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LIBOR DUŠEK, Ph.D. |
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CERGE-EI |
phone: (+420) 224-005-146 |
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Politických Vězňů 7 |
e-mail: libor.dusek@cerge-ei.cz |
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111 21 Praha 1 |
http://home.cerge-ei.cz/ldusek |
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Czech Republic |
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EDUCATION |
University of Chicago |
Ph.D. Economics, June 2003 |
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Charles University, Prague |
M.A. Economics, May 1998 |
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Charles University, Prague |
B.A. Economics, June 1995 |
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FIELDS |
Economics of crime, public sector, social security |
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WORK EXPERIENCE |
2006 - |
Deputy Director for Development and Public Relations, CERGE-EI, Prague |
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2003 - |
Assistant Professor and Senior Researcher, CERGE-EI, Prague (joint workplace of the Economics Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (NHU AV CR, v.v.i.) and CERGE at Charles University) |
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2001 |
University of Chicago, RA for Gary S. Becker |
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1999 |
University of Chicago, RA for Steven D. Levitt |
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1997-99 |
Research Fellow, Liberalni institut, Prague |
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1998 |
Adviser to Minister, Government of the Czech Republic |
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1995-96 |
Junior Researcher, Progress and Freedom Foundation, Washington, DC |
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WORKING PAPERS |
Policy Risk in Action: Pension Reforms and Social Security Wealth in Hungary, Czech Republic, and Slovakia, (with Juraj Kopecsni), 2008, under review in Czech Journal of Economics and Finance. |
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Political Risk of Social Security: The case of the indexation of benefits in the Czech Republic, CERGE-EI working paper 318 (2007). |
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Crime, Deterrence, and Democracy, CERGE-EI working paper 2005. |
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Do Governments Grow When They Become More Efficient? Evidence from Tax Withholding. (PhD dissertation, 2003) |
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Visibility of Taxes and the Size of Government (working paper, 2002) |
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Why Do Ex-Monopolists Keep a High Market Share After Deregulation? (working paper, 2001) |
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PUBLISHED PAPERS |
Understanding corruption and corruptibility through experiments: a primer (with Andreas Ortmann and Lubomír Lízal), Prague Economic Papers, No. 2 (2005). |
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Experimental Comparison of Adversarial versus Inquisitorial Procedural Regimes (joint with M. K. Block, O. Block, and J. S. Parker), American Law and Economics Review, Vol.2, No.1 (Spring 2000), pp. 170-194. |
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Economic Theory of Regulation and Competition in Energy Networks (in Czech), Politicka ekonomie 3/1998, Prague. |
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Blueprint for Deregulating the Czech Electricity Industry (in Czech), Liberalni institut, Prague, 1998. |
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Focus on the Temelín nuclear plant, Liberalni institut, Prague, 1997. |
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OTHER PUBLICATIONS |
Czech Republic 2005 – Year After (editor, with Krešimir Žigič), CERGE-EI 2005. |
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Czech Republic 2003/2004 – Entering the EU (editor, with Štěpán Jurajda), CERGE-EI 2004. |
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE |
CERGE-EI, Prague |
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Spring 2008 |
Topics in Applied Microeconomics II |
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Spring 2007 |
Public Economics II (G) |
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Fall 2006 |
Transition and European Integration I (G) |
(jointly with Lubomir Lizal) |
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Fall 2006 |
Microeconomics I (G) |
(jointly with Junghun Cho) |
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Spring 2006 |
Public Economics II (G) |
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Fall 2005 |
Microeconomics I (G) |
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Summer 2005 |
Preparatory Microeconomics (U) |
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Fall 2004 |
Public Economics II (G) |
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Fall 2004 |
Microeconomics I (G) |
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Spring 2004 |
Public Economics II (G) |
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Fall 2003 |
Microeconomics I (G) |
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University of Chicago |
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Spring 2003 |
Law and economics (U) |
TA for Damien de Walque |
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Spring 2002 |
Law and economics (U) |
Lecturer |
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Spring 2001 |
Law and economics (U) |
TA for John F. Pfaff |
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Fall 2000 |
Industrial organization (G) |
TA for Dennis W. Carlton |
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Spring 2000 |
Price theory III (G) |
TA for Sherwin Rosen |
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Winter 2000 |
Law and economics (U) |
TA for John F. Pfaff |
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Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague |
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Summer 2006 |
Law and economics (G) |
Lecturer |
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Summer 2005 |
Law and economics (G) |
Lecturer |
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Summer 2004 |
Law and economics (U) |
Lecturer |
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Winter 2001 |
Law and economics (U) |
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GRANTS |
Political Economy of Retirement Age, Global Development Network, 2005-2006, principal investigator, joint with Peter Katuščák. |
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Crime and Democracy – Accounting for the Growth of Crime in the Post-Communist Countries, Global Development Network, 2004-2005, principal investigator |
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Pension reforms: political and investment risks – facts and experience in the Central European Countries“, Grant Agency of the Czech Republic, 2005-2006, co-investigator (principal investigator: Doc. Ondřej Schneider, Ph.D.) |
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FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS |
2003 |
Young Economist of 2003, awarded by the Czech Economics Association |
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2002 |
Karel Englis Prize (awarded by the President of the Czech Economics Association for the best paper on public policy written by a young Czech economist) |
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2002-03 |
Henry Morgenthau, Jr. Dissertation Fellowship |
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1999-02 |
Bradley Foundation Scholarship |
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1998-99 |
Fulbright Scholarship for Graduate Study in the USA |
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PRESENTATIONS |
Workshop on Law in Sports, Institute of State and Law of the Academy of Sciences, Prague, 2008 |
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Kyiv School of Economics Seminar, Kyiv, 2007 |
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Central European University Economics Seminar, Budapest, 2007 |
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Czech Economics Association conference, Prague 2006 |
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European Public Choice Society annual meeting, Turku, 2006 |
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American Economics Association annual meeting, Boston, 2006 |
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Czech Economics Association conference, Prague 2004 |
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European Economics Association annual meetings, Amsterdam, 2005 |
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GDN regional conference, Prague 2005 |
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GDN regional conference, Prague 2004 |
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International Institute of Public Finance annual congress, Prague 2003 |
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European Economics Association annual meetings, Stockholm, 2003 |
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Villa Mondragone workshop in economic theory and econometrics, Rome, 2003 |
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Carleton University, Ottawa ON, 2003 |
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University of Chicago (Applied Micro Working Group, Workshop in Applications of Economics, Political Economics Workshop), 2000-2002 |
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Charles University, Prague, 2001, 2003 |
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Goldwater Institute, Phoenix AZ, 2000 |
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Liberalni Institut Conference on Gas Deregulation, Prague, 1999 |
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Liberalni Institut Conference on Electricity Deregulation, Prague, 1998 |
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REFEREE |
Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Political Economy, Finance a uver |
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE |
2008 - |
Board of Directors, Nadace CERGE-EI |
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2007 - |
Academic Council, Jihlava Polytechnical College |
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2005-2008 |
Departmental Council 7, Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic |
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REFERENCES |
Casey B. Mulligan |
c-mulligan@uchicago.edu |
1-773-702-6576 |
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Gary S. Becker |
gbecker@midway.uchicago.edu |
1-773-702-8168 |
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Steven D. Levitt |
slevitt@midway.uchicago.edu |
1-773-834-1862 |
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