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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich 🇨🇭
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We are the Department of Economics at the University of Zurich and our mission is to #pioneeringeconomics.

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Happening today with @dspika.bsky.social ! 👇
November 27, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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🔵Coming up this Thursday!
Join us on November 27 at the 𝗠𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 with 𝗙𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶 (@ebrd.bsky.social & @econ.uzh.ch ), who will present “Local Booms and Innovation”

🔗 www.federicacoelli.com
📄 drive.google.com/file/d/1lKXc...

#EconSky
November 26, 2025 at 8:08 AM
"Europe Pays? The cost of U.S.-Tariffs"
Nov. 26 | 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
With the participation of Ralph Ossa UBS Foundation Professor of Economics, among others.

An event organized by Efficient Governance Initiative (student organisation at UZH)

www.efficient-governance-initiative.ch/event/guest-...
November 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
@profdaviddorn.bsky.social über die Entwickung der KI: "Bei neu auftauchenden Problemen braucht es menschliche Fähigkeiten, um neue Situationen zu bewerten, abzuwägen und Entscheidungen zu treffen - das kann ein System nicht, das nur auf Vergangenem basiert." @blick.ch

www.blick.ch/wirtschaft/k...
KI und Arbeitsmarkt: Experte über Risiken und Chancen (B+)
Programmiererin oder doch lieber Pflegefachfrau? KI krempelt die Arbeitswelt um – und verunsichert Jugendliche bei der Berufswahl. Ökonom David Dorn erklärt, warum die Zukunft weniger düster ist als b...
www.blick.ch
November 24, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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In this thought-provoking discussion, @nobelprize.org laureate James A. Robinson joins Lorenzo Casaburi to rethink assumptions about institutions, development, and what counts as progress in Africa.

www.ubscenter.uzh.ch/en/news_even...

#EconomicsForSociety #UZH #shareUBS
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November 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Join us with @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social and @florianscheuer.bsky.social to learn more about taxing inheritance, highlighting what data and policy experience can tell us about the role of inheritance in modern economies like Switzerland.

www.ubscenter.uzh.ch/en/news_even...

#EconomicsForSociety
November 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
“La tecnologia non è neutra: segue gli incentivi. Senza un orientamento politico chiaro, l’innovazione si concentra dove il profitto è immediato, anche se insostenibile." David Hémous UBS Foundation Associate Professor of Economics of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

www.swissinfo.ch/ita/soluzion...
Il cambiamento climatico costa caro
L’impatto economico per la Svizzera potrebbe arrivare anche al 4% del PIL: le considerazioni di alcuni esperti ed esperte.
www.swissinfo.ch
November 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Swiss National Future Day 2025 was a hit!
We had the pleasure to host 15 students at our Social and Neural Systems Laboratory (SNS Lab).
The Mind Duel game was, without a doubt, the highlight. 😀 #neuroeconomics #behavioraleconomics
November 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
“Adolescence is a very critical period, where we know from neurological literature the brain is undergoing important changes. A sense of belonging is critical.” says @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/4enr3dej
November 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Congratulations to Julius Schäper who has successfully defended his PhD Thesis: «Essays in Applied Econometrics»

He will soon start as as machine learning scientist at Expedia (Geneva)

We wish him all the best! 😀
November 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Reminder: the deadline to apply for 🎆funded 🎆PhD positions in the Marlene Porsche Graduate School of Neuroeconomics at the University of Zurich is coming up on 1 December 2025. www.econ.uzh.ch/en/study/phd...
@econ.uzh.ch @socforneuroecon.bsky.social
Marlene Porsche Graduate School of Neuroeconomics
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November 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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A thread summarising the findings is available here: bsky.app/profile/carm...
What happens when you increase the legal drinking age from 16 to 18? 🤔

We explore this question in the context of Spain. We find that the reforms decreased teenage alcohol consumption and improved educational outcomes📒🥂

