Research Seminar in Past Semesters
Date | Time | Place | Invited speaker | Host |
February 27, 2024 | 12:30 | S 15 | Prof. Dr. John W. Mayo | Weder |
March 5, 2024 | 12:30 | S 15 | Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Fahlenbrach Professor at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and Swiss Finance Institute "Leading by Example: Can One Universal Shareholder’s Voting Pre-Disclosure Influence Voting Outcomes?" | Heo |
March 12, 2024 | 12:30 | No seminar | - | |
March 19, 2024 | 12:30 | S 15 | Prof. Dr. Dana Sisak Erasmus University Rotterdam "Information Sharing with Social Image Concerns and the Spread of Fake News (with Philipp Denter)" | Roux |
March 26, 2024 | 12:30 | S 15 | Prof. Dr. Almuth Scholl | Lein Müller |
April 2, 2024 | 12:30 | No seminar | - | |
April 9, 2024 | 12:30 | S 15 | Prof. Dr. Holger Strulik Professor of Macroeconomics and Development of the University of Göttingen "Pandemics and the Economics of Aging and Longevity" | Felder Fink |
April 16, 2024 | 12:30 | S 15 | Prof. Dr. Reto Hofstetter Professor of Marketing at the Faculty of Economics and Management of the University of Lucerne "How to Hire Influencers for Marketing Success? Contract Design in Influencer Marketing" | Lanz |
April 23, 2024 | 12:30 | S 15 | Prof. Dr. Irene Monasterolo Professor of Climate Finance, Utrecht University, SUERF and Institute Louis Bachelier fellow "Climate credit risk and corporate valuation" | Gantenbein |
April 30, 2024 | 12:30 | S 13 | Prof. Dr. Lingqing Jiang | Felder |
May 7, 2024 | 12:30 | S 15 | Prof. Dr. Eva Buechel Professor of Marketing at the University of Southern California "The Upsides and Downsides of Mysterious Consumption" | Brendl |
May 14, 2024 | 12:30 | S 15 | Prof. Dr. Thomas Stratmann Professor of Economics and Law at George Mason University "Citizen Monitoring and Bureaucratic Output: Evidence from the Bureau of Indian Affairs" | Stutzer |
May 21, 2024 | 12:30 | S 15 | Prof. Dr. Steven Ongena | Heo |
May 28, 2024 | 12:30 | S 15 | Prof. Dr. Philippe Aghion College de France and London School of Economics "Transition to Green Technology Along the Supply Chain" | Weder |
Date | Time | Place | Invited speaker | Host |
July 12, 2023 (Summer School Research Event) | 12:30 | S15 | “Do regional scientific breakthroughs translate into lasting innovation advantage?” | G. Nöldeke A. Stutzer |
September 19, 2023 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Daniel Schwartz, University of Chile | M.Brendl |
September 26, 2023 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | No Seminar | |
October 3, 2023 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Dr. Lukas Altermatt, University of Essex "E-Money and Liquidity" | A.Müller |
October 10, 2023 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Dr. Christina Besmer, Markus Bossert, Birgit Knöpfli and Prof. Kurt Schmidheiny | K. Schmidheiny |
October 17, 2023 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | No Seminar | |
October 18, 2023 | 12:15 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Gabriel Kreindler, Harvard University | B.Hintermann |
October 24, 2023 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Lorenz Kueng, Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) and Swiss Finance Institute Professor (SFI) "Renting Hedges Wage Risk" | S. Lein |
November 2 (Thursday / unusual time), 2023 | 12:30 | S 15 and Zoom | Prof. Dr. Dave Donaldson, MIT, Department of Economics "Misallocation in Firm Production: A Nonparametric Analysis Using Procurement Lotteries" | R. Weder |
November 7, 2023 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Roland Rathelot, ENSAE Paris "How can AI improve search and matching? Evidence from 59 million personalized job recommendations" | C. Wunsch |
November 14, 2023 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Jeffrey Grogger, University of Chicago "Criminal Charges, Risk Assessment, and Violent Recidivism in Cases of Domestic Abuse" | C. Wunsch |
November 21, 2023 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | No Seminar | |
November 28, 2023 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Timo Boppart, University of St. Gallen und IIES, Stockholm University "Micro PPI-Based Real Output Forensics" | A.Müller |
December 5, 2023 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Amit Goyal, University of Lausanne & Swiss Finance Institue | Y. Heo |
December 12, 2023 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Olivier Deschenes, UC Santa Barbara "Equity Impacts of a Market for Clean Air" | B.Hintermann |
