Mgr. Ing. Matěj Nevrla, Ph.D.

Matěj Nevrla
Research interests: empirical asset pricing, financial econometrics

Biography


Matej Nevrla is a researcher at the Institute of Information Theory and Automation at the Czech Academy of Sciences (UTIA). Moreover, he is a lecturer (assistant professor) in Finance at the University of Liverpool Management School. He holds a Ph.D. in Finance and Economics from the Institute of Economic Studies, Charles University.
 
His research focuses on empirical asset pricing and financial econometrics. In particular, he is interested in how investors price asymmetric and tail risks in the cross-section of asset returns. Moreover, he combines this stream of literature with the literature investigating the pricing of common factor exposures.
 
He has published in the Journal of Financial Econometrics.

Awards
2019: 1st place in the Competition for the Best Student Paper in Theoretical Economics, The Czech Econometric Society 
2020: Golden Course – Best course taught at the IES (Master); Applied Econometrics, Assistant 
2019: Golden Course – Best course taught at the IES (Master); Applied Econometrics, Assistant 
2018: Golden Course – Best course taught at the IES (Master); Applied Econometrics, Assistan

Grant Agency of the Charles University 2017-19 
Main researcher 
GAUK No. 846217 
Title: Capital Asset Pricing in the Quantile-Frequency Domain