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Working Papers

2020

1. A Simple Macrofiscal Model for Policy Analysis: An Application to Cambodia
   IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund
2. Monetary Policy Is Not Always Systematic and Data-Driven: Evidence from the Yield Curve
   IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund
   Also in Working Papers, Czech National Bank (2019)

2018

3. An Index for Transparency for Inflation-Targeting Central Banks: Application to the Czech National Bank
   IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund
4. Morocco: A Practical Approach to Monetary Policy Analysis in a Country with Capital Controls
   IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund View citations (5)

2016

5. Monetary Transmission: Are Emerging Market and Low-Income Countries Different?
   Working Papers, Czech National Bank
   Also in IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund (2015)

2014

6. Does the Clarity of Inflation Reports Affect Volatility in Financial Markets?
   IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund
   Also in DNB Working Papers, Netherlands Central Bank, Research Department (2014) View citations (5)
7. Inflation Reports and Models; How Well Do Central Banks Really Write?
   IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund
   Also in Working Papers, Czech National Bank (2013) View citations (1)

2012

8. Clarity of Central Bank Communication About Inflation
   IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund
   Also in DNB Working Papers, Netherlands Central Bank, Research Department (2011) View citations (5)

2011

9. Sustainable Real Exchange Rates in the New EU Member States: What Did the Great Recession Change?
   Working Papers, Czech National Bank View citations (2)
   Also in IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund (2010)
   See also Journal Article in Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver) (2012)
10. The Dynamic Implications of Debt Relief for Low-Income Countries
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund

2009

11. Sustainable real exchange rates in the new EU Member States: Is FDI a mixed blessing?
    European Economy - Economic Papers 2008 - 2015, Directorate General Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN), European Commission View citations (1)

2008

12. Inflation Targeting and Communication; It Pays Off to Read Inflation Reports
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund
13. Monetary Policy Rules with Financial Instability
    Working Papers, Czech National Bank
    See also Journal Article in Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver) (2011)
14. Striving to Be “Clearly Open” and “Crystal Clear”; Monetary Policy Communication of the CNB
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund
    See also Journal Article in Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver) (2007)
15. Taylor Rule Under Financial Instability
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund
16. Writing Clearly; ECB’s Monetary Policy Communication
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in German Economic Review (2013)

2007

17. Inflation Targeting and Communication: Should the Public Read Inflation Reports or Tea Leaves?
    Working Papers, Czech National Bank View citations (6)

2006

18. The Maastricht Inflation Criterion: "Saints" and "Sinners"
    Working Papers, Czech National Bank View citations (3)
19. The Maastricht Inflation Criterion; How Unpleasant Is Purgatory?
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund
    See also Journal Article in Economic Systems (2006)
20. Volatility of Development Aid; From the Frying Pan into the Fire?
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund
    See also Journal Article in World Development (2008)
21. What Explains Private Saving in Mexico?
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund

2005

22. Exchange Rates in the New EU Accession Countries; What Have We Learned from the Forerunners?
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund View citations (1)
    Also in Working Papers, Czech National Bank (2004) View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article in Economic Systems (2005)
23. The Dynamic Implications of Foreign Aid and Its Variability
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2009)

2004

24. External and Fiscal Sustainability of the Czech Economy: A Quick Look Through the IMF's Night-Vision Goggles
    Research and Policy Notes, Czech National Bank View citations (1)
25. Liberalized Markets Have More Stable Exchange Rates; Short-Run Evidence From Four Transition Countries
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund
    See also Journal Article in Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver) (2005)
26. Would Fast Sailing Towards the Euro Be Smooth?: What Fundamental Real Exchange Rates Tell Us About Acceding Economies
    Macroeconomics, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (3)
    Also in Working Papers IES, Charles University Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Economic Studies (2004) View citations (1)

2003

27. Do IMF-Supported Programs Help Make Fiscal Adjustment More Durable?
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund
28. Some Exchange Rates Are More Stable than Others: Short-Run Evidence from Transition Countries
    Working Papers, Czech National Bank View citations (4)

2002

29. Aid and Fiscal Management
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund
30. Growth Slowdown Under Central Planning: A Model of Poor Incentives
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

2001

31. Growth Slowdown in Bureaucratic Economic Systems; An Issue Revisited
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund View citations (2)
32. How Volatile and Unpredictable Are Aid Flows, and What Are the Policy Implications?
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund
    Also in WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) (2001) View citations (26)
33. The Gender Gap in Education in Eritrea in 1991-1998; A Missed Opportunity?
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund

2000

34. Managing Financial Crises; The Experience in East Asia
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund
    See also Journal Article in Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy (2000)

1998

35. Income Inequality; Does Inflation Matter?
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund
    See also Journal Article in IMF Staff Papers (2001)
36. The Price Incentive to Smuggle and the Cocoa Supply in Ghana, 1950-96
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund

1996

37. Business Cycle in Czechoslovakia Under Central Planning; Were Credit Shocks Causing it?
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Comparative Economics (1998)

1995

38. Inflation and Income Distribution; Further Evidenceon Empirical Links
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund

Journal Articles

2018

1. Does the Clarity of Monetary Policy Reports Reduce Volatility in Financial Markets?
   Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), 2018, 68, (1), 2-17

2016

2. What Do Central Banks Know about Inflation Factors?
   Open Economies Review, 2016, 27, (4), 795-810

2013

3. What Drives Clarity of Central Bank Communication About Inflation?
   Open Economies Review, 2013, 24, (1), 125-145 View citations (19)
4. Writing Clearly: The ECB 's Monetary Policy Communication
   German Economic Review, 2013, 14, (1), 50-72 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper (2008)

2012

5. Sustainable Real Exchange Rates in the New EU Member States: What Did the Great Recession Change?
   Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), 2012, 62, (3), 226-251 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper (2011)

2011

6. Monetary Policy Rules with Financial Instability
   Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), 2011, 61, (6), 545-565 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper (2008)

2009

7. Emerging Market Countries Don’t Believe in Fiscal Stimuli: Should We Blame Ricardo?
   Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), 2009, 59, (2), 153-164
8. Inflation convergence in the euro area: just another gimmick?
   Journal of Financial Economic Policy, 2009, 1, (4), 355-369
9. The dynamic implications of foreign aid and its variability
   Journal of Development Economics, 2009, 88, (1), 87-102 View citations (89)
   See also Working Paper (2005)

2008

10. Hits and Misses: Ten Years of Czech Inflation Targeting (Introduction)
    Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), 2008, 58, (09-10), 398-405
11. Introduction: The Volatility of Overseas Aid
    World Development, 2008, 36, (10), 2045-2047 View citations (3)
12. Volatility of Development Aid: From the Frying Pan into the Fire?
    World Development, 2008, 36, (10), 2048-2066 View citations (91)
    See also Working Paper (2006)
13. Why has inflation in the European Union stopped converging?
    Journal of Policy Modeling, 2008, 30, (2), 341-347 View citations (4)

2007

14. Striving to Be “Clearly Open” and “Crystal Clear”: Monetary Policy Communication of the CNB
    Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), 2007, 57, (11-12), 540-557 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper (2008)

2006

15. The Maastricht inflation criterion: How unpleasant is purgatory?
    Economic Systems, 2006, 30, (4), 385-404 View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper (2006)

2005

16. Exchange rates in the new EU accession countries: What have we learned from the forerunners?
    Economic Systems, 2005, 29, (2), 163-186 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper (2005)
17. Liberalized Markets Have More Stable Exchange Rates: Short-Run Evidence from Four Transition Countries
    Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), 2005, 55, (5-6), 206-231 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper (2004)
18. Would Fast Sailing Towards the Euro Be Smooth? What Fundamental Real Exchange Rates Tell Us
    Prague Economic Papers, 2005, 2005, (4), 291-316 View citations (2)

2004

19. Exchange Rate Regimes: Choices and Consequences (A. R. Ghosh ? A.-M. Gulde ? H. C. Wolf)
    Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), 2004, 54, (5-6), 267-269
20. Is Fiscal Adjustment More Durable When The IMF is Involved?1
    Comparative Economic Studies, 2004, 46, (3), 373-399 View citations (6)
21. Nothing Is Sacred: Economic Ideas for the New Millenium (R. J. Barro)
    Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), 2004, 54, (1-2), 72-74

2003

22. Aid Volatility: An Empirical Assessment
    IMF Staff Papers, 2003, 50, (1), 4 View citations (139)
23. Output performance under central planning: a model of poor incentives
    Economic Systems, 2003, 27, (1), 27-39 View citations (1)
24. The Frontiers of New Institutional Economics (Eds.: John N. Drobak and John V. C. Nye) (in English)
    Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), 2003, 53, (3-4), 169-171

2002

25. Can Price Incentive to Smuggle Explain the Contraction of the Cocoa Supply in Ghana?
    Journal of African Economies, 2002, 11, (3), 413-439 View citations (1)

