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The new cohort at the Zurich Graduate School of #Economics has officially begun their PhD programs! 🙌
😀 We wish you all the very best for your graduate years in Zurich!🇨🇭 #uzh #pionerringeconomics

In Switzerland, hope turns to fury as Trump tariff nightmare begins - EUROPE SAYS As morning broke in Zurich on Thursday morning, the usual sense of calm reigned. Staff cleaned the windows of the upmarket retailers lining the Bahnhofstrasse

🇪🇺🇨🇭 “𝐖𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩.”, states Mathias Hoffmann, professor of international trade and finance in our department about the the CH-EU framework agreement that has yet to be ratified. 👇

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whether and when people behave more morally under uncertainty; and how discounts influence future demand and the mechanisms behind this effect.

Her thesis explores age discrimination against older workers in labor markets, the anticipation of age discrimination and its effect on labor force participation;

Congratulations to Jiajing Feng who has successfully defended her Phd thesis: "Essays on Beliefs, Behavioral Biases, and Decision Making"

«Ich denke die meisten Ökonomen würden sagen, dass Zölle ein sehr ineffizientes Mittel der Staatsfinanzierung sind.» – UBS Foundation Professor Ralph Ossa via SRF News

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and how interjurisdictional competition influences the effects of place-based policies on non-targeted regions.

why ethnic diversity affects economic development differently across institutional contexts; whether gender diversity on university campuses can generate positive spillovers by shaping male students’ gender attitudes and leveraging their social networks;

His thesis uses China as a compelling empirical case to investigate key questions in development economics:

Congratulations to Bin Huang who has successfully defended his PhD Thesis: "Essays on Institutions and Culture in Development Economics"

🇨🇳 Bin will join @Renmin University of China as an Assistant Professor of Economics.

📣 Last Call: Don't miss the chance to participate to the next 𝐙𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐈+𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬!

👉 Submit your paper buy August 15th.

Wohin steuert der Welthandel? - Interview Ralph Ossa, ehemaliger WTO-Chefökonom

🌍 An ein Ende der Globalisierung sind wir lange nicht gekommen. Dennoch erleben wir derzeit eine Krise, die bereits nachhaltige Schäden mit sich bringt.

Im Gespräch mit dem Deutschlandfunk ordnet 𝐑𝐚𝐥𝐩𝐡 𝐎𝐬𝐬𝐚 die jetzige Lage des Welthandels ein.

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In the intersection of green innovation, technological progress, and inequality, UBS Foundation Professor David Hémous identifies pressing challenges that remain unresolved.

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The findings provide insights for policy interventions to improve outcomes in education, public health, and labor markets.

Using lab and field experiments, the research uncovers misperceptions that lead to suboptimal decisions in key life domains, including underinvestment in skills and gender inequality driven by mistaken beliefs about partner preferences.

Her dissertation examines how misperceptions and biased beliefs affect economic decision-making across three critical domains: skill acquisition, relationship formation, and health investments.

🇩🇪 She will soon start a postdoctoral position Central European University in Vienna (@weareceu.bsky.social) as a Postdoctoral Associate.

Congratulations to Maite Deambrosi (@mightydea.bsky.social) who has successfully defended her PhD Thesis: "Misperceptions and Cognitive Biases in Economic Decision-Making: Evidence from Learning, Marriage Markets, and Health Investments".

Ernst Fehr aims to uncover deeper insights into the forces that guide human behavior and decision-making, with the potential to influence both theory and real-world practices.

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Marcel Caesmann recieved this award together with his co-authors Janis Goldzycher (University of Zurich), Matteo Grigoletto (University of Bern), and Lorenz Gschwent (University of Duisburg-Essen).

🎉 Congratulations to Marcel Caesmann, a doctoral student in our department, who was recently awarded the 𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 2025 (Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics) for the paper "Censorship in Democracy."
Marcel Caesmann is also a UBS Center @ubscenter.uzh.ch Scholarship holder.

Pourquoi la guerre commerciale menace l’influence mondiale des États-Unis Selon Ralph Ossa, ancien économiste en chef de l’OMC, la guerre commerciale affaiblira l’influence américaine tandis que d’autres nations chercheront des alternatives au dollar.

«𝐋𝐞 𝐩𝐫é𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐚 𝐫é𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐬 É𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐬-𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞»

Selon Ralph Ossa, UBS Foundation Professor of Economics, la guerre commerciale affaiblira l’influence US 🇺🇸 et de plus en plus de pays chercheront des alternatives au 💲.

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Congratulations Michael!

It also presents the first series of real wages in 18th-century Switzerland, based on newly collected and harmonized archival data.

His thesis develops a structural spatial model to quantify how fiscal transfer rules shape decentralized tax policy and household sorting. It provides new causal evidence on how work incentives affect labor supply among social assistance recipients in Switzerland.

Congratulations to Michael Baltensperger who has successfully defended his PhD Thesis: "Essays in Public Economics and Economic History".

Ralph Ossa, UBS Foundation Professor of Economics, sprach im Interview mit der @srfnews.bsky.social-Tagesschau.

«𝐃𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐡𝐞 𝐙ö𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐯𝐨𝐧 50 % 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐧, 𝐝𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐛𝐚𝐫.»

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This @ubscenter.uzh.ch webcast with Michael Peters of @yale.edu explored recent research examining the relationship between population and economic growth.

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UBS Center | Economics. For Society ### For two and a half years, economist Ralph Ossa served as Chief Economist of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva. Since early July, he has returned to the University of Zurich. In this int...

"Finding a solution with the US is important, but it’s even more important to avoid harm to the remaining 87% of global trade." – Ralph Ossa, UBS Foundation Professor of Economics

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"It simply requires interplay: good education, good infrastructure, a strong private sector, and open trade.” – UBS Foundation Professor @dinapomeranz.bsky.social via @srfnews.bsky.social reporting on @un.org summit.

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