Research
Research
Publications, discussion papers, policy work
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Journal Publications
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Do Professionals Get It Right? Limited Attention and Risk-Taking Behaviour [pdf]The Economic Journal (2016), Vol. 126 (592), 724-755
- with Reto Föllmi and Lukas Schmid
- Media Briefing by the Royal Economic Society; coverage by the LSE Business Review
- Presented at: RES 2015, ESEM 2014, St.Gallen 2014
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Media Attention and Betting Markets [pdf]European Economic Review (2016), Vol. 87, 304-333
- with Lukas Schmid
- Media coverage by Handelszeitung
- Presented at: Princeton 2015, IEA 2014, RGS 2014, NBER Summer Institute 2013, EEA 2013, WIEM 2013, SMYE 2013, Zurich 2012, St.Gallen 2012
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Dyadic Value Distance: Determinants and Consequences [pdf]Economics Letters (2018), Vol. 165, 48-53
- with Adrian Jäggi and Lukas Schmid
- Data set on Dyadic Value Distance available by email
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Swiss Trade During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Early Appraisal [pdf]Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (2020), Vol. 156 (22)
- with Konstantin Büchel, Vincent Pochon, and Philipp Wegmüller
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Innovation and Trade in the Presence of Credit Constraints [pdf]Canadian Journal of Economics (2021), Vol. 54 (3)
- with Reto Föllmi and Alexa Tiemann
- Presented at: Midwest Trade Conference 2014, ETSG 2014, EEA 2014, SMYE 2014, St.Gallen 2014, SSES 2014, CEPR/SNF Conference 2014, WIEM 2014, AEL 2013, Harvard 2013, Sinergia Workshop 2012
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Thucydides' Trap in the Business World [pdf]International Journal of Business Strategy (2021), Vol. 21 (1)
- with Tomas Casas
- Presented at: IABE San Francisco 2021
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Ancestry and International Trade [pdf]Journal of Comparative Economics (2022), Vol. 50 (1)
- with Irene Fensore and Lukas Schmid
- Media coverage: Neue Zürcher Zeitung
- Presented at: Zurich 2015, St.Gallen 2016, NHH 2016, ETSG 2016, U Colorado at Boulder 2016, SAE 2016, SSES 2017, EGIT ifo Institut 2017, Lindau Nobel Laureates Meeting 2017, Stanford 2017
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Health Economic Consequences of Delayed Melanoma Diagnosis due to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Europe [pdf]JAMA Network Open (2024)
- with Lara V. Maul, Dagmar Jamiolkowski, Elisabeth Roider, et al.
- Media coverage by The Guardian, Telegraph, Yahoo, Heraldo
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The Firm-Level Costs of Utilizing Free Trade Agreements [pdf]International Economics (2024)
- with Piotr Lukaszuk
- Presented at: SSES 2019
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Retired Discussion Papers
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Government Size and Economic Growth: The Role of Country Diversity [pdf]SSRN, October 2022
- Presented at: Midwest Macro Meeting 2015
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Do Free Trade Agreements Create Trade?Discussion Paper
- with Ronny Oberholzer, Jason Rosenthal, and Lukas Schmid
- Presented at (incl. earlier version): Konstanz 2018, Zurich 2018, St.Gallen 2019, SSES 2019
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Trading Off Welfare and Immigration in Europe [pdf]Discussion Paper, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), No. 22/2015
- with Ole-Petter Moe Hansen
- Media coverage by: Finansavisen, Klassekampen
- Presented at: NHH-UiO Oslo 2015, NHH-UiB 2015, NPSA 2015, SEA 2015, EWMES 2015, RES 2016, CESifo 2016
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Drawbridges Down: Altruism and Immigration Preferences [pdf]CESifo Working Paper No. 6204, November 2016
- with Ole-Petter Moe Hansen
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Quantifying Determinants of Immigration Preferences [pdf]University of St.Gallen Discussion Paper No. 2017-10
- with Ole-Petter Moe Hansen
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Innovation in an Aging PopulationWorking paper
- Presented at: Warwick 2013, St.Gallen 2016, EEA 2016, Luxembourg 2016
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Policy Research
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Swiss Trade Monitor
- with Ronny Oberholzer, Jason Rosenthal, et al.
- Regular short analyses of Swiss foreign trade
- All editions: Link
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SNB: Abhängig von der Unabhängigkeit
- with Fabian Schnell and Jürg Müller
- Study for Avenir Suisse, 2024 [Link]
- Media coverage: Bloomberg, NZZ, Blick, TagesAnzeiger, Handelszeitung, 20 Minuten, Nebelspalter
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Der Frauenfussball braucht mehr Geld
- with Steffen Löhr
- Die Volkswirtschaft, July 2025 [Link]
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Freihandelsabkommen kombinieren und Zölle sparen
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Schweizer Unternehmen nutzen Freihandelsabkommen
- with Piotr Lukaszuk, Michèle Glauser, and Lukas Hauck
- Die Volkswirtschaft, April 2021 [Link]
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Freihandelsabkommen: Nutzen Firmen die Vorteile?
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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]
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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
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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 others
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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
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Leveraging Sino-Swiss FTA Experience and Frameworks
- Norway-China Business Report, March 2018 [Link]
- with Tomas Casas and Patrick Ziltener
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Inflation Tracker
The Return of Inflation
After decades, inflation made a comeback in newspapers and policy debates. The website european-inflation-tracker.com was launched in late 2021 to present the latest data on inflation in Europe, with a focus on the Euro area and Switzerland, alongside economic explanations, current news, and insightful readings. With the website retired, a copy is preserved here.
All data charts are CC-BY-4.0 — feel free to use and cite them.
Archived Pages (PDF)