One of the most important aspects of the CERGE-EI dedication to the achievement of excellence found at leading western institutions is that the CERGE-EI faculty members, students, and researchers publish in top international journals. You can find a list of all impact-factor publications of authors who report affiliations in the Czech Republic here. A recent sample of CERGE-EI top publications can be found below:

Jurajda, S. and Munich, D.: "Admission to selective schools, alphabetically." Economics of Education Review.

Egert, B. and Kocenda, E.: "Time-Varying Synchronization of European Stock Markets." Empirical Economics.
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Pakos, M.: "Estimating intertemporal and intratemporal substitutions when both income and substitution effects are present: the role of durable goods." Journal of Business & Economic Statistics.

Bena, J. and Jurajda, S.: "Financial Development and Corporate Growth in the EU Single Market." Economica.

Kovac, E., Vinogradov, V. and Zigic, K.: "Technological Leadership and Persistence of Monopoly under Endogenous Entry: Static versus Dynamic Analysis." Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control. Vol. 34, No. 8, August 2010, 1421-1441.
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Bruha, J. and Podpiera, J.: "Real exchange rates in emerging economies." Economics of Transition.. Vol. 18, No. 3, July 2010, 599-628.
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Earnhart, D. and Lizal, L: "Effect of Corporate Economic Performance on Firm-Level Environmental Performance in a Transition Economy." Environmental & Resource Economics. Vol. 46, No. 3, July 2010, 303-329.
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Bauer, M. and Chytilova, J.: "The Impact of Education on Subjective Discount Rate in Ugandan Villages." Economic Development and Cultural Change. Vol. 58, No. 4, July 2010, 643–669.
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Poghosyan, T. and Poghosyan, A.: " Foreign bank entry, bank efficiency and market power in Central and Eastern European Countries. " Economics of Transition. Vol. 18, No. 3, July 2010, 571-598.
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Benk, S., Gillman, M. and Kejak, M.: "A banking explanation of the US velocity of money: 1919-2004. " Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control. Vol. 34, No. 4, April 2010, 765-779.
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Dinga, M. and Munich, D.: "The impact of territorially concentrated FDI on local labor markets: Evidence from the Czech Republic." Labour Economics. Vol. 17, No. 2, April 2010, 354-367.
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Baghdasaryan, D. and Zigic, K.: "Tariffs, market conduct and government commitment." Economics of Transition. Vol. 18, No. 1, January 2010, 91-122.
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Rydval, O., Ortmann, A., Prokosheva, S., and Hertwig, R.: "How Certain Is the Uncertainty Effect?" Experimental Economics. Vol. 12, No. 4, December 2009, 473-487.
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Engelmann, D. and Fischbacher, U.: "Indirect reciprocity and strategic reputation building in an experimental helping game." Games and Economic Behavior. Vol. 67, No. 2, November 2009, 399-407.
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Kocenda, E. and Poghosyan, T.: "Macroeconomic Sources of Foreign Exchange Risk in New EU Members." Journal of Banking and Finance. Vol. 33, No. 11, November 2009, 2164-2173.
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Rydval, O., Ortmann, A. and Ostatnicky, M. "Three Very Simple Games and What It Takes to Solve Them." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. Vol. 72, No. 1, October 2009, 589-601.
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Katuscak, P. : "Taxes and executive compensation: evidence from the 1990s." CESifo Economic Studies. Vol. 55, No. 3-4, September-December 2009,. 542-568.
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Estrin, S., Hanousek, J., Kocenda, E., and Svejnar, J.: "Effects of Privatization and Ownership in Transition Economies." Journal of Economic Literature. Vol. 47, No. 3, September 2009, 699-728.
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Krueger, A. B. and Maleckova, J.: "Attitudes and Action: Public Opinion and the  Occurrence of International Terrorism." Science. Vol. 325, No. 5947, 18 September 2009, 1534-1536.
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Kovac, E. and Mylovanov, T.: "Stochastic mechanisms in settings without monetary transfers: The regular case." Journal of Economic Theory. Vol. 144, No. 4, July 2009, 1373-1395.
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Jurajda, S. and Paligorova, T.: "Czech female managers and their wages." Labour Economics. Vol. 16, No. 3, June 2009, 342-351.
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Engelmann, D. and Grimm, V.: "Bidding behaviour in multi-unit auctions – an experimental investigation." Economic Journal. Vol. 119, No. 537, April 2009, 855-882.
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Jurajda, S. and Terrell, K.: "Regional Unemployment and Human Capital in Transition Economies."  Economics of Transition. Vol. 17, No. 2, April 2009, 241-274.
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Hanousek, J., Kocenda, E., and Svejnar, J.: "Divestitures, Privatization and Corporate Performance in Emerging Markets."  Economics of Transition. Vol. 17, No. 1, January 2009, 43-73.
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Kocenda, E., Hanousek, J., and Engelmann, D.: "Currencies, competition, and clans." Journal of Policy Modeling, Vol. 30, No. 6, November-December 2008, 1115-1132.
