Short bio
I am a Ph.D. student at the Institute of Economic Studies, Charles University (IES FSV UK). I am completing my Ph.D. research under the supervision of doc. PhDr. Jozef Baruník, Ph.D. Simultaneously, I am a researcher at Institute of Information Theory and Automation at the Czech Academy of Sciences (ÚTIA).
I concentrate my research on the field of financial econometrics. Specifically, I am interested in asset pricing, effects of various sources of risks with heterogeneous persistence, connectedness on financial markets, and time-variability of asset pricing relationships. My other research interest is predicting the outcomes of sporting events.
Research Interests
- Asset pricing: heterogeneously persistent risks, time-varying predictability, higher moment risks
- Other interests: predicting sport outcomes, betting strategies, connectedness
News
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[November 2024] “Risks of heterogeneously persistent higher moments” (with J. Baruník) published in International Review of Financial Analysis
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[May 2024] Submitted revision of “Heterogeneously Persistent Higher
Moments Risks” (with J. Baruník)
In progress
- Skewness Dispersion and the Expected Equity Premium (with M. Babiak and J. Baruník)
Publications
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IRFA
Jozef Baruník, Josef Kurka*
International Review of Financial Analysis, 96, 103573, 2024
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FRL
Josef Kurka
Finance Research Letters, 31, 38-46, 2019
Conferences
Selected conferences
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10/2023: · Statistics of Machine Learning (Stat of ML), Prague · “Heterogeneously Persistent Higher Moment Risks.”
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08/2023: · 6th International Conference on Econometrics and Statistics (Ecosta), Tokyo · “Distributional asymmetries and currency returns.”
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07/2023: · International Financial and Banking Society (IFABS), Oxford · “Distributional asymmetries and currency returns.”
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06/2022: · 6th International Workshop on Financial Markets and Nonlinear Dynamics (FMND), Paris · “Persistence of the higher moments risks.”
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10/2021: · Statistics of Machine Learning (Stat of ML), Prague · “Distributional asymmetries and currency risk.”
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08/2020: · Statistics of Machine Learning (Stat of ML), Prague · “Horizon-specific risk, higher moments, and asset prices.”
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12/2018: · 12th International Conference on Computational and Financial Econometrics (CFE), Pisa · “Horizon-specific risk, higher moments, and asset prices.”
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08/2018: · 2nd International Conference on Econometrics and Statistics, Hong Kong · “Does Skewness and Kurtosis Predict Asset Returns in the Long Run?”
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04/2018: · Fifth International Symposium in Computational Economics and Finance, Paris · “Does Skewness and Kurtosis Predict Asset Returns in the Long Run?”
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12/2017: · 11th International Conference on Computational and Financial Econometrics (CFE), London · “Do Cryptocurrencies and Traditional Asset Classes Influence Each Other?”
Teaching
Courses
- Teaching Assistant (at IES FSV UK)
- Financial Econometrics I (JEM059) · 2018-present
- Teaching Assistant (previously at IES FSV UK)
- Advanced Econometrics (JEM005)·2017-2021
- Quantitative Methods II · 2019
- Advanced Financial Econometrics II · 2020
Services
Thesis supervision
- Ongoing: 1 bachelor, 1 master
- Defended: 3 bachelor
Refereeing
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International Review of Financial Analysis
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Financial Innovation
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Financial Markets and Portfolio Management
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North American Journal of Economics and Finance
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Journal of Multinational Financial Management
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Czech Journal of Economics and Finance
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