Position: Associate Professor, Head of Department of Institutional Economics, Director of Undergraduate Studies 
Field of interest: Behavioral Economics, Experimental Economics, Development Economics, Social Preferences, Time Preferences and Self-control, Individual and Group Decision-making, Discrimination
Membership: Institutional Economics, Internal
Contact
Office: 410
Email: chytilova [AT] fsv [DOT] cuni [DOT] cz
Phone: 222 112 318
Available: Fridays 9:30-10:45am (Please write me an email first.)
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Syllabi
Course supervisor
JEB154 - Bachelor´s Thesis Seminar I
JEB155 - Bachelor´s Thesis Seminar II
JEB147 - Behavioral Economics
JED109 - Institutional Economics and Economic Policy I
JED110 - Institutional Economics and Economic Policy II
JEM176 - Intermediate Microeconomics II
JEB134 - Internship
JEB108 - Microeconomics II
Teacher
JEB154 - Bachelor´s Thesis Seminar I
JEB155 - Bachelor´s Thesis Seminar II
JEB147 - Behavioral Economics
JEM176 - Intermediate Microeconomics II
JEB134 - Internship
JEB108 - Microeconomics II
CV
Education
2004-2009 Ph.D. in economics at the Institute of Economic Studies, Charles University
2002-2004 master degree in economics at the Institute of Economic Studies, Charles University
1999-2002 bachelor degree in economics at the Institute of Economic Studies, Charles University
Job history
AFFILIATION
2016+ Associate Professor, Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Economic Studies
2016+ Director of Undergraduate Studies, Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Economic Studies
2015+ Head of the Department of Institutional Economics, Charles University, Institute of Economic Studies
2015+ Researcher, Economics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences
2015+ CEPR, research affiliate
2009-2016 Assistant professor, Charles University, Institute of Economic Studies
RESEARCH VISITS ABROAD
January 2020 - March 2020: University of California, Berkeley, Department of Economics
February 2018 - April 2018: University of California, Berkeley, Department of Economics
June 2016: University of Cape Town, School of Economics (one month visit)
May 2016: Harvard University, Department of Human Evolutionary Biology (one week visit)
January 2015 - June 2015: University of California, Berkeley, Department of Economics
September 2007 - June 2008: New York University, Department of Economics
May 2006: London School of Economics, STICERD (one week visit)
PAPERS IN REFEREED JOURNALS
Bartoš, V., Bauer, M., Chytilová, J., Levely, I. (2021). Psychological Effects of Poverty on Time Preferences. Economic Journal: ueab007
Bauer, M., Chytilová, J., Miguel, E. (2020). Using Survey Questions to Measure Preferences: Lessons from an Experimental Validation in Kenya. European Economic Review: 127: 103493
Henrich, J., Bauer, M., Cassar, A., Chytilová, J., Purzycki, B.G. (2019). War Increases Religiosity. Nature Human Behavior 3(2): 129-135
Bauer, M., Cahlíková, J., Chytilová, J., Želinský, T. (2018). Social Contagion of Ethnic Hostility. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115(19): 4881-4886
Bauer, M., Blattman, C., Chytilová, J., Henrich, J., Miguel, E., Mitts, T. (2016). Can War Foster Cooperation? Journal of Economic Perspectives 30(3): 249-274.
Bauer, M., Bartoš, V., Chytilová, J., Matějka, F. (2016). Attention Discrimination: Theory and Field Experiments. American Economic Review 106(6): 1437-75.
Bauer, M., Cassar, A., Chytilová, J., Henrich, J. (2014). War’s Enduring Effects on Egalitarian Motivations and In-group Biases. Psychological Science, 25(1): 47-57.
Bauer, M., Chytilová, J., Pertold-Gebicka, B. (2014). Parental Background and Other-Regarding Preferences in Children. Experimental Economics, 17(1): 24-46.
Bauer, M., Chytilová, J., Morduch, J. (2012). Behavioral Foundations of Microcredit: Experimental and Survey Evidence from Rural India. American Economic Review, 102(2), 1118-1139.
Bauer, M., Chytilová, J. (2010). The Impact of Education on Subjective Discount Rate in Ugandan Villages. Economic Development and Cultural Change 58, 643-669.
Bauer, M., Chytilová, J. (2013). Women, Children and Patience: Experimental Evidence from Indian Villages. Review of Development Economics 17(4): 662-675.
Awards and prizes
2017 - Exeter Prize for Research in Experimental Economics, Decision Theory and Behavioral Economics - paper „Attention Discrimination: Theory and Field Experiments with Monitoring Information Acquisition“ (joint with Vojtěch Bartoš, Michal Bauer and Filip Matějka).
2016 - Award for Excellence in Research, Experimental Development and Innovation awarded by the Czech Minister of Education
2016 - Kateřina Šmídková Award for the best Czech female economist awarded by the Czech Economic Society
2015 - Best Paper Award on The Economics of Discrimination awarded by UniCredit & Universities Foundation - paper „Attention Discrimination: Theory and Field Experiments with Monitoring Information Acquisition“ (joint with Vojtěch Bartoš, Michal Bauer and Filip Matějka).
2011 - Neuron Prize for young scientists awarded by Karel Janeček Foundation
2006 - Young Economist 2006, 1. prize, awarded by the Czech Economic Association - paper “Does Education Matter in Patience Formation? Evidence from Ugandan Villages” (joint with Michal Bauer and Pavel Streblov).
Topics for supervision
Bachelor theses
Topics in applied microeconomics (for guidelines and suggested topics see the file attached at the bottom of this webpage)
Master theses
Topics in applied microeconomics (for guidelines and suggested topics see the file attached at the bottom of this webpage)
Supervised Bachelor theses
all/awarded: 41/8
Awarded:
Bc. Adriána Lelovská, Bc. Eva Skácelíková, Bc. Karel Pfeffer , Bc. Martin Kosík, Bc. Mikayel Harutyunyan, Bc. Pavla Břízová, Bc. Šimon Appelt, Bc. Václav Korbel
Supervised Master Theses
all/awarded: 7/3
Awarded:
Mgr. Marek Pažitka, Mgr. Mikayel Harutyunyan, Mgr. Václav Korbel
Supervised Ph.D. Theses
number: 2
Tomáš Želinský (27.5.2020), Václav Korbel (13.3.2019)
Current Ph.D. students
number: 1
Mgr. Kateřina Chadimová
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Bachelor and master theses - guidelines and suggested topics
Julie Chytilová - CV
