M.A., Economics (graduation: June 2009), summa cum laude

Area of Study: Finance, Financial Markets and Banking

Thesis Topic: Subsidy Competition for Inward FDI Spillovers

Advisor: Professor Tomáš Cahlík

B.A., Economic Theories (graduation: June 2007), summa cum laude

Thesis Topic: The Supply of Foreign Direct Investment Incentives

Advisor: Professor Ivo Koubek

 University of Helsinki and Helsinki School of Economics

2008—Studies in Advanced Economics, Erasmus exchange program

Awards    

Czech Economic Society

Honorable Mention by the President of the Czech Economic Society in the Young Economist Award 2008 competition

Honorable Mention by the President of the Czech Economic Society in the Young Economist Award 2007 competition

Charles University in Prague

M.A. with distinction from the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences for an excellent state-final examination performance and for an extraordinarily good master thesis.

Bolzano Prize 2007 by the Rector of the Charles University

B.A. with distinction from the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences for an extraordinarily good bachelors diploma thesis

Merit scholarship (top 10%) for each academic year (2005–2009)

Selected Publications 

“The Supply of Foreign Direct Investment Incentives: Subsidy Competition in an Oligopolistic Framework.”  Prague Economic Papers, 2009(2), 131--155.                                  

“Rose Effect and the Euro: The Magic is Gone.” IES Working Paper 20/2009. IES FSV. Charles University.

Professional Experience    

June 2008–April 2009 (part-time)
Press Island Inc., Litomyšl and Prague, Czech Republic

Position: CEO assistant

Job description: Trade analyses, sales predictions, selection procedures (use of MS Excel, VBA, Stata)

Reference: Ing. Leoš Tupec, (+420) 602 225 786, leos.tupec@pressisland.cz

June 2005–December 2007 (part-time)
HRG Inc. (printing house), Litomyšl, Czech Republic

Position: Financial Director assistant

Job description: Financial analyses (intensive use of MS Excel, Money S5)

Reference: Ing. Aleš Bečvář, (+420) 724 532 481, ales.becvar@hrg.cz

Language Abilities

English (fluent), study in English abroad, awarded publications in English

Czech (native)

German (intermediate), exam in German for economists (Charles University)

Latin (elementary)

Computer Skills

Excellent: Stata, TSP, LaTeX, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Word

Intermediate: Visual Basic for Applications, MS Access, MS Visio, Money S5

Basic: SQL, Matlab, some experience with HTML

Orgnatisation Memberships    Mensa, Czech Economic Society