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.
If would like to receive regular information on the research seminar, please contact Yvonne Mery at forschungsseminar-wwz-at-unibas.ch.
Responsible faculty members ST 2019: Prof. Dr. Yvan Lengwiler and Prof. Dr. Dietmar Maringer
Administration: Yvonne Mery
Program Spring Term 2019
All seminars are open to the public and ususally take place on Tuesdays from 12:30 pm to 13:45 pm (seminar room S 15).
Date | Time | Place | Invited speaker | Host |
Tuesday, February 19, 2019 | 12:30 | S15 | ||
Tuesday, February 26, 2019 | 12:30 | S15 | Prof. Reto Föllmi, Universität St.Gallen "The GE effects of parallel imports." | S.M. Lein |
| Tuesday, March 5, 2019 | 12:30 | S15 | Prof. Andrei Levchenko, University of Michigan "The Global Business Cycle: Measurement and Transmission" | S.M. Lein |
Tuesday, March 12, 2019 |
| No Seminar - Basler Fasnacht | ||
Tuesday, March 19, 2019 | 12:30 | S15 | c a n c e l l e d ! | |
Tuesday, March 26, 2019 | 12:30 | S15 | Elod Takats, PhD, Senior Economist BIS and Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics | Y. Lengwiler |
Tuesday, April 2, 2019 | 12:30 | S15 | Dr. Goetz von Peter, Bank for International Settlements (BIS) | D. Maringer |
Tuesday, April 16, 2019 | 12:30 | S15 | Prof. Jaya Krishnakumar, Institute of Economics and Econometrics, GSEM, Genf | D. Maringer |
| Wednesday, April 17, 2019 | 12:30 | S15 | Prof. Dr. Sebastian Findeisen, University of Mannheim "Adjusting to Robots: Worker-Level Evidence" | K. Schmidheiny |
Tuesday, April 23, 2019 | 12:30 | S15 | Prof. Charles Gottlieb, Universität St.Gallen | Y. Lengwiler |
| Tuesday, April 30, 2019 | 12:30 | S15 | Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. M. Scott Taylor, University of Calgary "Is Free Trade bad for Resources?" | R. Weder |
Thursday, May 2, 2019 | 12:30 | S15 | Prof. Samuel Bowles, Santa Fe Institute "Why is wealth inequality greater when the shadow price of capital goods is higher? A model will illustrations from the Neolithic and Bronze Ages, and conjectures for the future" | M. Fochesato |
Tuesday, May 7, 2019 | 12:30 | S15 | Prof. Massimo Filippini, ETH Zürich und USI Lugano "Empower the consumer! Energy-related financial literacy and its implications for economic decision making"
| B. Hintermann |
Tuesday, May 14, 2019 | 12:30 | S15 | Prof. Dr. Peter Winker, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen "Is text the new data? First experience with conference abstracts" | D. Maringer |
Tuesday, May 21, 2019 | 12:30 | S15 | Prof. Nicolas R. Ziebarth, Cornell University "Biased Health Perceptions and Risky Health Behaviors—Theory and Evidence" | St. Felder |
| Tuesday, May 28, 2019 | 12:30 | S15 | Prof. Karl Schmedders, PhD, University of Zurich | H. Zimmermann |