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Bohacek, R.: "Efficiency-equality trade-off of social insurance." Macroeconomic Dynamics. Vol. 12, No. 5, November 2008, 619-640.
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Ortmann, A. 2008. "Prospecting neuroeconomics." Economics and Philosophy, Vol. 24, No. 3, November 2008, 431-448.
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Hertwig, R. and Ortmann, A.: "Deception in social psychological experiments: two misconceptions and a research agenda." Social Psychology Quarterly, Vol. 71, No. 3, September 2008, 222-227.
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Steiner, J. "Coordination of mobile labor." Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 139, No. 1, March 2008, 25-46.
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Krajc, M. and Ortmann, A.: "Are the unskilled really that unaware? An alternative explanation." Journal of Economic Psychology. Vol. 29, No. 5, November 2008, 724-738.
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Jurajda, S. and Terrell, K.: "Job reallocation in two cases of massive adjustment in Eastern Europe." World Development. Vol. 36, No. 11, November 2008, 2144-2169.
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van Koten, S. and Ortmann, A.: "The unbundling regime for electricity utilities in the EU: a case of legislative and regulatory capture?" Energy Economics, Vol. 30, No. 6, November 2008, 3128-3140.
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Benk, S. , Gillman, M. and Kejak, M.: "Money velocity in an endogenous growth business cycle with credit shocks." Journal of Money Credit and Banking, Vol. 40, No. 6, September 2008, 1281-1293.
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Jeong, B., Kejak, M. and Vinogradov, V.: "Changing compositon of human capital: the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland." Economics of Transition, Vol. 16, No. 2, April 2008, 247-271.
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Gupta, N. , Ham, J. C. and Svejnar, J.: "Priorities and sequencing in privatization: evidence from Czech firm panel data." European Economic Review, Vol. 52, No. 2, February 2008, 183-208.
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Poghosyan, T. , Kocenda, E. and Zemcik, P.: "Modeling foreign exchange risk premium in Armenia." Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Vol. 44, No. 1, February 2008, 41-61.
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Ryvkin, D. and Ortmann, A.: "The Predictive Power of Three Prominent Tournament Formats." Management Science, Vol. 54, No. 3, March 2008, 492-504.
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Bohacek, R. and Kapicka, M.: "Optimal human capital policies." Journal of Monetary Economics. Vol. 55, No. 1, January 2008, 1-16.
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Hertwig, R. and Ortmann A.: "Deception in Experiments: Revisiting the Arguments in Its Defense." Ethics & Behavior, Vol. 18, No. 1, January 2008, 59-92.
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Earnhart, D. and Lizal, L.: "Direct and Indirect Effects of Ownership on Firm-Level Environmental Performance." Eastern European Economics. Vol. 45, No. 4, July-August 2007, 66-87.
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Devetag, G. and Ortmann, A.: "When and why? A critical survey on coordination failure in the laboratory." Experimental Economics, Vol. 10, No. 3, September 2007, 331-344.
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Bohacek, R. and Mendizabal, H. R.: "Credit Markets and the Propagation of Monetary Policy Shocks." Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking. Vol. 39, No. 6, September 2007, 1429-1455.
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Munich, D. and Svejnar, J. : "Unemployment in East and West Europe."  Labour Economics. Vol. 14, No. 4, August 2007, 681-94.
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Chen, Y., Katuscak, P. and Ozdenoren, E.: "Sealed bid auctions with ambiguity: theory and experiments." Journal of Economic Theory. Vol. 136, No. 1, September 2007, 513-535.
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Kazakova, E.: "Wages in a growing Russia: when is a 10 per cent rise in the gender wage gap good news?" Economics of Transition, Vol. 15, No. 2, April 2007, 365–392.
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Jurajda, S. and Harmgart , H.: "When do female occupations pay more?" Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 35, No. 1, March 2007, 170-187.
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Noguera, J. and Pecchenino, R: "OPEC and the international oil market: can a cartel fuel the engine of economic development?" International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol. 25, No. 1, February 2007, 187-199.
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Blume, A. and Ortmann, A.: "The effects of costless pre-play communication: experimental evidence from games with Pareto-ranked equilibria." Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 132, No. 1, January 2007, 274-290.
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Hanousek, J., Kocenda, E., and Svejnar, J.: "Origin and concentration: corporate ownership, control and performance in firms after privatization." Economics of Transition, Vol. 15 No. 1, January 2007, 1-31.
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Kocenda, E. and Valachy, J.: "Exchange rate volatility and regime change: Visegrad comparison." Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 34, No. 4, December 2006, 727-753.
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Bohacek, R.: "Financial constraints and entrepreneurial investment." Journal of Monetary Economics, Vol. 53, No. 8, November 2006, 2195-2212.
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Hanousek, J. and Palda, F.: "Problems measuring the underground economy in transition." Economics of Transition, Vol. 14, No. 4, October 2006, 707-718.
