Valtice Center for Economic and Statistical Research

Research, models, systems, and games

VCESR builds models, simulations, and games for classrooms, studios, and policy teams.

Scope of work

Economics and statistics, put to work.

Consultancy, modelling, games, and courses. One practice, one standard of evidence.

Consultancy

Straight answers to hard questions, with the workings shown.

Econometric Modelling

Forecasts and estimates that stand up to scrutiny, assumptions included.

Game Economy Design

Currencies, incentives, and progression that stay balanced.

Game Development

Playable simulations of systems that are hard to explain.

Education Systems

Courses and platforms that teach how economies actually work.

Economic Theory Education

Theory tied to evidence, taught for retention.

A series, up close

The line, up close.

Scrolling pushes into the end of the line. The chart exits to the left as the page continues.

% 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24
ChapterIndexNote
Shock62Sharp fall in output
Policy response71Stabilisation begins
Recovery104Trend growth resumes
Counterfactual78No recovery without response

Evidence, visualised

Statistics, made visible.

Products

Three products.

Each one runs on the same economic logic.

Boom
and Bust

Flagship game

Boom and Bust: A Minister's Dilemma

The minister's chair: spend, tax, and answer for the results.

Hermetic Engine mark

Simulation engine

Hermetic Engine

The engine behind VCESR games and models: scenarios, incentives, and balance, kept consistent.

CNB + Toolkit

Education + research

CNB Game & Modelling Toolkit

A Czech monetary-policy simulator with a modelling toolkit in Python, R, and Excel.

Valtice Center for Economic and Statistical Research brand wallpaper

Featured project

Boom and Bust: A Minister's Dilemma

Play the trade-offs ministers actually face: inflation today or debt tomorrow.

  • Built for classrooms and curious citizens.
  • Every choice has a consequence, usually two.
  • Serious macroeconomics, playable in an evening.
6Fields of activity.
2Team: one macroeconomist, one statistician.
1Policy game in development.
VCESRSmall team, research standard.