Curriculum Vitae

Education

• Ph.D. in Economics, Charles University in Prague, 2021 (expected)
  • Thesis: Essays on the Impact of Technological Change on Economic Structure
• M.Sc. in Applied Economic Analysis, Stockholm School of Economics, 2017
  • Thesis: Entrepreneurship in the Information Age: An Empirical Analysis of the European Regions, graded A, rewarded with a prize for authors under 25 years by the Czech Economic Society
• MIM in International Management, CEMS (Stockholm School of Economics & Bocconi University, 2017
  • Business project for ABB: assessing pre-requisites for machine learning in quota-setting processes
• B.Sc. in Economics and Finance, Charles University in Prague, 2015
  • Thesis: Global Imbalances Reflected in the Eurozone’s Accounting, graded Excellent
• Exchange Program, Humboldt University in Berlin, 2014

Work experience

• November 2019 - present: Policy Advisor and Team Coordinator at the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament the Czech Republic, the Czech Pirate Party

• September 2017 - October 2019: Junior Researcher at CERGE-EI
  • Research topics: returns to R&D, technology diffusion, global value chains
  • Supervisor: Martin Srholec
• January 2017 - June 2017: Master’s Thesis Project at Ericsson
  • Research topic: digitalization and business demographics
  • Working in tight cooperation Ericsson Research department
  • Supervisor: Harald Edquist
• June 2016 - August 2016: Summer Internship at Roland Berger
  • Market and peer analysis, client deliveries
  • Supervisor: Jaroslav Dvorak
• October 2015 - May 2016: Research Assistant at Center for European Law and Economics in Stockholm
  • Inspection of the U.S. data center market and its current trends
  • Supervisor: Mattias Ganslandt
• May 2014 - September 2014: Business Analyst at Netmail
  • Analyzing the Austrian and German market and establishing the first contact with prospective clients
  • Supervisor: Vaclav Graf
• July 2012 - August 2013: Internship at Wood & Company
  • Testing and certifying connections with stock exchanges for direct market access
  • Supervisor: Vaclav Karpisek

Language Skills

• English (fluent)
• Czech (fluent)
• German (working proficiency)

Software Skills

• R
• Python
• LaTex
• Stata
• Matlab

Publications

Entrepreneurship in the Information Age: An Empirical Analysis of the European Regions

Pleticha P. (2018): "Entrepreneurship in the Information Age: An Empirical Analysis of the European Regions" IES Working Papers 26/2018. IES FSV. Charles University.

Návratnost soukromých a veřejných výdajů na podnikatelský výzkum a vývoj v České republice

Pleticha P. (2019): "Návratnost soukromých a veřejných výdajů na podnikatelský výzkum a vývoj v České republice" Národohospodářký ústav AV ČR, vvi.

Heterogeneity of Returns to Business R&D: What Makes a Difference?

Pleticha, P. (2021). Heterogeneity of Returns to Business R&D: What Makes a Difference? Prague Economic Papers, 30(3), 253-271.

Who Benefits from Global Value Chain Participation? Does Functional Specialization Matter?

Pleticha, P. (2021). Who Benefits from Global Value Chain Participation? Does Functional Specialization Matter?. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics.

Teaching

Econometrics II

European Economic Integration

Econometrics I

Other Activities

• Member of the independent expert commission evaluating National Comparative Exams made by Scio
• Participating in the highest regional tennis league in the Czech Republic