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Petr Duczynski Jahodova 18 CERGE-EI 106 00 Prague 10 Politickych Veznu 7 Czech Republic 111 21 Prague 1 (420 2) 7265 Petr Duczynski Jahodova 18 CERGE-EI 106 00 Prague 10 Politickych veznu 7 Czech Republic 111 21 Prague 1 (420 2) 72653530 Czech Republic (420 2) 24005 208 [email protected] Education: M.Sc. equivalent, Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, June 1994, summa cum laude Ph.D., Economics, Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education (CERGE), Charles University, Prague, expected graduation in October 1999 Research Orientation: Macroeconomics; economic growth; human capital in transition economies Academic Publications in Progress: Duczynski, P., “Capital Mobility in Neoclassical Models of Growth: Comment,” (comment on Barro, Mankiw, and Sala-i-Martin’s paper). Currently third revise and resubmit response from the American Economic Review Research Experience: Part-time Researcher at the Economics Institute (EI), Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, 1997/98 Intern at the Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID), Cambridge, MA, 1998 Full-time Researcher at EI since 1998 Teaching Experience: Undergraduate courses: Anglo-American College in Prague, Macroeconomics, 1999 (lecturer) Ph.D. level courses: CERGE, Macroeconomics 0, 1998 and 1999 (co-lecturer) CERGE, Macroeconomics I, 1999 (co-lecturer) CERGE, Macroeconomics I, 1998 (TA) CERGE, Macroeconomics III, 1998 and 1999 (TA) Published Papers: Duczynski, P., 1997. “Convergence in Neoclassical Models with Capital Mobility and Two Kinds of Capital,” Bulletin of the Czech Econometric Society, 6: 47-68. Duczynski, P., Z. Chvoj, V. Chab, M. Ondrejcek, and H. Conrad, 1995. “A One-Dimensional Description of Surface Diffusion for Adlayers with Lateral Interactions,” Surface Science, 331-333: 249-254. Working Papers: Duczynski, P. “Adjustment Costs in a Two-Capital Growth Model,” CERGE-EI Working Paper 144, Charles University, Czech Republic, May 1999. Paper is submitted to the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. Papers Presented at Workshops or Conferences: Duczynski, P., “Adjustment Costs in a Two-Capital Growth Model,” presented at the Workshop in Macroeconomics, organized by Robert J. Barro at Harvard University in February 1998; and at the Winter Symposium of the Econometric Society, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands in January 1999. Duczynski, P., “Current-Account Deficits in Transition Economies: A Neoclassical Explanation,” presented at the CEPR Annual Transition Economics Summer Workshop for Young Academics, Budapest, Hungary in May 1999. Research Grants: “Education in Transition Economies: The Magnitude of the Problem and The Costs of Ignoring It,” Small Research Grants Problem of the Spencer Foundation, May 1999-April 2000, co-investigator. “Comparative Analysis of Educational Attainment in Transition Economies,” Research Support Scheme No. 235/1999, July 1999-July 2000, individual grant..
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