Faculty of Business and EconomicsResearch Seminar
Research Seminar
The Research Seminar (Forschungsseminar) is a platform where invited researchers present their current work. All lectures are open to the public and are aimed at economists and graduate students (MA level). Ph.D. students within the Faculty are expected to attend the seminar regularly.
Responsible Faculty Members: Armando Meier and Andreas Müller
Administration: researchseminar-wwz@unibas.ch
Program Spring 2026
All seminars are open to the public and ususally take place on Tuesdays from 12:30 to 13:45.
| Date | Time | Place | Invited speaker | Host |
| February 17, 2026 | 12:30 | S 15 | Sebastian Schwenen "Frictions, Participation, and Price Formation in OTC and Centralized Markets" | Abrell Weigt |
| February 24, 2026 | 12:30 | S 15 | No Seminar | - |
| March 3, 2026 | 12:30 | S 15 | Aleksandar Zaklan "Congestion Pricing and Well-Being" | Abrell Weigt |
| March 10, 2026 | 12:30 | S 15 | Christoph Basten “Monetary policy transmission through cross-selling banks” | Heo |
| March 17, 2026 | 12:30 | S 15 | Manuel Grieder "Non-price product differentiation in charitable giving – Evidence from two randomized field experiments" | D.Meier |
| March 24, 2026 | 12:30 | S 15 | Andreas Fuster "The Response of Debtors to Rate Changes" | Heo |
| March 31, 2026 | 12:30 | S 15 | Hannes Rusch “High minority power facilitates democratization across ethnic fault lines” | Nöldeke |
| April 7, 2026 | 12:30 | S 15 | Yakov Bart “(Mis)Measuring the Drivers of Ad Performance” | Lanz |
| April 14, 2026 | 12:30 | S 15 | Eswar Prasad and Elód Takáts "Dollarization Waves: New Evidence From a Comprehensive International Bond Database | NBER" | Gantenbein |
| April 21, 2026 | 12:30 | S 15 | No Seminar | - |
| April 28, 2026 | 12:30 | S 15 | Christian Alexander Hildebrand | Lanz |
| May 5, 2026 | 12:30 | S 15 | No Seminar | - |
| May 12, 2026 | 12:30 | S 15 | Ity Shurtz "Strategic Effort and Organizational Performance: Evidence from a Hospital Reform" | A.Meier |
| May 19, 2026 | 12:30 | S 15 | Nick Tsivanidis | Hintermann |
| May 26, 2026 | 12:30 | S 15 | Gabriella Conti | Fink |
| May 27, 2026 (Please note: Wednesday) | 12:30 | S 15 | Fabrizio Zilibotti "A Theory of Endogenous Degrowth and Environmental Sustainability" | Müller Stutzer |
Additional Research Seminars during the Summer
| Date | Time | Place | Invited speaker | Host |
| July 1, 2026 | 17:00 - 18:30 | S 14 | Oren Bar-Gill | Nöldeke |
| July 16, 2026 | 12:30 - 13:45 | S 15 | Heather Berry "The Limits to Institutional Arbitrage: Resource Fungibility, External Agglomeration and Regional Collocation" | Stutzer |
| August 19, 2026 | 12:15 - 13:30 | S 13 | John Mayo “A Fresh Look at the Origins and Impetus for Antitrust” | Stutzer |
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