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Noguera, J. and Linz, S. J.: "Barter, credit and welfare: a theoretical inquiry into the barter phenomenon in Russia." Economics of Transition, Vol. 14, No. 4, October 2006, 719-745.
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Earnhart, D., Lizal, L.: "Effects of ownership and financial status on corporate environmental performance." Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 34, No. 1, March 2006, 111-129.
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Gilbert, S., Zemcik, P.: "Who's afraid of reduced-rank parameterizations of multivariate models? Theory and example." Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Vol. 97, No. 4, Apr 2006, 925- 945.
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Benk, S., Gillman, M. and Kejak, M.: “A Comparison of Exchange Economies within a Monetary Business Cycle.” Manchester School. Vol. 73, No. 4, Special Issue 2005, 542-62.
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Slemrod, J. and Katuscak, P.: “Do Trust and Trustworthiness Pay Off?” Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 40, No. 3, Summer 2005, 621-646.
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Lodewijks, J.: "The ET Interview: Professor Jan Kmenta", Econometric Theory, Vol. 21, No. 3, 2005, 621-645.
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Gilbert, S. and Zemcik, P.: “Testing for Latent Factors in Models with Autocorrelation and Heteroskedasticity of Unknown Form.” Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 72, No. 1, July 2005, 236-52.
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Rydval, O. and Ortmann, A.: “Loss Avoidance as Selection Principle: Evidence from Simple Stag-Hunt Games.” Economics Letters, Vol. 88, No. 1, July 2005, 101-07.
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Benk, S., Gillman, M., Kejak, M., "Credit shocks in the financial deregulatory era: Not the usual suspects", Review of Economic Dynamics, Vol. 8, No. 3, July 2005, 668–687.
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Munich, D., Svejnar, J., and Terrell, K. "Is women’s human capital valued more by markets than by planners?", Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 33, No. 2, June 2005, 278-299.
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Basu, S., Estrin, S., and Svejnar, J.: "Employment Determination in Enterprises under Communism and in Transition: Evidence from Central Europe." Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 58, No. 3, Apr. 2005, 353-369.
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Gillman, M. and Kejak, M.: “Contrasting Models of the Effect of Inflation on Growth.” Journal of Economic Surveys, Vol. 19, No. 1, February 2005, 113-36.
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Tyran, J.R. and Engelmann, D.: “To Buy or Not to Buy? An Experimental Study of Consumer Boycotts in Retail Markets.” Economica, Vol. 72, No. 285, February 2005, 1-16.
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Munich, D., Svejnar, J., and Terrell, K. "Returns to Human Capital from the Communist Wage Grid to Transition: Retrospective Evidence from Czech Micro Data", Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 87, No. 1, February 2005, 100-123.
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Slobodyan, S.: “Indeterminacy, Sunspots, and Development Traps.” Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Vol. 29, No. 1-2, January 2005, 159-85.
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Babetskii, I.: “Trade Integration and Synchronization of Shocks: Implications for EU Enlargement.” Economics of Transition, Vol. 13, No. 1, January 2005, 105-38.
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Gillman, M. and Kejak, M.: ” Inflation and Balanced-Path Growth with Alternative Payment Mechanisms”, Economic Journal, 115, 500, January 2005, 247–270
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Babetskaia-Kukharchuk, O. and Maurel, M.: “Russia's Accession to the WTO: The Potential for Trade Increase.” Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 32, No. 4, December 2004, 680-99.
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Rydval, O. and Ortmann, A.: “How Financial Incentives and Cognitive Abilities Affect Task Performance in Laboratory Settings: An Illustration” Economics Letters, Vol. 85, No. 3, December 2004, 315-20.
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Hanousek, j. and Filer, R.K.: “Consumers' Opinion of Inflation Bias Due to Quality Improvements.” Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 53, No. 1, October 2004, 235-54.
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Engelmann, D., and Strobel, M.: “Inequality Aversion, Efficiency, and Maximum Preferences in Simple Distribution Experiments.” American Economic Review, Vol. 94, No. 4, September 2004, 857-69
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Gillman, M., Kejak, M.: "The Demand for Bank Reserves and Other Monetary Aggregates." Economic Inquiry, 42, 3, July 2004, 518-533
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Babetskii, Ian, Boone, L. and Maurel, M.: “Exchange Rate Regimes and Shocks Asymmetry: The Case of the Accession Countries.” Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 32, No. 2, June 2004, 212-29.
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Ortmann A, and Ostatnicky M.: “Proper experimental design and implementation are necessary conditions for a balanced social psychology.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Vol. 27, No. 3, June 2004, 352-353.
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Hanousek, J. and Palda, F.: “Quality of Government Services and the Civic Duty to Pay Taxes in the Czech and Slovak Republics, and Other Transition Countries.” Kyklos, Vol. 57, No. 2, May 2004, 237-52.
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Hanousek, J., Filer, R.K.: " Investment, Credit Rationing, and the Soft Budget Constraint: What Would a Well-Functioning Credit Market Look Like?" Economics Letters, 82, 3, March 2004, 385-390
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