Petr Sedláček
    Professor of Economics

Petr Sedlácek
A detailed version of my CV pdf

Appointments

Current


2021 - present
2024 - present
2022 - present
2015 - present
2024
2024 - present

Professor of Economics, University of New South Wales
Associate Member, University of Oxford
Senior Academic Fellow, e61 Institute
Research Affiliate, Center for Economic Policy Research
Guest Editor, European Economic Review
Executive Board Member, Australian Macroeconomic Society

Past


2021 - 2024
2019 - 2021
2017 - 2021
2017 - 2021
2017 - 2019
2012 - 2017
2014 - 2017
2016 - 2017
2011 - 2012
2011
2005 - 2006

Senior Research and Teaching Fellow, University of Oxford
Professor of Economics, University of Oxford
Tutorial Fellow in Economics, Christ Church
Editorial Board Member, Oxford Economic Papers
Associate Professor, University of Oxford
Assistant Professor, University of Bonn
Researcher, Haussdorf Center for Mathematics
Visiting scholar, San Francisco FED and UC Berkeley
Postdoctoral researcher, University of Amsterdam
Visiting PhD student, European Central Bank, Directorate General Research
Research assistant, Czech Statistical Office, Department of Macroeconomic Analysis

Education


2008 - 2011
2006 - 2008
2004 - 2005
2001 - 2006

PhD in Economics, advisor: Wouter J. den Haan, University of Amsterdam
MPhil in Econometrics and Macroeconomics, Tinbergen Instititute, Amsterdam (Cum Laude)
MA in Economics, Joint European Studies Program, UK, Belgium, Czech Republic (with distinction)
Ing in Economic Policy and Macroeconomic Analysis, University of Economics Prague (MSc equivalent)

Grants and Awards

Grants


2024 - 2028
2018 - 2023
2017 - 2021
2016 - 2017
2016 - 2017
2014 - 2015

Future Felowship, Australian Research Council
Starting Grant, European Research Council
Research Training Group (8 PIs), German Research Foundation
Modigliani Research Grant, UniCredit
Research Fellowship, German Research Foundation
Post-doctoral Stipendium, Daimler and Benz Foundation

Awards


2021
2013
2012
2012

Promising Young Scientist, Social Sciences, Neuron Foundation
Joop Hartog award for the best PhD thesis in 2010-2011, Amsterdam School of Economics
Young Economist of the Year, 2nd place, Czech Economic Society
Annual CEF conference, Student competition, 1st place, Society for Computational Economics

Publications in Refereed Journals


2024
2022
2021
2021
2020
2019
2019
2019
2018
2017
2016
2014
2014
2006

"A Congestion Theory of Unemployment Fluctuations", with Y. Mercan, B. Schoefer, AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL: MACROECONOMICS
"Startups and Employment Following the COVID Pandemic: A Calculator", with C. Benedetti-Fassil, V. Sterk, POLICY STUDIES
"The Macroeconomic Impact of Trump", with B. Born, G. Mueller, M. Schularick, POLICY STUDIES
"The Nature of Firm Growth", with B. Pugsley, V. Sterk, AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW
"Lost Generations of Firms and the Aggregate Labor Market", JOURNAL OF MONETARY ECONOMICS
"The Costs of Economic Nationalism: Evidence from the Brexit Experiment", with B. Born, G. Mueller, M. Schularick, ECONOMIC JOURNAL
"Creative Destruction and Uncertainty", JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION
"Reviving American Entrepreneurship? Tax Reform and Business Dynamism", with V. Sterk, JOURNAL OF MONETARY ECONOMICS
"Unemployment and the Labor Share", with S. Mangin, JOURNAL OF MONETARY ECONOMICS
"The Growth Potential of Startups over the Business Cycle", with V. Sterk, AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW
"The Aggregate Matching Function and Job Search from Employment and Out of the Labor Force", REVIEW OF ECONOMIC DYNAMICS
"Match Efficiency and Firms' Hiring Standards", JOURNAL OF MONETARY ECONOMICS
"Inefficient Continuation Decisions, Job Creat Costs, and the Cost of Business Cycles", with W. den Haan, QUANTITATIVE ECONOMICS
"Institutional Conditions of Monetary Policy Conduct in the Czech Republic", PRAGUE ECONOMIC PAPERS

Presentations

Work from Home, Business Dynamism and the Macroeconomy


2024


Goethe University Frankfrut, Germany
Computing in Economics and Finance, Singapore

Bang for the Buck: Aggregate Impact of Firm-Level R&D Incentives


2024





2023




The Treasury, Australia
2nd Macro Development Workshop, Deakin University, Australia
Australian Conference of Economists, Adelaide, Australia
Bristol Macroeconomic Workshop, UK
Australian Conference of Economists, Australia

New York University Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
University of Bonn, Germany
Dutch National Bank, Netherlands
Ausralian National University, Australia

Serial Entrepreneurs and the Macroeconomy


2022



2021

Firm Dynamics and the Macreconomy conference, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, USA
University of Adelaide, Australia
e61 Institute, Australia
CompNet ProdTalk, CompNet & EBRD
WAMS, Australia

A Congestion Theory of Unemployment Fluctuations


2021
2020



Bank of England
Université de Montréal, Canada
New York University, USA
Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands

