🇨🇭Mit einem Nein-Anteil von 78 Prozent sprach sich die Bevölkerung gegen die Erbschaftssteuer Initiative. "Eine moderate Erbschaftssteuer – ohne Zweckbindung an den Klimaschutz – hätte hier durchaus einen Beitrag leisten können." so @florianscheuer.bsky.social mehr 👇 www.swissinfo.ch/ger/schweize...

Probably more than you ever wanted to know about #inheritance and its #taxation in #Switzerland, but here you go.🤓 Thanks to @florianscheuer.bsky.social and @ubscenter.uzh.ch for hosting me, and to all the viewers for their questions and real-time voting! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAZ7...

More and more wealth is passed down across generations. Yet, many countries have reduced inheritance taxes. What drove this trend? What are the consequences of reversing it? Don't miss my conversation later today with @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social who knows more about this than anyone else!

What would taxing unrealized capital gains — or wealth — do to entrepreneurship? If illiquid founders must sell shares to pay such taxes, how does this extra dilution affect incentives? 🧵 on my new paper with Eduardo Azevedo, Kent Smetters & Min Yang 1/10

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

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...

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

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.

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

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics. 🧵 1/7

Thanks to all who made the 2025 Heller-Hurwicz Economics Institute Fall Roundtable a success. If you missed it, you can still catch the discussion about the evidence on wealth taxation and the impact of potential policy reforms through the link below: cla.umn.edu/heller-hurwi...

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.

Happening this Thursday: 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. Register: cla.umn.edu/economics/ne...

Can taxing wealth help raise much-needed revenue for strained government budgets and lessen income inequality? Join us to explore the potential benefits and challenges of wealth taxes, including recent experiences in Norway and Switzerland. Learn more: cla.umn.edu/economics/ne...

Features - Florian Scheuer, UBS Professor of Econ of Institutions at U Zurich - Kjetil Storesletten, Director @hellerhurwicz.bsky.social & the Richard & Beverly Fink Prof of Econ at U Minnesota Moderator: MPR News & Marketplace host Chris Farrell #EconSky #PolicySky cla.umn.edu/economics/ne...

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

@florianscheuer.bsky.social, Wirtschaftsprofessor an der @econ.uzh.ch, formuliert es so: «Der Eigenmietwert trägt dazu bei, dass man nicht aus steuerlichen Gründen ein Haus kauft. Andernfalls wäre das ökonomisch ineffizient.» via @tagesanzeiger.bsky.social www.tagesanzeiger.ch/eigenmietwer...

🇨🇭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...

Some professional news: Zurich’s ascent over the past ~10 years has been incredible. They show what can be accomplished when good institutions and resources meet. I’m incredibly excited and honored to participate in UZH’s continued success!

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 to our new junior faculty colleagues Martina Pons and @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social who join us at @econ.uzh.ch today!

Congrats Nicola!

Congratulations Michael!

In 🇨🇭 Switzerland, the richest 1% of the population owns almost half of the wealth – a sign of growing inequality. www.ubscenter.uzh.ch/en/news_even... #EconomicsForSociety #UZH #shareUBS @econ.uzh.ch @florianscheuer.bsky.social @izmartinez86.bsky.social @samiramarti.bsky.social

A warm welcome to Ralph Ossa who re-joins @econ.uzh.ch today as UBS Foundation Professor of Economics after his 2.5-year stint as Chief Economist of the @wto.org. And a huge thank you to the UBS Foundation for its CHF 8m donation to endow his new chair and the continued support of our department!

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐱 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭-𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥? 🧐 Prof. F. Scheuer presents an overview of the latest findings in a recently published policy brief. “𝐓𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 – 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐱 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲”. 👉 Read: tinyurl.com/4vw8jyw2 @ubscenter.uzh.ch

Ich freue mich auf den Austausch heute nachmittag beim ZKB/Swisscanto CIO Circle! In meinem Impulsreferat werde ich über die Zukunft der Fiskalpolitik und Staatsverschuldung im Spannungsfeld der Kapitalmärkte sprechen. cio-circle.events.zkb.ch

I've had the pleasure to organize this year's @cepr.org Public Economics Symposium, together with @sigginho.bsky.social and Johannes Spinnewijn. Here's the program: drive.google.com/file/d/1CggW... Looking forward to 2 great days in Cologne, keynotes by @omzidar.bsky.social and Cecile Gaubert!

We just finalized the program for this year's @nber.org Summer Institute session on Macro Public Finance: www.nber.org/conferences/... Join us on July 17! @s-stantcheva.bsky.social @dirkkruegerier.bsky.social

I'm thrilled to welcome to our new colleagues Ingvild Almas and Thomas Graeber to @econ.uzh.ch! Ingvild joins us from @iies.su.se as the new Larsson Rosenquist Professor of Child and Youth Development. Thomas joins us from HBS as the NOMIS Professor for Cognitive and Neuroeconomics.

