A big shout-out to our PhD students, Zeynep Eyibak and Daphne Rutnam and Master's students: Julian Kindlimann and Leon Kriesmair for reaching second place at "The Econometric Game" last week! 🎉
"The Econometric Game" is an annual international competition held in Amsterdam 🇳🇱.
"Bilateral trade between 🇨🇳 China and the 🇺🇸 U.S. accounted for less than 3% of global merchandise trade, yet made up 80% of the headlines – and that leads to a distorted perception."
Ralph Ossa via @nzz.ch
www.nzz.ch/wirtschaft/k...
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We are immensely grateful for the support of the Zürcher Kantonalbank. Their generous donation enables us to continue our mission: attracting outstanding researchers to @econ.uzh.ch and educating the next generation of economists.
We look forward to many more years in this great partnership!
📣 Call for papers for the 5th Zurich Workshop in #AI & Applied Economics (at University of Zurich & @ethz.ch )
Submit by May 8th, 2026 👉 ethz.ch/content/dam/...
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@florianscheuer.bsky.social, head of our department, had the pleasure of welcoming Prof. Isabel Schnabel.
The event was organized by ECON Alumni UZH and Econ Club at UZH.
"The @ecb.europa.eu has to be agile and vigilant, but there is no need to rush into action," said Isabel Schnabel, member of the Executive Board of the ECB, regarding the economic shock the world is facing with the situation in Iran. However, "If inflation becomes permanent, we will need to act."
The second edition of the "Zurich Environmental Workshop ", co-organized with @ethz.ch and @harvard.edu, is happening right now. 👇
Sherry with her PhD supervisor, Todd Hare (left), and committee member Ernst Fehr (right).
Congratulations to Sherry Dongqi Bao who has successfully defended her PhD Thesis: "Rational adaptation to noise and uncertainty: from representation to metacognitive control."
We wish her all the best! 😀
A study by @niklasbuergi.bsky.social, @drgokhanaydogan.bsky.social, @arkadykonovalov.bsky.social, @ccruff.bsky.social at @zne-uzh.bsky.social
A new study reveals what brain networks govern social mentalization and adaptation, making it possible to predict how flexibly one person reacts to others.
Published in @natneuro.nature.com
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Join us at the University of Zurich for the second edition of the "Zurich Environmental Workshop ", co-organized with @ethz.ch, @harvard.edu.
👉 March 16 and 17 at UZH, SOF-G-21
Open to everyone, no registration required.
📣 Don't miss this upcoming guest lecture and Q&A with Prof. Dr. Isabel Schnabel, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB). 🇪🇺
The event will be moderated by @florianscheuer.bsky.social Scheuer.
www.econalumni.ch/events/monet...
The working paper can be found here: cepr.org/publications...
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We're excited to welcome @jainr.bsky.social (@econ.uzh.ch) to Oxford today to present the CSAE Lunchtime Seminar.
Join us at 12:30 in the Manor Road Building 👇
🎉 Congratulations to Ella McPhherson on her PhD Thesis: «What gets you through: Laboratory and real-world insights into the neuropsychobiology of stress and resilience.»
(with Christian Ruff, Professor of Neuroeconomics & Birgit Kleim, Professor of Experimental Psychopathology and Psychotherapy)
Florian Scheuer
Earlier this week, we had the pleasure of hosting @florianscheuer.bsky.social from @econ.uzh.ch in our seminar series.
He presented “Dilution vs. Risk Taking: Capital Gains Taxes and Entrepreneurship.”
Her thesis integrated neural, biological, and self-report measures across multiple timespans to investigate the factors and mechanisms associated with resilience to medical internship stress.
Congratulations to Ella McPhherson who has successfully defended her PhD Thesis: «What gets you through: Laboratory and real-world insights into the neuropsychobiology of stress and resilience.»
We wish her all the best! 😀
Congratulations!
Why do we hesitate when making decisions that affect others? In a new publication, @sherrydongqi.bsky.social and her co-authors show that we trust our own judgments less as soon as we become accountable for others.
Congratulations on this first first-author paper! 🎉
The state of California 🇺🇸 🐻 has been considering introducing a new wealth tax. What can this US state learn from Switzerland 🇨🇭? 👉 A few answers from @florianscheuer.bsky.social
in @sfchronicle.com
www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...
With Arto Arman, @michelmarechal.bsky.social, @andreasbeerli.bsky.social and @aljoshahenkel.bsky.social.
This new study provides novel evidence of how real-world experiences have a direct impact on public opinion.
👉 To the video: lnkd.in/eFrTtnYD
👉 To the summary: lnkd.in/eHwEg7mw
👉 To the paper: lnkd.in/eqnVCwns
Imagine 48 hours in jail. Would it change how you see prison, or criminal justice itself?
A new study by researchers from the University of Zurich and @kofeth.bsky.social at @ethz.ch shows that firsthand incarceration can directly shift public opinion.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo0F...
Ruff und Moisa vom Department of Economics sowie Koautor Hu zeigen, wie altruistische Entscheidungen gefördert werden können: durch die Stimulation bestimmter Hirnregionen.
"Altruismus ist die Grundlage für Zusammenarbeit und Solidarität in menschlichen Gesellschaften"
www.geo.de/wissen/forsc...
Global trade is under pressure: former @wto.org Chief Economist Ralph Ossa explains why small, open economies such as 🇨🇭 Switzerland need to defend and adapt the rules-based system during these turbulent times.
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🆕 The downstream impacts of mines: How pollution hits agriculture
Today on VoxDev, Lukas Vashold (WU Vienna), Gustav Pirich (@econ.uzh.ch), Maximilian Heinze (WU Vienna) & @nkuschnig.bsky.social (Monash University) outline research on Africa: voxdev.org/topic/agricu...
"More than at any time since the 1930s, liberalism is under pressure." – @casssunstein.bsky.social of @harvard.edu at his UBS Center Opinion lecture at the University of Zurich.
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Former UBS Center Scholarship holder Philipp Sternal successfully defended his PhD thesis on 'Essays in Behavioral and Experimental Economics’. Congratulations, Dr. Sternal!
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