Mgr. Václav Brož, Ph.D.

Václav Brož is a lecturer at the Institute of Economic Studies (IES), Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, where he also coordinates the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) programme. At IES he currently teaches the bachelor-level courses Introduction to Economics, Quantitative Methods II and Financial Institutions & Markets. His research focuses on penalties and enforcement actions, banking and inflation. His work has been published in journals including the Journal of International Money and Finance and The North American Journal of Economics and Finance. He has hands-on experience in macroprudential policy: from 2017 to 2021 he worked in the Financial Stability Department of the Czech National Bank, most recently as Head of the Financial Institutions Unit. He earned his Ph.D. in Economics at the Institute of Economic Studies, Charles University, and spent an exchange semester in the Econometrics programme at the University of Amsterdam.

Penalties & Enforcement actions, Banking, Inflation

Monographs

Chapters in monographs

Articles

• Brož V., & Kočenda E. (2018). Dynamics and factors of inflation convergence in the European union. Journal of International Money and Finance, 86(September), 93-111. UT-WOS link
• Brož V., & Hlaváček M. (2019). What Drives the Distributional Dynamics of Client Interest Rates on Consumer Loans in the Czech Republic?. Finance a úvěr, 69(3), 275-297. UT-WOS link
• Brož V., & Pfeifer L. (2021). Are risk weights of banks in the Czech Republic procyclical? Evidence from wavelet analysis. Journal of Central Banking Theory and Practice, 10(1), 113-139. UT-WOS link
• Brož V., & Kočenda E. (2022). Mortgage-related bank penalties and systemic risk among U.S. banks. Journal of International Money and Finance, 122(April), 1-24. UT-WOS link
• Brož V., & Teplý P. (2025). From collapse to contagion: How bank failures influence stock markets. North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 79(July 2025), UT-WOS link
• Malovaná S., Kolcunová D., & Brož V. (2019). Does monetary policy influence banks' risk weights under the internal ratings-based approach?. Economic Systems, 43(2), nestránkováno. UT-WOS link

Contributions in the conference proceedings

2018–2019: GA UK 1250218, Grant Agency of the Charles University: Fines in the US banks and systemic risk: an asymmetric volatility spillover approach