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

“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...

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

“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

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! 😀

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

A thread summarising the findings is available here: bsky.app/profile/carm...

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...

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.

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.

"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...

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. 😊

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. 🧵 👇

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

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...

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...

"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

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

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.

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.

A massive congratulations to newly awarded Nobel Laureates Professor Joel Mokyr as well as Professors Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt! 🎉 🧵

A "coup" we are very excited and proud about! 🙂

We are thrilled to welcome Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee as the new Lemann Foundation Professors to our department, beginning in the summer of 2026.

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. Jetzt anmelden → www.ema.uzh.ch/de/register/... #EconomicsForSociety #UZH #shareUBS @econ.uzh.ch

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! cla.umn.edu/economics/ne... 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.

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!

Jetzt anmelden zum Vortrag der deutschen «Wirtschaftsweisen» @monika-schnitzer.com an der Universität Zürich. Sie ist Vorsitzende des @svrwirtschaft.bsky.social und Professorin an der @lmumuenchen.bsky.social. www.ema.uzh.ch/de/register/... #EconomicsForSociety #UZH #shareUBS @econ.uzh.ch

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

🙌 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. www.ubscenter.uzh.ch/en/news_even... #EconomicsForSociety #UZH #shareUBS @econ.uzh.ch @cepr.org

“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 www.ubscenter.uzh.ch/en/news_even... #EconomicsForSociety #UZH #shareUBS @econ.uzh.ch @uzh-ch.bsky.social

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." via @economist.com www.economist.com/finance-and-... #EconomicsForSociety #UZH #shareUBS @econ.uzh.ch @uzh-ch.bsky.social

Congrats Nicola!

Congratulations to Nicola Benigni @nicoben.bsky.social who has successfully defended his PhD thesis: "Macro-finance perspectives on fiscal solvency, capital flows, and exchange rates" 🇱🇮 He will soon start a position as a postdoc (Department of Finance and Economics – University of Liechtenstein.)

Quelle position Berne🇨🇭devrait-elle tenir lors des négociations avec les USA 🇺🇸 ? «Lors de ces pourparlers, certains compromis contraires aux règles internationales ne devraient pas être acceptés», selon Ralph Ossa👇 www.letemps.ch/suisse/comme...

@jvoth.bsky.social and Jacopo Ponticelli's work on fiscal consolidations across countries from 1919 to 2008 mentioned in 👇 thenightly.com.au/politics/wor...

“Our study provides important evidence that simple working memory training can lead to improvements relative to normal school instruction.” – Ernst Fehr via @faznet.bsky.social www.ubscenter.uzh.ch/en/news_even... #EconomicsForSociety #UZH #shareUBS @econ.uzh.ch @uzh-ch.bsky.social

"The most important source of fulfilment was work and not primarily for financial security." – UBS Foundation Professor @jvoth.bsky.social via Monocle Magazine monocle.com/culture/soci... #EconomicsForSociety #UZH #shareUBS @econ.uzh.ch @uzh-ch.bsky.social