Author: doc. Mgr. Marek Káčer, PhD.
doc. Mgr. Marek Káčer, PhD.
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Finance
Department: Department of Finance
Position: Associate professor
Scientific-pedagogical characteristics of the person
Second degree of higher education
Study field and programme: Mathematics, specialisation mathematics in finance and economics, 2001, Comenius university in Bratislava, Faculty of mathematics, physics and computer science
Third degree of higher education
Study field and programme: Finance and banking, 3.3.7 finance, 2012, University of economics in Bratislava, Faculty of national economy
Associate professor
Study field and programme: Finance, 2024, University of economics in Bratislava, Faculty of national economy
Current and previous employment
Associate professor
University of economics in Bratislava, Faculty of national economy, Department of finance
2024 now
Assistent professor
University of economics in Bratislava, Faculty of national economy, Department of finance
2012 - 2024
Research fellow
University of Leeds, Leeds University Business School
2014 - now
Economist, translator
Manager School, s.r.o.
2010-2012
Economist, translator
Family federation for world peace
2003-2010
Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills
Cambridge Econometrics Summer School
Timberlake
2025
Econometrics of Program Evaluation using Stata
Timberlake consultants, online
2023
Causal inference using DAGs
Statistical Horizons, online
2020
Machine Learning for Credit Risk Analytics in Python & SAS
Daniel Rösch and Harald Scheule, Frankfurt, Germany
2019
Credit Risk Modelling and Advanced Credit Risk Modelling for Basel/IFRS 9 using R/Python
Bart Baesens, Brussels, Belgium
2019
Building Better Scorecards
ScorePlus SARL, Bristol, UK
2019
Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university
Number of defended theses
Bachelor's (first degree): 46
Diploma (second degree): 38
Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs
Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases: 21
Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases: 185
The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
Kacer, M., Wilson, N., Zouari, S. and Cowling, M. 2025. Entrepreneurial finance and the survival of equity-funded firms in crisis periods: the case of COVID-19. Small business economics. 65(2), pp.837–870.
Kacer, M., Duboisée De Ricquebourg, A., Peel, M.J. and Wilson, N. 2024. Audit Market Measures in Audit Pricing Studies: The Issue of Mechanical Correlation. The European accounting review. 33(5), pp.1981–2013.
Cowling, M., Wilson, N., Nightingale, P. and Kacer, M. 2024. The hazards of delivering a public loan guarantee scheme: An analysis of borrower and lender characteristics. International small business journal. 42(2), pp.212–245.
Kacer, M., Wilson, N. and Zouari, S. 2024. Defaults on government guaranteed loans by potential high growth firms: Evidence from the COVID-19 period. Economics letters. 243.
Kacer, M., Wilson, N. and Zouari, S. 2024. Exit routes, investor type, and the Covid-19 crisis: Insights from UK equity-funded companies. Economics letters. 243.
Wilson, N., Wright, M. and Kacer, M. 2018. The equity gap and knowledge-based firms. Journal of corporate finance. 50, pp.626–649.
Kacer, M., Peel, D.A., Peel, M.J. and Wilson, N. 2018. On the persistence and dynamics of Big 4 real audit fees: Evidence from the UK. Journal of business finance & accounting. 45(5–6), pp.714–727.
Wilson, N., Ochotnický, P. and Káčer, M. 2016. Creation and destruction in transition economies: The SME sector in Slovakia. International small business journal. 34(5), pp.579–600.
The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
Kacer, M., Wilson, N., Zouari, S. and Cowling, M. 2025. Entrepreneurial finance and the survival of equity-funded firms in crisis periods: the case of COVID-19. Small business economics. 65(2), pp.837–870.
Kacer, M., Duboisée De Ricquebourg, A., Peel, M.J. and Wilson, N. 2024. Audit Market Measures in Audit Pricing Studies: The Issue of Mechanical Correlation. The European accounting review. 33(5), pp.1981–2013.
Cowling, M., Wilson, N., Nightingale, P. and Kacer, M. 2024. The hazards of delivering a public loan guarantee scheme: An analysis of borrower and lender characteristics. International small business journal. 42(2), pp.212–245.
Kacer, M., Wilson, N. and Zouari, S. 2024. Defaults on government guaranteed loans by potential high growth firms: Evidence from the COVID-19 period. Economics letters. 243.
Kacer, M., Wilson, N. and Zouari, S. 2024. Exit routes, investor type, and the Covid-19 crisis: Insights from UK equity-funded companies. Economics letters. 243.
The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
Project: VEGA
Number: 1/0772/26
Project title: Metódy vysvetliteľnej umelej inteligencie a trajektórie zlyhania firiem
Duration: 2026-2029
Position: principal investigator
Project: HORIZON EUROPE CLIMATE
Number: 101212947
Project title: CLIMINVEST
Duration: 2025-2028
Position: co-investigator
Project: Horizont
Number: 101092639
Project title: Federated decentralized trusted dAta Marketplace for Embedded finance
Duration: 2023-2025
Position: co-investigator
Project: VEGA
Number: 1/0639/21
Project title: Modelling of failure of SMEs in Slovakia using the methods of artificial intelligence
Duration: 2021-2024
Position: principal investigator
Project: APVV
Number: APVV-15-0322
Project title: Hybné sily ekonomického rastu a prežitie firiem v šiestej K-vlne
Duration: 2021-2024
Position: co-investigator
Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
Project: VEGA
Number: 1/0772/26
Project title: Metódy vysvetliteľnej umelej inteligencie a trajektórie zlyhania firiem
Duration: 2026-2029
Position: principal investigator
Project: HORIZON EUROPE CLIMATE
Number: 101212947
Project title: CLIMINVEST
Duration: 2025-2028
Position: co-investigator
Project: Horizont
Number: 101092639
Project title: Federated decentralized trusted dAta Marketplace for Embedded finance
Duration: 2023-2025
Position: co-investigator
Project: VEGA
Number: 1/0639/21
Project title: Modelling of failure of SMEs in Slovakia using the methods of artificial intelligence
Duration: 2021-2024
Position: principal investigator
Project: APVV
Number: APVV-15-0322
Project title: Hybné sily ekonomického rastu a prežitie firiem v šiestej K-vlne
Duration: 2021-2024
Position: co-investigator
Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study
Leeds University Business School, Leeds, UK
12/1-26/1/2013,
Research stay
Leeds University Business School, Leeds, UK
29/6-6/7/2013,
Research stay