Ing. Vojtěch Kotrba

Room: 226, FSE Moskevská 54
Phone: +420 475 284 727
Email: vojtech.kotrba[at]ujep.cz
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4034-6407
Personal web: https://sites.google.com/view/vojtechkotrba

Teaching:

  • Microeconomics
  • Macroeconomics
  • Basics of Economics

Research Interests:

My research focuses on consumer behavior in the context of behavioral and experimental economics. Other areas of my research include sport economics and applied microeconomics. I am an assistant professor at the FSE since February 2020. I am a lecturer and a seminar leader of economics courses from basic to advanced.

Research:

Interreg CE: Smart and green innovation approaches for scaling up digital transformation opportunities in CE (CE0100198, 2023-2026), member of the research team

IGA UJEP: The Impact of Reminders on Health-Seeking Behavior (2024-2025), member of the research team

IGA VŠE: Experimental analysis of financial behavior and strategies (14/2024, 2024-2027), project leader

IGA VŠE: Changes in interest rates and consumer search behavior for savings accounts, an experimental approach (38/2023, 2023-2024), project leader

IGA VŠE: Testing the “hot hand” hypothesis at the individual level in football (18/2022, 2022-2023), project leader

IGA VŠE: Representativeness heuristics in sports fans’ decision making (4/2020, 2019- 2020), project leader

Selected publications:

Loník, I., & Kotrba, V. (2024). The key importance of spending on research and development in Formula One. Managerial and Decision Economics, 45(1), 70–79. https://doi.org/10.1002/mde.3983

Kotrba, V. (2023). Testing “hot hand” hypothesis at the individual athletes’ level in soccer”. Economics Bulletin, 43(3), 1356-1365.

Rejthar, J., & Kotrba, V. (2023). Confirmation of the validity of the HLTV ranking. ICGA Journal, 45(1), 2-15. https://doi.org/10.3233/ICG-230229

Kotrba, V. (2023). Can a fighter develop glass jaw? Statistical evidence from mixed martial arts. Revista De Artes Marciales Asiáticas, 18(2), 95–102. https://doi.org/10.18002/rama.v18i2.6205

Kotrba, V., & Dwyer, B. (2022). Examining racial discrimination in fantasy team selection: the case of Czech soccer fans. Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal, 13(2), 248-267. https://doi.org/10.1108/SBM-02-2022-0012

Kotrba, V. (2021). Nationality-based prejudice in sports: Fan demand for foreign athletes in the Czech Republic. International Journal of Sport Finance, 16(1), 3- 15. http://doi.org/10.32731/IJSF/161.022021.01

Kotrba, V. (2020). Heuristics in fantasy sports: Is it profitable to strategize based on favourite of the match?. Mind & Society, 19(1), 195-206. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11299-020-00231-7.

Kotrba, V. (2019). Direct preferences of sports fans: Is there a superstar effect in the fantasy league?. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 78, 89-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2018.12.010.