Policy Research – Stefan Legge

Policy Research

Evaluation of Trade Policy

Publications:

Swiss Trade Monitor

with Ronny Oberholzer and Jason Rosenthal
We regularly publish short analyses of Swiss foreign trade.
All editions can be found here [Link]

Freihandelsabkommen kombinieren und Zölle sparen

with Roman Elbel, André Müller, and Christoph Böhringer
Die Volkswirtschaft, January 2023 [Link]
Seco Bericht, January 2023 [Link]

Schweizer Unternehmen nutzen Freihandelsabkommen

with Piotr Lukaszuk, Michèle Glauser, and Lukas Hauck
Die Volkswirtschaft, April 2021 [Link]

Freihandelsabkommen: Nutzen Firmen die Vorteile?

with Piotr Lukaszuk
Die Volkswirtschaft, Februar 2020 [Link]
Extensive analysis of free trade agreements for Seco, August 2020 and February 2021 [Link]
FHA Monitor visualizing the utilization of free trade agreements [Link]
Basis for the EFTA FTA Monitor launched in June 2022 [Link]

The Tariff Impact of Hard Brexit: Taking back Control Comes at a Price

with Piotr Lukaszuk
University of St.Gallen Discussion Paper 2018-10 [Link]

Switzerland's Trade Policy: End of the FTA Road, Switch to the BTB Lane?

with Piotr Lukaszuk
University of St.Gallen Discussion Paper 2018-09 [Link]
Media coverage by: Handelszeitung, NZZ

Sino-Swiss Free Trade Agreement - 2018 Academic Evaluation Report

Edited by Tomas Casas, Stefan Legge, Jian Han, Yue Lu, Xinquan Tu, and Patrick Ziltener
MDPI, Basel [Link]
Media coverage by: SRF, Blick, Handelszeitung, Le Temps, St.Galler Tagblatt, and several others

Raising Tariffs on China without grabbing headlines

VoxEU, April 2018 [Link]
with Simon Evenett and Piotr Lukaszuk
Coverage: NZZ, WSJ, WEF Agenda, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Leveraging Sino-Swiss FTA Experience and Frameworks

Norway-China Business Report, March 2018 [Link]
with Tomas Casas and Patrick Ziltener