VSPEE - Research seminars in law, economics, and empirics
Research seminars in law, economics, and empirics (VSPEE) take place on Tuesdays at 2 p.m. in room 38. A complete list of speakers can be found below.
Fall 2024
October 8, 2024 | 2 pm
Michał Kłusek (University of Wrocław) "Status and Moral Education: On the Philosophy and Psychology of Punishment"
October 15, 2024 | 2 pm
Shai Dothan (University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Law) "The Bandwagon of International Law"
October 22, 2024 | 2 pm
Heinrich Nax (University of Zurich) "Fairness and justice principles versus opportunism"
October 29, 2024 | 2 pm
Lubomír Cingl (Prague University of Economics and Business) "Expected Stigma Among Prison Inmates: Incentivized Field Evidence of Optimism Bias"
November 5, 2024 | 2 pm
Magdalena Domínguez (Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics and Political Science & Institute for Fiscal Studies) "Neighborhood Labeling and Schooling Paths"
November 12, 2024 | 2 pm
Katarína Šipulová (Masaryk University, Faculty of Law) "Opening the Black Box: The Role of Oral Hearings at the European Court of Human Rights"
November 19, 2024 | 2 pm
Tomáš Knap (Charles University, Faculty of Law) "What Determines Offense Seriousness: Typified Story or Quantifiable Attributes?"
November 26, 2024 | 2 pm
Gor Vartazaryan (Charles University, Faculty of Law) "I have spoken and saved my soul: A Qualitative Analysis of Dissenting Behavior of Czech Constitutional Judges"
December 3, 2024 | 2 pm
Clara Sievert (CERGE-EI) "Supernatural Beliefs about Illness and Modern Medicine Use: Evidence from the DRC"
December 10, 2024 | 2 pm
Zuzana Ambrozková (Charles University, Faculty of Law) "Remorse in the courtroom: A content analysis of judgments on the assessment of offender's remorse in the context of waiver of punishment"
December 17, 2024 | 2 pm
Mark A. Drumbl (Washington and Lee University) and Barbora Holá (VU Amsterdam) "Informers Up Close – Stories from Communist Prague"
Spring 2024
February 27, 2024 | 2 pm
Ketevani Kapanadze (Faculty of Law, Charles University) "Bring Together What Belongs Together. The Case of Divided Cities in Europe"
March 5, 2024 | 2 p.m.
Tomáš Protivínský (IDEA CERGE-EI) "Secondary School Admissions: A Sophisticated Mechanism or a Big National Lottery?"
March 12, 2024 | 2 p.m.
Laura Khoury (University Paris Dauphine-PSL) "Prison, Peer Effects and Networks"
March 19, 2024 | 2 p.m.
Arianna Ornaghi (Hertie School, Berlin) "The Returns to Viral Media: The Case of US Campaign Contributions"
March 26, 2024 | 2 p.m.
Special Event: Roundtable: From Open Banking to Open Finance
April 2, 2024 | 2 p.m.
Alessandro Romano (Bocconi University) "Colors Can Help Consumers Understand Contracts"
April 9, 2024 | 2 p.m.
Mattia Filomena (Masaryk University) "Trade Exposure, Immigrants and Workers’ Health"
April 16, 2024 | 2 p.m.
Daniel Klerman (USC Law School) "Legal Origin from Outer Space (and on Foot): A Geographic Regression Discontinuity Approach"
April 23, 2024 | 2 p.m.
Laure de Batz (Prague School of Economics and Business) "Financial Crimes and Enforcement: Challenges from French to European Data"
April 30, 2024 | 2 p.m.
Keren Weinshall (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) "Introduction to the Study of Comparative Judicial Behaviour"
May 7, 2024 | 2 p.m.
Štěpán Paulík (Humboldt University zu Berlin) "Disagreement and Dissent on a Bench: A Quantitative Empirical Analysis of the Czech Constitutional Court"
