Simona Malovaná

Simona Malovaná joined the Czech National Bank in 2014 and has served as Director of the Financial Research Division since October 2019. She has a broad expertise in econometric and theoretical modelling, and her research interests include (macro)prudential and monetary policy, systemic risk, and financial stability. Simona received her doctorate in economics from the Institute of Economic Studies at Charles University. She has received several awards, including the Karel Engliš Prize, presented by the Czech Economic Society for the best paper on Czech economic policy, and the František Vencovský Prize, presented by the University of Finance and Administration to young researchers below the age of 35.

• Malovaná S., Ehrenbergerová D., a Gric Z. (2023): What Do Economists Think About the Green Transition? Exploring the Impact of Environmental Awareness, CNB Working Paper 6/2023, Czech National Bank.
• Malovaná S., Hodula M., a Janku J. (2023): Macroprudential Policy and Income Inequality: The Trade-off Between Crisis Prevention and Credit Redistribution, CNB Working Paper 3/2023, Czech National Bank.
• Malovaná S., Hodula M., Bajzík J., Gric Z. (2022): Borrower-Based Macroprudential Measures and Credit Growth: How Biased is the Existing Literature?, CNB Working Paper 8/2022, Czech National Bank.

• Malovaná, S., Hodula, M., Bajzík, J., Gric, Z. (2023): Bank Capital, Lending and Regulation: A Meta-analysis, Journal of Economic Surveys, forthcoming.
• Malovaná, S., Hodula, M., Gric, Z. (2023): Researching the Research: A Central Banking Edition, International Journal of Central Banking, forthcoming.
• Cao J., Dinger V., Gomez T., Gric Z., Hodula M., Jara A., Juelsrud R., Liaudinskas K., Malovaná, S., Terajima Y. (2023): Monetary policy spillover to small open economies: Is the transmission different under low interest rates?, Journal of Financial Stability 65.
• Malovaná, S., Hodula M., Bajzík J., Gric Z. (2023): Macroprudential Policy in Central Banks: Integrated or Separate? Survey Among Academics and Central Bankers, Journal of Financial Stability 65.
• Malovaná, S., Bajzík J., Ehrenbergerová D., Janků J. (2023): A Prolonged Period of Low Interest Rates in Europe: Unintended Consequences, Journal of Economic Surveys 37(2).

Awards:

• 2021 Czech National Bank Economic Research Award for the Best Research Paper
• 2019 František Vencovský Award by University of Finance and Administration (1st Prize in the Theoretical Research Category)
• 2018 Czech National Bank Economic Research Award for the Best Working Paper
• 2015 Czech Econometric Society Award – 3rd place in the Competition for the Best Student Paper in Theoretical Economics 2015
• 2014 Karel Englis Prize by the Czech Economic Society (best economic policy paper)