PhDr. Lenka Šťastná, Ph.D.

Education

2001-04 bachelor in economics IES FSV UK
2004-06 master in economics, IES FSV UK
2004 - Aarhus University, Denmark (Erasmus)
2008 - Summer School in Public Economics. Evaluation of the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Public Policies. Barcelona Institute of Economics.
2006-2011 - PhD in economics IES FSV UK

Job history

2006 - research assistant - Centrum ekonomických studií VŠEM
2006-2011 - teaching assistant, IES FSV UK (Advanced Microeconomics I, II, Public Choice, Public Finance)
2010/2011 - lecturer IES FSV UK Advanced Microeconomics I
2006-2010 Center for Doctoral Studies
2010 - External lecturer VSFS
2008-2015 Technical editor of AUCO Czech Economic Review
2011-2024 - lecturer Microeconomics I, IES FSV UK

Monographs

Chapters in monographs

Articles

• Gregorová L. (2007). Pozoruhodná kniha o znalostní ekonomice. Politická ekonomie, 55(2), 278;281.
• Šťastná L. (2009). Spatial interdependence of local public expenditures : selected evidence from the Czech Republic. Acta Universitatis Carolinae. Oeconomica, Czech Economic Review, 3(1), 7-25.
• Gregorová-Šťastná L., & Žák M. (2008). Byrokratická bariéra kvality regulace. Politická ekonomie, 56(2), 196-228. UT-WOS link
• Šťastná L., & Gregor M. (2015). Public sector efficiency in transition and beyond: Evidence from Czech local governments. Applied Economics, 47(7), 680-699. UT-WOS link
• Brueckner J., & Šťastná L. (2020). Commuting and migration. Journal of Regional Science, 60(5), 853-877. UT-WOS link
• Mastromarco C., Šťastná L., & Votápková J. (2019). Efficiency of hospitals in the Czech Republic: Conditional efficiency approach. Journal of Productivity Analysis, 51(1), 73-89. UT-WOS link
• Votápková J., & Šťastná L. (2013). Efficiency of Hospitals in the Czech Republic. Prague Economic Papers, 22(4), 524-541. UT-WOS link
• Gregor M., & Šťastná L. (2012). The decentralization tradeoff for complementary spillovers. Review of Economic Design, 16(1), 41-69. UT-WOS link
• Žák M., & Gregorová L. (2007). Remarkable and interesting book on knowledge economy. Prague Economic Papers, 16(3), 274-278.
• Žďárek V., & Gregorová L. (2007). Ročenka konkurenceschopnosti - nový trend v pohledu na ekonomiku dané země?. Politická ekonomie, 55(5), 711-717.
• Žďárek V., & Gregorová L. (2008). POLAND - Competitiveness Report 2006. The Role of Innovation. Prague Economic Papers, 17(1), 87-94. UT-WOS link

Contributions in the conference proceedings

• Šťastná L., & Gregor M. (2008). Jurisdictional competition via spending composition : the case of the Czech Republic. Space and historical time as dimensions of social change (pp. 25-44). UT-WOS link

2009 Best Paper Prize for Young Economists (WIEM)
2008 Young Economist (Czech Economic Society), 2nd prize

JEM175 - Intermediate Microeconomics I
JEB104 - Microeconomics I

Bachelor theses

Topics from the following fields are welcome:

• Efficiency analysis
• Local public finance
• Spatial economics
• Demand analysis
• Health economics

Public finance, spatial econometrics, urban economics, health economics