Conglomerate Mergers & Acquisitions

Svetlana Fedoseeva (Justus Liebig University Giessen): Same Currency, Different Strategies? The (Asymmetric) Role of the Exchange Rate in Shaping European Agri-Food Exports

Kristina Chukavina (Ural Federal University): The factors of FDI import and export in Russia: estimation results on the basis of gravity model

Labour Economics 1
Room S308

Joanna Clifton-Sprigg (University of Edinburgh): Best of both worlds? Early cognitive and non-cognitive development of bilingual children

Adrian Hille (German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)): A musical instrument for every child? The effects of a universal music education program

Anna Adamecz (Central European University): A re-evaluation of a Hungarian integrated education program. Hypothesis testing in case of multiple outcomes and low sample size

Finance and Investment
Room S309

Zuzana Kubíková (University of Economics in Bratislava): The Effect of the Degree of Foreign Ownership on Performance of Firms

Harold Contreras (Warwick Business School): Insider trading and market sentiment over earnings announcements

Oleksandra Lemeshko (Masaryk University): Timing abilities of the mutual fund managers from Vysehrad countries

Industrial Organization 1
Room S310

Martin Lábaj & Biliana Yontcheva (WU Vienna): Market Structure in Transition: Entry and Competition in Slovakia

Barna Bakó (Corvinus University of Budapest): Nothing so certain as your anchors? A consumer bias that might lower prices

Ondřej Krčál (Masaryk University): Local price competition: Evidence from the Czech retail gasoline market

Experimental Economics 1
Room S311

Ilona Reindel (University of Vienna): Let the Others Do the Job: Comparing Contribution Behavior in the Lab and in the Field

Miloš Fišar (Masaryk University): Corrupt reciprocity in public procurement: an experimental study in Czech Republic and New Zealand

Invited Lecture
Room S313

Mark Wardman (Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds): Price Elasticities of Surface Travel Demand: A Meta-analysis of UK Evidence

10:50 - 11:10 | COFFEE BREAK

11:10 - 12:30 | SESSION II

Trade 2
Room S307

Veronika Konciková (Masaryk University): The impact of Chinese trade growth on Czech exports

Bohdan Vahalík (Technical University of Ostrava): Intra-industry trade between the EU member countries and BRICS: Linder's vs. Hecksher-Ohlin hypothesis

Ievgen Kravchenko (Masaryk University): Reorientation of Ukraine's foreign economic vector in the context of entrance to the European market

Labour Economics 2
Room S308

Martin Kahanec (Central European University): The Free Movement of Workers in an Enlarged European Union: Institutional Underpinnings of Economic Adjustment

Hanna Brenzel (Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg): Job mobility as a new explanation for the immigrant-native wage gap

Jan Sulák (Technical University of Ostrava): The Impact of Air Pollution on Internal Migration in the Czech Republic

Macroeconomic Modelling 1
Room S309

Anil Ari (University of Cambridge): Sovereign Risk and Bank Risk-Taking

Miroslav Hloušek (Masaryk University): Inflation Target and its Impact on Macroeconomy in the Zero Lower Bound Environment: the case of the Czech economy

Aleš Maršál (National Bank of Slovakia): Fiscal Policy and Nominal Term Premium

Industrial Organization 2
Room S310

Olga Rozanova (Toulouse School of Economics): Final vs. Intermediate Price Regulation in the Presence of Demand-Enhancing Investments

Agustín Redonda (Institute of Economics (IdEP), University of Lugano): Market structure, the missing link between tax incidence and tax competition

Rostislav Staněk (Masaryk University): Exclusive distribution in two-sided market: A case of music streaming services

Experimental Economics 2
Room S311

Monika Jurkovičová (University of Economics in Bratislava): Heuristics and Biases in Insurance Purchase Decision-Making: The Relativity

James Tremewan (University of Vienna): On the Effects of Group Identity in Strategic Environments

Transportation Economics 1
Room S313

Alessia Patuelli (University of Pisa): Open Access High Speed Rail Competition in Italy: First Results

Stefanie Peer (WU Vienna): Selection-bias in reward experiments: evidence from a real-life peak avoidance experiment among train commuters

Eliška Kleinová (Masaryk University): The use of consumer survey to determine a relevant market

12:30 - 13:30 | LUNCH

13:30 - 15:00 | BEST PAPER AWARD & KEYNOTE – JESÚS CRESPO CUARESMA (Room P101)

Jesús Crespo Cuaresma (WU Vienna)
"Model Uncertainty and Econometric Modelling: What Can We Learn from David Bowie?"

15:00 - 15:20 | COFFEE BREAK

15:20 - 17:00 | SESSION III

Labour Economics 3
Room S308

Josef Montag (Mendel University Brno): Criminals and the Price System: Evidence from Czech Metal Thieves

Nelly El Mallakh (Université Paris 1-Panthéon Sorbonne): Women and Political Change: Evidence from the Egyptian Revolution

Pawel Bukowski (Central European University): What Determines The Long-Run Persistence of the Empires? The Effect of the Partition of Poland on Education

Martin Guzi (Masaryk University): Estimating Living Wage Globally

Macroeconomic Modelling 2
Room S309

Nadja Stanova (University of Antwerp): Effects of fiscal shocks in new EU members estimated from a SVARX model with debt feedback

Zsuzsa Munkácsi (European University Institute): Fiscal Austerity, Unemployment and Family Firms

Nils Wittmann (TU Dortmund University): The Procyclicality of Consumer Credit

Marek Hlaváč (Harvard University): A More Versatile Tool for Extreme Bounds Analysis

Agent-Based Models
Room S310

Michal Kvasnička (Masaryk University): Optimal viral video marketing campaign: An agent-based model

Petr Tučník (University of Hradec Králové): Agent-based Virtual Economics Project – A Framework Description and Introductory Notes

Rodica Ianole (University of Bucharest): Home Ownership in Post-Communist Eastern Europe: An agent-based model of risk-aversion and social-status signalling

Karolina Safarzyńska (Warsaw University): A Macro-Evolutionary Model of the Joint Dynamics of Technology, Finance and Energy Systems

Energy Economics
Room S311

Andrew Burlinson (Warwick Business School): The energy efficiency paradox and the decision to connect to district heating: evidence from Birmingham

Václav Šebek (Masaryk University): Real effective exchange rate: is it influenced by the oil price?

Zuzana Bajúsová (Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra): Impact of biofuels production on the structure of agricultural land in Visegrad countries

Sherzod Tashpulatov (CERGE-EI, Prague): Analysis of electricity industry liberalization in Great Britain: How did the bidding behavior of electricity producers change?

Transportation Economics 2
Room S313

Valerio Benedetto (Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds): The impacts of economic regulation on the efficiency of European railway systems

Zdeněk Tomeš (Masaryk University): Do European Reforms Increase Modal Share of Railways?

Jan Vondrák (Masaryk University): Why are UK rail operating subsidies declining?