Research Seminar
The research seminar is a platform where invited researchers present their work. All lectures are open to the public and address economists and graduate students (MA level). Ph.D. students are expected to regularly attend the research seminar.
Administration: If you would like to book a slot, or in order to receive regular information on the research seminar, please contact Yvonne Mery at forschungsseminar-wwz-at-unibas.ch.
Responsible faculty members AT 2020: Georg Nöldeke (coordinator), Kurt Schmidheiny, Reto Odermatt
Switch to Zoom-only mode as of November 3, 2020. Thank you for your understanding.
- Zoom-Link provided with the invitation to the seminar.
Non-members of the faculty please contact: forschungsseminar-wwz@unibas.ch
Program Autumn Term 2020
All seminars are open to the public and usually take place on Tuesdays from 12:30 pm to 13:45 pm (Seminar room S 15 and Zoom).
Date | Time | Place | Invited speaker | Host |
Tuesday, September 15, 2020 | 12:30 | |||
Tuesday, September 22, 2020 | 12:30 |
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Tuesday, September 29, 2020 | 12:30 | S 15, max. 24 on registration only, and Zoom | Prof. Pietro Biroli, University of Zurich "Genes, Pubs, and Drinks: Gene-environment interplay and alcohol licensing policy in the UK" | St. Felder |
Tuesday, October 6, 2020 | 12:30 | S 15, max. 24 on registration only, and Zoom | Prof. Johannes Becker, WWU Münster "Second-best source-based taxation of MNEs" (Abstract) | K. Schmidheiny |
Tuesday, October 13, 2020 | 12:30 | S 15, max. 24 on registration only, and Zoom | Prof. Winfried Koeniger, University of St.Gallen "Differences in Euro-Area Household Finances and their Relevance for Monetary-Policy Transmission" | S.M.Lein |
Tuesday, October 20, 2020 | 12:30 | S 15, Zoom only | Prof. Thomas Epper, University of St.Gallen | O. Mahmoud |
Tuesday, October 27, 2020 |
| No seminar | ||
Tuesday, November 3, 2020 | 12:30 | Zoom | Prof. Hui Chen, PhD, University of Zurich | U. Schiller |
Tuesday, November 10, 2020 |
| POSTPONED TO FALL 2021 | Prof. Elliott Ash, ETH Zurich | K. Schmidheiny |
Tuesday, November 17, 2020 | 12:30 | Zoom | Prof. Lucas Leemann, University of Zurich "Survey Data and Multilevel Modeling - Advances and New Tools" | A. Kachi |
Tuesday, November 24, 2020 | 12:30 | Zoom | Prof. Michael Gerfin, University of Bern "Rents for Pills: Financial Incentives and Physician Behavior" | C. Wunsch |
Tuesday, December 1, 2020 | 12:30 | Zoom | Prof. Marc Möller, University of Bern "Fighting for Lemons: The Encouragement Effect in Dynamic Contests with Private Information" | C. Roux, G. Nöldeke |
Tuesday, December 8, 2020 | 12:30 | Zoom | Prof. Dr. Günther Fink, University of Basel, Swiss TPH and Faculty of Business and Economics "Contract farming to alleviate seasonal liquidity constraints - Evidence from Zambia"
| R. Weder |
Tuesday, December 15, 2020 | 12:30 | Zoom | Prof. Teodora Boneva, University of Zurich | R. Odermatt |