Public Economics

Büro / Office 3.39

William Banner
Assistent / Doktorand
William Banner
Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät / WWZ
Öffentliche Finanzen

Assistent / Doktorand

Peter Merian-Weg 6
4052 Basel
Schweiz

Tel. +41 61 207 78 95
william.banner@unibas.ch

Current Position

Since September 2025, I am a PhD student in Environmental Economics under the supervision of Prof. Beat Hintermann at the Faculty of Business and Economics (WWZ) at the University of Basel, Switzerland. I am an SNSF-funded doctoral assistant working on the project “Shifting demand for public transport across time and modes” in partnership with FAIRTIQ (2025-2029). Before starting my PhD, I completed internships in economic consulting at Fideres (Competition Economics) and eftec (Environmental Economics) as well as the Office for National Statistics (ONS). During my undergraduate studies, I also worked as a research assistant in Experimental Economics and was a Laidlaw Scholar in Research and Leadership, completing research in Demographic Economics and a leadership-in-action project in Fiji.

Fields of Interest

  • Environmental Economics
  • Climate Economics & Climate Finance
  • Experimental Economics
  • Transport Economics
  • Development Economics

Education

  • 2024-2025: MSc Environmental Economics and Climate Change, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), United Kingdom
  • 2021-2024: BA Economics, Durham University, United Kingdom
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