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Ján Palguta is an Assistant Professor of Economics (on tenure-track) at CUNEF. He completed his PhD in Economics and Econometrics at CERGE-EI, in Prague. Previously, he also worked as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and as a researcher at the Stockholm School of Economics in Sweden. His research focuses on public economics, political economy and public policy evaluation, particularly on business taxation and public procurement. His publications include articles in the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, European Economic Review, Journal of Population Economics and Journal of Comparative Economics. In the past, he taught Public Economics and Applied Economics. At CUNEF, he teaches Microeconomics. He has a six-year research period recognized by ANECA.
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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2113-1635
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=ruBzBPYAAAAJ
Education
PhD in Economics and Econometrics, Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economics Institute - CERGE-EI (2016)
Master in Economic Theory, Charles University (2010)
Bachelor in Economics, Prague University of Economics and Business (2008)
Research Interests
Public economics, applied econometrics, political economy, public policy evaluation.
Career
Assistant Professor (visiting), Universitdad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), 2018–2022
Post-doctoral Researcher, Economics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 2017
Visiting Researcher, Stockholm School of Economics-Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SSE-SITE), 2014
Junior Researcher, Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education-Economics Institute (CERGE-EI), 2013–2016
Intern, Institute for Financial Policy, Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic, 2012
Publications in Scientific Journals
Palguta, Ján; Levínsky, René; Škoda, Samuel: “Do Elections Accelerate the COVID-19 Pandemic?”, Journal of Population Economics, 35(1), 197-240, 2022.
Palguta, Ján; Pertold, Filip: “Political Salaries, Electoral Selection and the Incumbency Advantage: Evidence from a Wage Reform”, Journal of Comparative Economics, 49(4), 1020-1047, 2021.
Palguta, Ján: “Political Representation and Public Contracting: Evidence from Municipal Legislatures”, European Economic Review, 118, 411-431, 2019.
Lux, Martin; Samec, Tomáš; Bartoš, Vojtech; Sunega, Petr; Palguta, Ján; Boumová, Irena; Kážmér, Ladislav: “Who Actually Decides? Parental Influence on the Housing Tenure Choice of Their Children”, Urban Studies, 55(2), 406-426, 2018.
Palguta, Ján; Pertold, Filip: “Manipulation of Procurement Contracts: Evidence from the Introduction of Discretionary Thresholds”, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 9(2) 293-315, 2017.
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