Congrats Gabriele!

I'm beyond excited to share that Ingvild Almas (IIES Stockholm) will join our @econ.uzh.ch department on June 1st as the new Larsson-Rosenquist Professor! And thank you to the Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation (LRF) for endowing her chair and the associated LRF center, which Ingvild will direct.

Big congratulations to my great colleague David Yanagizawa-Drott for sharing this prestigious award! We're proud this is the second time the award goes to @econ.uzh.ch, after Fabrizio Zilibotti won it in 2009.

A big thank you to the Marlene Porsche Foundation for supporting our @econ.uzh.ch Graduate School of Neuroeconomics with another CHF 2.5 million donation! It will fund numerous PhD students for years to come. www.econ.uzh.ch/en/study/phd...

Exciting Visiting Days 🎉 for 30 visiting students interested in pursuing a PhD Program in our Department. It was a real pleasure meeting you all and we look forward to seeing many of you soon again. And what an incredible sunset 🔥 – felt so fortunate to have shared this moment with you 😀 !

Always great to be back! @mitpress.bsky.social @ivanwerning.bsky.social

A recent study shows that tax effects on the distribution of wealth in 🇨🇭Swiss cantons are concentrated at the upper end of the scale. www.ubscenter.uzh.ch/en/news_even... #EconomicsForSociety #UZH #shareUBS @izmartinez86.bsky.social @samiramarti.bsky.social @florianscheuer.bsky.social @econ.uzh.ch

Une concentration de la richesse de plus en plus marquée, des héritiers de plus en plus riches, grandes disparités de fortunes entre les 26 cantons 🇨🇭 - voici les principales conclusions d'une nouvelle étude de @florianscheuer.bsky.social @izmartinez86.bsky.social samiramarti.bsky.social‬

Heute schreiben @izmartinez86.bsky.social, @florianscheuer.bsky.social und ich in der @nzz.ch zur Wirkung der Vermögenssteuer auf deren Verteilung. Denn während die Einkommensungleichheit bei uns im internationalen Vergleich geringer ist, ist die Vermögenskonzentration mind. so hoch wie in den USA.

En Suisse, 1% de la population détient 42% de la richesse nationale "En matière de répartition de la fortune, la Suisse est plus inégalitaire que les Etats-Unis. En Suisse romande, Genève est de lo..." https://www.letemps.ch/articles/en-suisse-1-de-la-population-detient-42-de-la-richesse-nationale

💡 Sinkende #Vermögenssteuern erhöhen die #Vermögenskonzentration in den Kantonen. Gemeinsam mit @florianscheuer.bsky.social und @samiramarti.bsky.social zeigen wir, wie Steueränderungen auf kantonaler Ebene die Vermögensverteilung beeinflussen. Hier nachzulesen 🤓: socialchangeswitzerland.ch?p=4280

La baisse de l'impôt sur la fortune augmente les inégalités de fortune dans les cantons - @izmartinez86.bsky.social, @samiramarti.bsky.social, @florianscheuer.bsky.social Une étude tirée de la revue n° 40 de Social Change in Switzerland www.defacto.expert/2025/02/12/l...

«Eine Revision der Erbschaftssteuer ist wichtig, denn diese trägt zur Chancengleichheit bei.» UBS Foundation Professor @florianscheuer.bsky.social via @srfnews.bsky.social www.srf.ch/news/wirtsch... #EconomicsForSociety #UZH #shareUBS @econ.uzh.ch @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social

2/3 der 300 reichsten🇨🇭Familien haben ihr Geld nicht erarbeitet, sondern vererbt. Wie liesse sich die Vermögensungleichheit in der Schweiz verringern? @florianscheuer.bsky.social beantwortet diese Frage für @srfnews.bsky.social 👇 www.srf.ch/play/tv/10-v...

We are grateful to @florianscheuer.bsky.social for his extensive comments as editor and for the three excellent referees he selected, especially Referee B whose reports were some of the most insightful I have ever seen. Highly recommend the process at @econtheory.bsky.social

Today 👉 Don't miss the chance to follow Nobel laureate 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐠𝐥𝐮's lecture at UZH, on the topic: "Power and Progress" - Who will control this progress, and under what conditions will it unfold? Free access via our live stream. Register now 👇 www.ema.uzh.ch/en/register/... @ubscenter.uzh.ch

Thanks David!

🎉🎉 Thrilled to announce that Thomas W. Graeber will join our department in June 2025 as an Associate Professor of Cognitive and Neuroeconomics. He is currently an Assistant Professor at Harvard Business School. Looking forward to having you on board soon, Thomas! 😀