Customer Acquisition, Business Dynamism and Aggregate Growth

2023

2022












2021




2020
2019

University of Bristol, UK
University of Western Australia, Australia
University of Queensland, Australia
Census Bureau, USA
University of California Berkeley, USA
Bank of Canada, Canada
University of Alabama, USA
Computing in Economics and Finance Conference, USA
University of Georgetown, USA
University of Melbourne, Australia
Monash University, Australia
Australian National University, Australia
University of Zurich, Switzerland
Australasia Meeting of the Econometric Society, Australia
VAMS, Australia
Reserve Bank of Australia, Australia
Dutch National Bank, Netherlands
Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis, Italy
University of Oxford, UK
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
European Commission, ECFIN, Belgium
London Business School, UK
University of Cambridge, UK

Reviving American Entreprenurship? Tax Reform and Business Dynamism


2018

Grifith University, Brisbane, Australia

The Nature of Firm Growth


2020

2019




2018












2017







2016

Australian National University, Australia
University of New South Wales, Australia
De Nederlandse Bank, Netherlands
University of Exter, UK
University of Manchester, UK
University of Frankfurt, Germany
University of Liverpool, UK
University of Vienna, Austria
University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt, Germany
EM3 Conference, University of Bonn, Germany
CERGE-EI, Prague, Czech Republic
National University of Singapore
Tsinghua Workshop in Macroeconomics, Beijing, China
Central Bank of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
E1Macro conference, Queen Mary University London, UK
Banco de Portugal, Portugal
Uppsala University, Sweden
London School of Economics, UK
University of Oxford, UK
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
University of Sydney, Australia
University of Melbourne, Australia
University of Nottingham, UK
Duke University, Durham, USA
University of California Davis, USA
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, USA
Cambridge-INET conference, University of Cambridge, UK

Creative Destruction and Uncertainty


2018

2017



2016








2015





2014

Czech National Bank, Prague, Czech Republic
Singapore Management University, Singapore
University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
Computing in Economics and Finance, New York, USA
European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
University of California Berkeley, USA
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, USA
University of California Santa Barbara, USA
University of Notre Dame, USA
University of Cambridge, UK
University of Cologne, Germany
CERGE-EI, Prague, Czech Republic
Norwegian Business School, Oslo, Norway
Monash Macro/Finance Workshop, Monash University, Australia
University of Queensland, Australia
SITE Workshop, Stanford University, USA
University College London, UK
Australian National University, Australia
Monash University, Australia
University of Adelaide, Australia
University of Sydney, Australia
5th Ifo Conference on Macroeconomics and Survey Data, Munich, Germany

The Aggregate Matching Function and Job Search from Outside Unemployment


2015

2014


Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
University of Bristol, UK
University of Barcelona, Spain
MEF workshop, Bonn University, Germany

The Growth Potential of Startups over the Business Cycle


2017
2016

2015






2014








2013





University of Texas at Austin, USA
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
University of Oxford, UK
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, USA
SEEK Workshop, Brussels, Belgium
University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
11th Dynare Conference, Brussels, Belgium
30th EEA congress, Mannheim, Germany
Census Bureau, Washington, USA
University of Melbourne, Australia
10th ECB/CEPR Labour Market Workshop, ECB, Germany
University of Barcelona, Spain
25th Annual meeting of the SED, Toronot, Canada
2nd Mannheim Workshop in Quantitative Macroeconomics, Germany
University of Sydney, Australia
University of New South Wales, Australia
Monash University, Australia
Australian National University, Australia
University of Adelaide, Australia
4th Ifo Conference on Macroeconomics and Survey Data, Munich, Germany
16th Annual DNB Research Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Cologne Workshop on Macroeconomics (poster), Erftstadt, Germany
Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
University of Konstanz, Germany

Lost Generations of Firms and Aggregate Labor Market Dynamics

2015

2012











2011


University of Bath, UK
Labor markets in/after crises, University of Bonn, Germany
CERGE-EI, Prague, Czech Republic
Vienna Macro Workshop, Austria
Cologne Macro Workshop (poster session), Erftstadt, Germany
Computing in Economics and Finance, Prague, Czech Republic
Research Department, Hungarian National Bank, Budapest, Hungary
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Directorate General Research, Monetary Policy Research, European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
University of Edinburgh, UK
University of Bonn, Germany
Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
Universite Catolique de Louvain, Louvain la Neuve, Belgium
PhD Lunch Seminar, Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
NAKE day, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Spanish Economic Association meeting, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain

Match efficiency and Firms' Hiring Standards


2011


2010



DNB seminar, Dutch National Bank, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Mainz Workshop in Labour Economics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
ECB Internal Seminar, European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
PhD Lunch Seminar, Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2nd Conference on Recent Developments in Macroeconomics, ZEW, Mannheim, Germany
UvA Internal Seminar, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Inefficient Continuation Decisions, Job Creation Costs, and the Cost of Business Cycles


2009



ECB/CEPR Labor Market Adjustment Workshop, European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
NHH Summer Workshop, NHH, Bergen, Norway
UvA Internal Seminar, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Other/Invited Contributions


2020
2015
2010

Oxford University Business Economics Programme, Oxford, UK
Kauffman Foundation's New Entrepreneurial Growth Conference, Amelia Island, Florida, USA
Workshop on Comparing Calibrations of EU Cohesion Policy Simulations, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium