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doc. Mgr. Bc. Libor Dušek , Ph.D.

Contact Information
Address: nám. Curieových 7, 11640 Prague, Czech Republic
Phone: +420 221 005 546
Email: dusekl @ prf.cuni.cz
Website: www.libordusek.eu

Education
University of Chicago, Ph.D. Economics, 2003
Charles University, Prague, M.A. Economics, 1998
Charles University, Prague, B.A. Economics, 1995

Fields of expertise
Law and Economics, Economics of Crime, Public Finance, Applied Empirical Microeconomics

Professional experience
2018 - Charles University, Faculty of Law, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Economics 
2015 - 2019 University of Economics, Prague, Associate Professor and Researcher
2013 - 2015 University of Economics, Prague, Assistant Professor
2013 - 2016 CERGE-EI, Prague, IDEA Researcher, 
2011 - 2012 CERGE-EI, Prague, Executive Director of the IDEA Think Tank
2006 - 2011 CERGE-EI, Prague, Deputy Director for Development and Public Relations
2003 - 2012 CERGE-EI, Prague, Assistant Professor and Researcher
1999 - 2001 University of Chicago, RA for Gary S. Becker and Steven D. Levitt
1997 - 99 Research Fellow, Liberalni institut, Prague
1998 Adviser to Minister, Government of the Czech Republic
1995 - 96 Junior Researcher, Progress and Freedom Foundation, Washington, DC

 

Journal Articles (selected)

Learning from Law Enforcement (with Christian Traxler), Journal of the European Economic Association (2022). 

Salience and Timely Compliance: Evidence from Speeding Tickets (with Christian Traxler and Nicolas Pardo), Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (2022).

The Effects of Introducing Withholding and Third-Party Reporting on Tax Collections: Evidence from the U.S. State Personal Income Tax (with Sutirtha Bagchi), Journal of Public Economics (2021).

Selecting among Acquitted Defendants: Procedural Choice versus Selective Compensation. Comment. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Vol. 172, No.1 (2016), pp. 134-137.
Time to Punishment: The Effects of a Shorter Criminal Procedure on Crime Rates, International Review of Law and Economics, Vol. 43, (August 2015), pp. 134-147. 
The Poor or the Kids? Distributional Impacts of the Tax and Benefit System among Czech Households, (with Klára Kalíšková and Daniel Munich), Prague Economic Papers, Vol. 24, No. 5 (2015), pp. 602-618.
Distribution of Average, Marginal and Participation Tax Rates among Czech Taxpayers: Results from a TAXBEN Model, (with Klára Kalíšková and Daniel Munich), Czech Journal of Economics and Finance, Vol. 63, No.6 (2013), pp. 475-504.
Crime, Deterrence, and Democracy, German Economic Review, Vol. 13, No. 4 (2012), pp. 447-469.
Policy Risk in Action: Pension Reforms and Social Security Wealth in Hungary, Czech Republic, and Slovakia, (with Juraj Kopecsni), Czech Journal of Economics and Finance, Vol. 58, No. 7-8 (2008).
Understanding corruption and corruptibility through experiments: a primer (with Andreas Ortmann and Lubomír Lízal), Prague Economic Papers, No. 2 (2005).
Experimental Comparison of Adversarial versus Inquisitorial Procedural Regimes (with M. K. Block, O. Block, and J. S. Parker), American Law and Economics Review, Vol.2, No.1 (Spring 2000), pp. 170-194.

Working papers
The Effects of a Simplified Criminal Procedure: Evidence from One Million Czech Cases (with Josef Montag), available at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2629116, 
The Trade-offs of Justice: A Theory of Optimal Use of Alternative Criminal Procedures (with Josef Montag), available at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2812559.
 

Journal Articles in Czech (selected)
Dopady zkráceného přípravného řízení na délku a výsledky trestního řízení with Josef Montag), Trestněprávní revue 3/2017.
Ekonomický přístup ke zkoumání práva: přehled metodologie a nástin příležitostí pro výzkum v České republice (with Josef Montag), Jurisprudence 6/2016.
Dopady reformy přímých daní k roku 2015: vyhodnocení pomocí modelu TAXBEN (with Klára Kalíšková a Daniel Munich), Politická ekonomie 6/2014, pp.749-768.
Dopady zkráceného přípravného řízení na kriminalitu. Trestněprávní revue. 1/2014, pp. 16–22