2001

26. Economics of Communist and Capitalist Dictatorships (M. Olson)
    Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), 2001, 51, (7), 433-436
27. Income Inequality: Does Inflation Matter?
    IMF Staff Papers, 2001, 48, (1), 5 View citations (36)
    See also Working Paper (1998)
28. The impact of macroeconomic policies on the distribution of income[A prelimin]
    Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2001, 72, (2), 253-270

2000

29. Inflation and Income Distribution
    Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), 2000, 50, (4), 207-223 View citations (1)
30. Managing financial crises: the experience in East Asia
    Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 2000, 53, (1), 1-67 View citations (34)
    See also Working Paper (2000)

1998

31. Budoucnost penzijního systému v ÈR (The Future of the Pension System in the Czech Republic)
    Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), 1998, 48, (1), 1-6
32. Business Cycle in Czechoslovakia under Central Planning: Were Credit Shocks Causing It?
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1998, 26, (2), 226-245 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper (1996)

1997

33. Makroekonomické efekty platební neschopnosti: dynamický model
    (Macroeconomic Effects of Insolvency: Dynamic Model)
    Politická ekonomie, 1997, 1997, (2), 225-238

1996

34. Exogenita nabídky penìz: nìkteré pochybnosti o pøedchozím výzkumu (Exogenity of Monea Supply: Some Doubts on Earlier Research)
    Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), 1996, 46, (1), 37-43

1995

35. Diferenciace bankovní klientely v podmínkách asymetrické informace (1. èást) (Differentiation of the Banks' Clients Under Asymmetric Information - 1st part)
    Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), 1995, 45, (8), 409-418
36. Diferenciace bankovní klientely v podmínkách asymetrické informace (2. èást) (Differentiation of Banks' Clients Under Asymmetric Information - 2nd part)
    Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), 1995, 45, (9), 469-480
37. Modely oceòování aktiv (Models of Assets' Assesment)
    Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), 1995, 45, (2), 77-88

1994

38. Fiskální politika v jednoduchém fiskálním modelu (Fiscal Policy in the Simple Dynamic Model)
    Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), 1994, 44, (6), 293-303

1993

39. Mìnová odluka a poptávka po hotovosti (Monetary Separation and Demand for Currency Balances)
    Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), 1993, 43, (10), 419-425
40. Peníze, nebo úvìry? (Money or Credit?)
    Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), 1993, 43, (1), 49-57
41. Reálný hospodáøský cyklus, trh práce a monetární politika (Real Business Cycle, Labor Market and Monetary Policy)
    Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), 1993, 43, (7), 301-307
42. Èeskoslovenská monetární politika po roce 1989 (Czechoslovak Monetary Policy after 1989)
    Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), 1993, 43, (5), 181-200

1992

43. Centrální banka a veøejnost (The Central Bank and the Public)
    Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), 1992, 42, (4), 162-175
44. Monetární kritéria v modelu kompetitivního bankovnictví (Monetary Targets in the Model of Competitive Banking)
    Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), 1992, 42, (12), 591-609

1991

45. Oceòování veøejných statkù a teorie druhého nejlepšího optima (Public Sector Pricing and the Theory of the Second Best)
    Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), 1991, 41, (6), 277-284

1990

46. Makroekonomická politika v období privatizace - náèrt základních problémù
    Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), 1990, 40, (12), 800-825
47. Mìnová politika a mìnová kritéria v USA
    Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), 1990, 40, (7), 498-503
48. Pøíèiny platební neschopnosti: institucionální a mikroekonomické souvislosti
    Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), 1990, 40, (6), 402-408
49. Teorie deficitního rozpoètu
    Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), 1990, 40, (3), 165-183

Books

2009

1. CNB Economic Research Bulletin: Financial and Global Stability Issues, vol 7
   Occasional Publications - Edited Volumes, Czech National Bank

Edited books

2008

1. CNB Economic Research Bulletin: Ten Years of Inflation Targeting, vol 6
   Occasional Publications - Edited Volumes, Czech National Bank

2006

2. CNB Economic Research Bulletin: ERMII and Euro Adoption, vol 4
   Occasional Publications - Edited Volumes, Czech National Bank
3. CNB Economic Research Bulletin: Research Priorities and Central Banks, vol 4
   Occasional Publications - Edited Volumes, Czech National Bank

2003

4. CNB Economic Research Bulletin: Equilibrium Exchange Rate, vol 1
   Occasional Publications - Edited Volumes, Czech National Bank