- with Manuel Bagues
@warwickecon.bsky.social
#MLDA
November 10, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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Our article 🍷📚 Minimum Legal Drinking Age and Educational Outcomes (with Manuel Bagues) 📚🍷 is forthcoming at the Journal of Health Economics 🎉 The open-access article is linked below.
@warwickecon.bsky.social @econ.uzh.ch @theifs.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...
Redirecting
doi.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Thrilled to share that @stevecicala.bsky.social will be joining our department as the Vontobel Foundation Professorship in Sustainable Economics (June 2026).
His work focuses on the economics of regulation, particularly with respect to environmental and energy policy.
November 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Impressions from the "Zurich Workshop on Economics and Psychology", taking place today and tomorrow.
With great speakers such as, Jose Apesteguia, Kfir Eliaz, Sevgi Yuksel, Nikos Nikiforakis, Geoge Loewenstein, Matt Rabin, and Leeat Yariv, among others.
November 7, 2025 at 10:53 AM
"Der beste Schutz für die @wto.org sei es, die Eskalation von Zollstreitigkeiten zu vermeiden", so Ralph Ossa im Rahmen einer Podiumsdiskussion über die Zukunft des Welthandelssystems an der @unibas.ch.

www.luzernerzeitung.ch/wirtschaft/z...
Zollchaos: Hat die Welthandelsorganisation WTO ausgespielt?
America first und jeder für sich – die Aufgabe der Welthandelsorganisation WTO in Genf wäre es gewesen, dieses Chaos zu verhindern. Hat die Institution ausgespielt?
www.luzernerzeitung.ch
November 6, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Timo Boppart, Professor of Macroeconomics and Political Economy, explored how labor supply has evolved from historical trends to future challenges in his inaugural lecture called “Labor Supply in the Past, Present, and Future.”

We’re excited about his inspiring work and collaborations to come. 😊
November 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Meet our Job Market Candidates, a new cohort of promising junior researchers in economics, now looking to take the next step in their academic endeavors!
With Marcel Caesmann, Agustina Colonna, Elie Gerschel, Rafael Hernandez Pachon, Alishuba Philip, Felix Samy Soliman, Garyn Tan, Haoyuan Zeng. 🧵 👇
November 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Tomorrow 29th Oct Björn Bartling (@econ.uzh.ch) will join us as our latest @uoncedex.bsky.social 25th anniversary seminar series speaker. Talk will be in @uoneconomics.bsky.social Sir Clive Granger Building A40 1-2pm. About Björn: tinyurl.com/z8sujs2p More about our seminars: tinyurl.com/297k52mf
October 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Brain drain made in 🇺🇸 und wie🇨🇭davon profitieren könnte.
«An den besten Hochschulen der Ivy League Leute zu rekrutieren, war bisher schwierig», sagt @florianscheuer.bsky.social.
Das habe sich geändert:«Das Interesse, zu uns zu kommen, ist viel grösser geworden.» 👇

www.nzz.ch/nzz-am-sonnt...
Trump provoziert einen Braindrain aus den USA: Wie kann die Schweiz profitieren?
Der amerikanische Braindrain könnte zur Chance für Europa werden, auch für die Hochschulen hierzulande. Trotzdem bleiben die meisten von ihnen seltsam still.
www.nzz.ch
October 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Highlights from our Annual Research Night 2025, held in collaboration with the Excellence Foundation Zurich with:

🔹 Keynote address by Nobel laureate James Robinson on “What Undermines Democracy?”

A most pressing issue of our time.

Watch the event 👉 www.youtube.com/@UZHDepartme...
October 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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"Is technological progress rewriting geography or just deepening old divides?"
Prof. Gordon Hanson (‪Harvard University‬) will discuss this question in our next URPP Equality of Opportunity public lecture. Register here 👉 t.uzh.ch/1T5
September 17, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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I'm hiring a Post-Doc @econ.uzh.ch to work with me and my team at the frontier of tax policy and inequality research! Funded by my Consolidator Grant, no teaching, flexible start date and duration. Apply here:

www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....

@erc.europa.eu @snsf.ch
American Economic Association: JOE Listings - August 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026
www.aeaweb.org
October 23, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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Today Amanda Dahlstrand @econ.uzh.ch presented "Does Division of Labor Increase Productivity? Evidence from Primary Care".

With Shan Huang (SSE & Copenhagen), Nestor Le Nestour (Stockholm), and Guy Michaels (LSE), they show productivity and outcome effects of telemedicine patient assignment.
October 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Congratulations on this recognition! 👏
Christian Ruff is Professor of Neuroeconomics and Decision Neuroscience.
He studies human motivation, decision-making, and learning with the aim to develop models, used to explain and predict choices and social behavior across many diverse contexts.
October 14, 2025 at 5:56 AM