Books, policy studies, etc (selected)
Funguje úsekové měření rychlosti? Vyhodnocení dopadů ve městě Říčany. Research report NF VŠE, 2017.
Hrozí opět přeplnění věznic? Predikce počtu vězňů v České republice, IDEA-CERGE-EI (December 2015).
Zdanění vysokopříjmových osob v České republice: IDEA pro reformu, (with Jiří Šatava), IDEA-CERGE-EI (December 2015)
Zdanění vysokých příjmů: reforma za reformou (with Jiří Šatava), IDEA-CERGE-EI (December 2013)
Kde hledat příčiny přeplněných věznic, IDEA-CERGE-EI (August 2012)
Jak by daňové změny dopadly na domácnosti a veřejné rozpočty, (with Petr Janský), IDEA-CERGE-EI (February 2011)
Jak reformovat veřejné finance (with Jan Švejnar, Vilém Semerák), IDEA-CERGE-EI (May 2010)
Odpovědnost za sportovní úrazy pohledem ekonomické analýzy práva, v Kolektiv autorů: Otázky sportovního práva, Ústav státu a práva AVČR (2008).

Grants
Specific Deterrence and Speed of Punishment: Causal Evidence from High-Frequency Micro Data, Grant Agency of the Czech Republic, 2017-2019. International project co-funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Foreign partner: Christian Traxler, Hertie School of Governance in Berlin.
Economics of criminal procedure: theoretical and empirical analysis of criminal justice under constraints, Grant Agency of the Czech Republic, 2015-2016.
Model for predicting the evolution of prison population, Technological Agency of the Czech Republic, 2014-2015.
Exploiting policy interventions in the Czech Republic to answer general questions about criminal deterrence, Grant Agency of the Czech Republic, 2012-2013, principal investigator.
Model for empirical evaluation and prediction of effects of tax policy changes, Technological Agency of the Czech Republic, 2012-2013, co-investigator (principal investigator: Doc. Daniel Munich, PhD)
Crime and Democracy – Accounting for the Growth of Crime in the Post-Communist Countries, Global Development Network, 2004-2005, principal investigator

Courses Taught
Charles University, Faculty of Law
- Principles of Economics (Micro, Macro)
- Law and Economics

University of Economics in Prague
- Microeconomics (PhD level)
- Microeconomics III (MA level)
- Economics of Crime (MA level)
- Economics and the Law (MA level)
- Applied Microeconomics (MA level)
- Introduction to Law and Economics (BA level)

Judicial Academy of the Czech Republic
- Economic Consequences of Judicial Decisions

CERGE-EI, Prague
- Microeconomics I (PhD level)
- Law and Economics (PhD level)
- Public Economics (PhD level)
- Economics of Transition (PhD level)
- Topics in Applied Microeconomics (PhD level)

University of Chicago
- Law and Economics (PhD level)

Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences
- Law and Economics

PhD students (successful defenses)
Jakub Drápal, 2021 (currently Researcher at Charles University)

Dmitri Vorobyev, 2013 (currently Assistant Professor at Ural Federal University)
Boryana Madzharova, 2013 (currently Postdoc at University of Nurnberg-Erlangen)
Fusako Tsuchimoto, 2012 (currently Junior Economist at OECD)
Ondřej Vychodil, 2011 (currently Director for Strategy at CSOB)
Tomáš Konečný, 2009 (currently Research Economist, Czech National Bank)

Fellowships and Awards
2020 Visiting Researcher, Princeton University, February-March 2020.

2016 Visiting Professor Fellowship, Universita degli Studi di Bergamo, January 2016.
2003 Young Economist of 2003, awarded by the Czech Economics Association
2002 Karel Englis Prize, awarded by the President of the Czech Economics Association
2002 - 2003 Henry Morgenthau, Jr. Dissertation Fellowship
1999 - 2002 Bradley Foundation Scholarship
1998 - 1999 Fulbright Scholarship for Graduate Study in the USA

Professional service
2022 - member of the National Economic Council of the Government (NERV)

2021 - Masaryk University, Faculty of Economics and Administration, member of the Scientific Council

2018 - Charles University, Faculty of Law, member of the Scientific Council

2007 - Jihlava Polytechnical College, member of the Academic Council

2018 - 2020 - Government R&D Council, Expert Evaluation Panel

 
2017 - 2019 University of Economics, Prague, Faculty of Economics, member of the Scientific Council

2016 - 2017 Government R&D Council, Field Verification and Evaluation Panel, 2016-2017
2014 - 2017 University of Economics, Prague, Prague Economic Papers, member of the Executive Board
2011 - 2015 Government Legislative Council, Working Commission on the Regulatory Impact Assessment, 
Occasional popular-science contributions to „Jiné právo“ blog (jinepravo.blogspot.cz)
Occasional popular science articles in the press, media appearances