Monday, 16 May 2016
Czech National Bank’s Commodity Exchange (Plodinová burza) building, Senovážné nám. 30, Praha 1
Programme
| 8.30 | Registration & Morning Coffee |
| 9.00 | Welcome Address and Economic Research Award: Kamil Janáček, Board Member, CNB |
| 9.10 | CNB Research in 2016 (pdf, 694 kB): Kamil Galuščák, Director of Research Department, CNB |
| 9.30 | Keynote Speech: “Economic Policy Challenges in CEE Countries (pdf, 911 kB)” by Boris Vujčić, Governor, Croatian National Bank |
| 10.10 | Q&A |
| 10.25 | Coffee Break |
| Chair of the morning session: Jan Babecký, CNB | |
| 10.45 | “In the Quest of Measuring the Financial Cycle” by Miroslav Plašil, Tomáš Konečný, Jakub Seidler, and Petr Hlaváč Presentation (pdf, 741 kB) |
| 11.05 | Discussion: Yves Schüler, ECB Presentation (pdf, 273 kB) |
| 11.20 | Q&A |
| 11.30 | “Dynamic Elasticities of Tax Revenue: Evidence from the Czech Republic” by Tomáš Havránek, Zuzana Iršová, and Jiří Schwarz Presentation (pdf, 935 kB) |
| 11.50 | Discussion: Vilém Valenta, European Stability Mechanism Presentation (pdf, 499 kB) |
| 12.05 | Q&A |
| 12.15 | Lunch |
| Chair of the afternoon session: Jan Brůha, CNB | |
| 13.30 | “Evaluating a Structural Model Forecast: Decomposition Approach” by František Brázdik, Zuzana Humplová, and František Kopřiva Presentation (pdf, 260 kB) |
| 13.50 | Discussion: Douglas Laxton, IMF Presentation (pdf, 1.1 MB) |
| 14.05 | Q&A |
| 14.15 | “Rare Shocks vs. Non-linearities: What Drives Extreme Events in the Economy? Some Empirical Evidence” by Michal Franta Presentation (pdf, 156 kB) |
| 14.35 | Discussion: Andrea Roventini, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies Presentation (pdf, 183 kB) |
| 14.50 | Q&A |
The programme of CNB Research Open Day 2016 can be downloaded also in pdf format (pdf, 153 kB).
Please note that places will be subject to availability owing to the limited capacity of the conference facility.
Registration required (REGISTRATION CLOSED).