This week we're very happy to have @rkhoban.bsky.social from @econ.uzh.ch visiting us! On Thursday, Roza will present her research on "Unequal Gains from Trade and the Distribution of Political Power in India". Welcome to Växjö! www.rkhoban.com

TODAY on the Economics Observatory – What are the effects of youth club closures in the UK? By @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social

It was a great pleasure to see so many of you at our annual Master Students' Welcome Apéro, organized by ECON Alumni UZH and Econclub. 😀
With a welcome speech by @florianscheuer.bsky.social, Head of our department.

Kann sich 🇩🇪 Deutschland neu erfinden?
Wir laden ein zum Vortrag mit der deutschen «Wirtschaftsweisen» @monika-schnitzer.com an der Universität Zürich am 7. Oktober.

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From Theory to Practice for a High School Class 😀

Purpose of the visit of the SNS Lab was to provide the students, who are studying Behavioral Economics in class, with practical insights into the field.

The students were able to experience firsthand how experiments are conducted!

Very happy to be at the University of Minnesota today and looking forward to this event!

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Join us at the HHEI Fall Roundtable where we will explore the potential benefits and challenges of wealth taxes, and recent lessons from experiences in Norway and Switzerland.

Inspiring keynote on “What Undermines Democracy” yesterday by Nobel Laureate Jim Robinson of the University of Chicago at our Annual Research Night! @econ.uzh.ch

Nobelpreisträger James Robinson war zu Gast an unserem Department.
Er sprach im Interview mit der @nzz.ch (23.9.25):
"Das gegenwärtige Chaos bietet eine Chance, damit sich neue Ideen und Modelle etablieren können."

www.nzz.ch/wirtschaft/d...

A throwback in pictures to the workshop "Spectrum Auctions and Market Structure Conference" that brought together academic researchers and practitioners from business and government.
Organized in partnership with the Toulouse School of Economics @tse-fr.eu.

His thesis studies the effects of prioritization in primary healthcare services in Chile, how to deter improper prescription of sick leave by physicians within the Chilean social security system, and effect of universal insurance provision in Mexico on mothers’ labor supply.

Congratulations to Matías Munoz Fuentes who has successfully defended his PhD thesis: "Essays in Health Economics in Developing Countries"

We wish him all the best! 😀

🎉 Teaching Milestone 🎉
This semester, I’m teaching my 10,000th student in Econ 101 (Micro 1).
Over the past 8 years, it’s been a lot of fun and a privilege to teach the fundamentals of economics - scarcity, demand and supply, opportunity costs, game theory and externalities.

ECON went GATSBY 💃
No regression analysis, no policy briefs: just a night where the only curve we talked about was the one in a wine glass. 🙂
Huge thx to everyone for the wonderful spirit and a special shout-out to the apprentices from the vocational school for hotel management for their great work!

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🇨🇭Die nächste Volksabstimmung steht an. Unter anderem wird über die Liegenschaftssteuern auf Zweitliegenschaften entschieden. @florianscheuer.bsky.social im Interview mit dem @tagesanzeiger.bsky.social

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𝐄𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐦: our fourth-year students were presenting their third-year paper – not always easy to keep track of the numbers. 😅

🙌 It’s a wrap: Our third-year PhD students presented this week their research in a “slam” session, followed by a poster session.
A great mix of topics, thoughtful discussions, and impressive energy all around.
Keep up the hard (and excellent) work! 💪
#WorkInProgress #PhDLife

We are delighted to invite you to our annual #UBSCenterForum, which is dedicated to the topic of global trade and international finance. Join us on November 10 at Kongresshaus Zürich.

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“The real challenge is not just ensuring AI adoption in developing regions but determining whether it will empower these economies or deepen existing inequalities.”

– David Yanagizawa-Drott

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More great news from @econ.uzh.ch: I'm thrilled to share that @stevecicala.bsky.social will join our department next year as the Vontobel Foundation Professor of Sustainable Economics.

A shout-out to the Vontobel Foundation for endowing his chair, which made this all possible!

www.stevecicala.com

A warm welcome on board 😀 to:

Martina Pons, as an 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐠𝐞.

And

Carmen Villa (@carmenvillaecon.bsky.social), as an 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐛𝐬 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.

"Jacopo Ponticelli and @jvoth.bsky.social looked at fiscal consolidations across a number of countries from 1919 to 2008."

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Congrats Nicola!

Furthermore, it examines the interplay between monetary and fiscal authorities, as well as the influence of global investment funds on asset prices and exchange rates.