«Meine ersten Erfahrungen als Unternehmer, Soldat und Politiker sammelte ich in einer Zeit, die durch eine recht stabile bipolare Ordnung, den sogenannten Kalten Krieg, geprägt war.»

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Alt Bundesrat Kaspar Villiger bezeichnet in seiner Rede am

Call for papers: Zurich Conference on Public Finance in Developing Countries, Dec 16-17 at Economics at Zurich.

Keynote Speaker will be Karthik Muralidharan Karthik Muralidharan

Submit papers by July first here: econ.uzh.ch/en/eventsandse…

🎉 Congratulations to Pierre Dubuis who has successfully defended his PhD thesis!
Pierre works on topics at the intersection of #banking and monetary #policy . His main interest lies in studying monetary policy transmission by combining #microdata and theory. Pierre will be

An insightful presentation from behavioral economist Ernst Fehr on 'The human quest for fairness and equality', followed by a panel discussion with Ronja Jansen, former leader of JUSO Schweiz and a member of Landrat Basel-Landschaft and Matthias P. A. Müller, leader of

📣 Grant Alert ! D. Yanagizawa-Drott was awarded a project Grant of CHF 700’000 for the project: 'Reducing Gender Gaps in Credit Markets: Generating Evidence from 7 Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa'. Congratulations 🥳 !

📣 Publication Alert |Congrats to Luca Moretti and J. Hensel from the Department! This study reveals how carbon pricing affects firms' price decisions & expectations. Study of 🇫🇷 manufacturing firms reveals challenges & insights for climate policy.
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Prof. Dr. Douglas Bernheim from Stanford University was conferred an honorary doctorate by the Faculty of Business, Economics and Informatics after formally being recommended by the Department of Economics. 👏

Small loans can help people establish and expand their small businesses. A field study in 🇬🇭 #Ghana lead by D. Yanagizawa-Drott has now revealed that men ask for and receive more money from microcredit companies than women. However, if women are better informed, they are more likely to

Referat von Ernst Fehr mit Podiumsdiskussion zum Thema 'Das menschliche Streben nach Fairness und Gleichheit', 14. Mai 2024, 18 Uhr, Aula der Universität Zürich

The🇨🇭 #Swiss Federal Council and Parliament want to fund aid to 🇺🇦 #Ukraine directly from the development cooperation budget. This would have devastating consequences on the world's poorest countries, explains UBS Foundation Professor Dina D. Pomeranz 🟣 in a NZZ guest commentary.

Bundesrat Ignazio Cassis sagte 2018 an der Universität Zürich: «Die Schweiz liegt im Herzen Europas und Europa im Herzen der Schweiz» und «Nichts tun ist kein Plan». Anlässlich des #UBSCenterPodium 2024 präsentieren wir seine neuste Einschätzung zur Frage, ob sich die 🇨🇭 #Schweiz

#Predoc Presentation Day success! Predocs shared their research with faculty, peers, and PhD students.
Well done, keep up the good work 🙌 !
Continued discussions on our sunny terrace 😀

📣 Grant Alert ! Dina D. Pomeranz 🟣, Michael Siegenthaler (@ETH KOF) and Arin Dube (@UMassAmherst) were awarded an Schweizerischer Nationalfonds (SNF) Project Grant of CHF 700’000 for the project: 'Firms, Workers, and Collective Bargaining in🇨🇭' over the next 4 years. Congratulations to them 🥳!

📣 Grant Alert ! Josef Zweimüller and Fabrizio Colella (@USI_university) were awarded an Swiss National Science Foundation Project Grant of 770.000 CHF for the project : 'The role of firms in wage formation: Evidence from immigration and local taxes in🇨🇭'. Congratulations to them 🥳!

📸 Thank you Ralph Ossa, Gregory Crawford & R. Rasmussen for a great event and fascinating facts about the connection between #econ research and practical application. Numerous students had the chance to interact with the speakers👍.WTO Zalando Google Universität Zürich Florian Scheuer

📣 Job Opening 👉Ana Costa-Ramón is hiring a #predoc research associate. #labor #gender   #healtheconomics

The AEA Journals has appointed Florian Scheuer to join their esteemed Board of Editors.
Congratulations, Florian ! 👏
Economics. For Society. Universität Zürich

Spannendes Interview mit Dina D. Pomeranz 🟣 über Entwicklungshilfe, Entwicklungsarbeit und die Auswirkungen von wissenschaftlichen Projekten auf die Armutsbekämpfung. 👇

📣Grant Alert ! Amanda Dahlstrand was awarded an Swiss National Science Foundation Project Grant of CHF 450K over 46 months for her research project 'Online #healthcare : Effects on Service Quality, Inequality and Providers' Work'.
Congratulations, Amanda 🥳 !

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Claudia Gentile and Armin Schmutzler from the Department will be participating in the workshop and will discuss the topic 'New Technologies and Climate Policy'. 👉 April 17, 2024,  13:00–17:00