About

I am a 6th year PhD student at the Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economics Institute in Prague, Czech Republic (CERGE-EI). My supervisor is Marek Kapicka.

I am focusing on topics like Macroeconomics, Public Policy and Wine Economics. I visited ETH Zurich, Center of Economic Research, hosted by Lucas Bretschger in April 2023.

Working Papers

  • Pro-Environmental Habits in a Neoclassical Growth Model

    We study how environmental habits in human behavior affect the effectiveness of green policies. In our framework, environmental habits refer to routine actions by individuals that favor more sustainable choices or reflect increased awareness of climate-related issues. Using a simple growth model with environmental constraints, we investigate the potential link between environmentally related consumer behavior and the maintenance of environmental quality, and examine its impact on steady-state growth rate and transition paths. We show that once the economy possesses a high level of environmental quality, maintaining or further improving this level becomes more feasible through policy interventions than when environmental quality is low. We calibrate the model using data from the U.S. economy and establish that pro-environmental habit persistence affects shaping of optimal policy design. We find that environmentally motivated behavior leads to reduced consumption, thereby stimulating production in less polluting sectors and contributing to greater climate resilience.

  • Climate Change, Consumer Habits, and Optimal Policy: Evidence From Czech Wine Sector

    This project examines how pesticide-use restrictions can steer agriculture toward environmentally sustainable production while preserving natural capital. Drawing on evidence that organic and biodynamic farming reduce pesticide use, and on cases where blunt bans caused severe yield losses — most notably Sri Lanka's 2021 synthetic pesticide ban (IWMI 2025) — the paper develops a framework for identifying effective policy instruments under climate change, with a focus on restrictions targeting toxic pesticide use. The analysis also investigates whether consumer preferences shape optimal agricultural policy design. Using a CES production function with pesticides and labor as inputs, the model is estimated with Czech wine-sector data from 2014–2017 across four production types. Solving the policymaker's problem yields optimal pesticide thresholds and demonstrates that stronger non-green consumer preferences justify higher thresholds and more tailored policy interventions.

Grants & Awards

Orley-Ashenfelter Scholarship
Support for the 18th Annual Conference of the American Association of Wine Economists
April 2026
Gratitude for the Work
National Research University Higher School of Economics
December 2016
Prize of Competition Overview for the South of Russia – 2030
Transportation area
July 2016
3rd Place — Competition in Prof. B.L. Ovsievich Memoriam
For fundamental research in mathematical economics carried out in Russia; prize awarded for mathematical modeling of overbooking in revenue management
April 2015
Young Faculty Support Program
Group of Young Academic Professionals, Category "New Lecturers" — National Research University Higher School of Economics
Jan 2015 – Dec 2015
University Grant Competition Winner
Grant competition for students, post-graduates, and young scientists of St. Petersburg
November 2012

Teaching Experience

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CERGE-EI
Graduate level
TA in Applied Macroeconomics — Prof. Byeongju Jeong 2025 – Present
NRU HSE St. Petersburg
Undergraduate and graduate level
Lecturer 2018 – 2020
Methods of Optimization: Mathematical Models in Revenue Management
Operations Research: Models and Applications
Project Seminars
Lecturer in Macro-I 2015 – 2017