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RESEARCH
Working Papers
School Principals and Minorities: A Field Experiment in the Czech Republic (with Štěpán Mikula). Work in progress.
Roma and Bureaucrats: A Field Experiment on Ethnic and Socioeconomic Discrimination (with Štěpán Mikula). IZA Discussion Paper No. 16218.
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The Trade-offs of Justice: A Theory of Optimal Use of Alternative Criminal Procedures (with Libor Dušek). [Revise and Resubmit in the Journal of Legal Studies.]
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The Effects of a Simpler Criminal Procedure: Evidence from One Million Czech Cases (with Libor Dušek). ISE Working Paper No. 1 [Submitted.]
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Is Pro-Labor Law Pro-Women? Evidence from India. CERGE-EI Working Paper no. 488.
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Journal Articles
Mikula, Štěpán, and Josef Montag. 2023. Does Homeownership Hinder Labor Market Activity? Evidence from Housing Privatization and Restitution. Journal of Housing Economics 61: 101949.
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Broulíková, Hana, Peter Huber, Josef Montag, and Petr Sunega. 2020. Homeownership, Mobility, and Unemployment: Evidence from Housing Privatization. Journal of Housing Economics 50: 101728.
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Montag, Josef, and James Tremewan. 2020. Let the Punishment Fit the Criminal: An Experimental Study. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 175: 423-438.
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Huber, Peter, and Josef Montag. 2020. Homeownership, Political Participation, and Social Capital in Post-Communist Countries and Western Europe. Kyklos 73: 96-119.
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Abdiyeva, Karlygash, et al. 2019. Seroepidemiological and molecular investigations of infections with Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in Kazakhstan. International Journal of Infectious Diseases 78: 121-127.
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Brabenec, Tomáš, and Josef Montag. 2018. Criminals and the Price System: Evidence from Czech Metal Thieves. Journal of Quantitative Criminology 34: 397-430.
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Montag, Josef. 2017. Identifying Odometer Fraud in Used Car Market Data. Transport Policy 60: 10-23.
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Montag, Josef.2015. What Drives the Gender Gap? An Analysis Using Sexual Orientation. Kyklos 68: 577-608.
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Montag, Josef. 2015. The Simple Economics of Motor Vehicle Pollution: A Case for Fuel Tax. Energy Policy 85: 138-149.
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Montag, Josef, and Tomáš; Sobek. 2014. Should Paris Hilton Receive a Lighter Prison Sentence Because She's Rich? An Experimental Study. Kentucky Law Journal 103: 95-125.
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Montag, Josef. 2014. A Radical Change in Traffic Law: Effects on Fatalities in the Czech Republic. Journal of Public Health 36: 539-545.
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Articles in Czech Peer-Reviewed Journals
Broulíková, Hana, a Josef Montag. 2020. Housing Privatization in Transition Countries: Institutional Features and Outcomes. Review of Economic Perspectives 20: 49-70.
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Dušek, Libor, a Josef Montag. 2017. Dopady zkráceného přípravného řízení na délku a výsledky trestního řízení. Trestněprávní revue 16: 59-66.
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Dušek, Libor, a Josef Montag. 2016. Ekonomický přístup ke zkoumání práva: přehled metodologie a nástin příležitostí pro výzkum v České republice. Jurisprudence 6: 39-48.
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Book Chapters
Sobek, Tomáš, and Josef Montag. 2019. Value Incommensurability. In Marciano, Alain and Giovanni Battista Ramello, eds. Encyclopedia of Law and Economics. New York: Springer.
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Sobek, Tomáš, and Josef Montag. 2019. Proportionality Test. In Marciano, Alain and Giovanni Battista Ramello, eds. Encyclopedia of Law and Economics. New York: Springer.
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Montag, Josef, and Tomáš Sobek. 2019. Subjective Punishment. In Marciano, Alain and Giovanni Battista Ramello, eds. Encyclopedia of Law and Economics. New York: Springer.
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Kerlinová Alena, and Josef Montag. 2013. Regulation and its limits: economists’ view. (In Czech.) In Kyncl, Libor, Petr Mrkývka, et al. Metoda a ekonomické limity regulace ve finančním právu, 127-141. Brno: Masaryk University.
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Montag, Josef. 2005. Market-Based Financing of Owner-Occupied Housing in Developed Countries. (In Czech.) In Lux, Martin, Petr Sunega, Tomáš Kostelecký, Daniel Cermák, and Josef Montag. Housing Standards 2004/2005: Financing Housing and Refurbishing Housing Estates, 25-48. Prague: Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
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Grants
Consortium Member: "From one closed door to another: Cumulative discrimination and prejudice against marginalised groups in Europe." Horizon Europe three-year research grant awarded in July 2022 (overall budget EUR 3.2m; Charles University budget EUR 250,000).
Co-Principal Investigator: "New generation of statistical indicators of road traffic accidents for the Police of the Czech Republic." Technology Agency of the Czech Republic research grant no. CK03000255 (EUR 120,000), with Peter Bolcha (PI), and Matůš Šucha, 01/2022--12/2023.
Principal Investigator: "Creating advanced tools for analysis of road traffic accidents for the Czech Traffic Police." Technology Agency of the Czech Republic research grant no. CK01000049 ($160,000), with Michal Kvasnička (Co-PI), Peter Bolcha, and Štěpán Mikula, 03/2020-02/2023.
Principal Investigator: "Trust and Terror: The Dark Side of Social Capital?" Czech Science Foundation research grant ($115,000), with Niclas Berggren, Pierre Bentata, and Miroslav Zajíček, 2017-2019. (Declined.)
Principal Investigator: "After the Curtain: Empirical Studies of Migration in Transition Economies." Czech Science Foundation research grant ($140,000), with Martin Guzi, Peter Huber, Štepán Mikula, and Petr Sunega, 2015-2017.
Co-Investigator: "Economics of Criminal Procedure: Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Criminal Justice Under Constraints." Czech Science Foundation research grant ($45,000), with Libor Dušek, 2015-2016.
Co-Investigator: "Exploiting Policy Interventions in the Czech Republic to Answer General Questions About Criminal Deterrence." Czech Science Foundation research grant ($42,000), with Libor Dušek, 2012-2013.