Date | Time | Place | Invited speaker | Host |
February 21, 2023 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Ralph Ossa, University of Zurich “Growth, Trade, and Patents: A Quantitative Evaluation of TRIPS” | R. Weder |
February 28, 2023 | 12:30 | Basler Fasnacht No Seminar | ||
March 7, 2023 | 12:30 | No Seminar | ||
March 14, 2023 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Mariana Lopes da Fonseca, "On defaults in taxation: Quasi-experimental evidence from Portugal" | A. Stutzer |
March 21, 2023 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Jeffrey Macher, Georgetown University "Avoiding Regulation: Rate Reviews and Contracts in the Freight Rail Industry" | R. Weder |
March 28, 2023 | 12:30 | No Seminar | ||
March 29, 2023 (Joint with Economics Lunch) | 12:15 | S14 and Zoom | Prof. Vesa Pursiainen, | Y. Heo |
April 4, 2023 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Ryan Chahrour, | S. Lein |
April 11, 2023 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Rava Azeredo da Silveira, University of Basel | R. Weder |
April 18, 2023 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Germain Gaudin, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg | C. Roux |
April 25, 2023 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Y. Heo | |
May 2, 2023 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Ken Benoit, "A better wordscores: Scaling text with the class affinity model" | A. Kachi |
May 9, 2023 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Pedram Sendi, “Handling uncertainty in cost-effectiveness analysis in the presence of risk aversion.” | S. Felder |
May 16, 2023 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Adeline Y. Lo, | A. Kachi |
Wednesday, May 17, 2023 (Joint with Economics Lunch) | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Gene M. Grossman, "Supply Chain Resilience: Should Policy Promote International Diversification or Reshoring?" | R. Weder |
May 23, 2023 | No seminar, it will be postponed Prof. Lorenz Kueng, Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) and | S. Lein | ||
May 30, 2023 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Beatrix Eugster, | A. Stutzer und C. Wunsch |
Date | Time | Place | Invited speaker | Host |
September 20, 2022 | No Seminar | |||
September 27, 2022 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Dr. Christoph Moser, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg "Cross-Border Commuting, Gender Differences, and the Outside Option" | S. M. Lein |
October 4, 2022 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Dr. Rafael Lalive, Université de Lausanne "Why Finding a Job Gets Harder as Spells Lengthen: Job Seekers vs Employers" | A. Stutzer |
October 11, 2022 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Dr. Bryan S. Graham, Berkeley, University of California | K. Schmidheiny |
October 18, 2022 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Paolo Piacquadio, University of St.Gallen | G. Nöldeke |
October 25, 2022 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Tobias Kretschmer, LMU München "Competing for Attention on Information Platforms: The Case of News Outlets" | M. Beckmann |
November 1, 2022 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Guillaume Daudin, Université Paris Dauphine-PSL | R. Stelter |
November 8, 2022 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Dr. Christian Laux, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien "Accounting changes and enforcement of bank capital requirements in a crisis" | S. Böckem/U. Schiller |
November 15, 2022 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Laura Grigolon, Ph.D., University of Mannheim "Stigma as a Barrier to Treatment and Adoption of Innovation" | C. Roux |
November 22, 2022 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Elsa Leromain, University of Antwerp "Import Liberalization as Export Destruction? Evidence from the United States" | S. Lein |
November 29, 2022 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Eyal Winter, | G. Nöldeke |
November 30, 2022 (joint with the Economics Lunch) | 12:15 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Carlos Alós-Ferrer, Universität Zürich | G. Nöldeke |
December 6, 2022 | 16:15 | S13 and Zoom | Prof. Arthur Spirling, New York University "Embedding Regression: Models for Context-Specific Description and Inference" | A. Kachi |
December 13, 2022 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Antonio M. Bento, USC Price "Why do inefficient policies persist? Evidence from Energy Subsidies in Brazil" | B. Hintermann |
Wednesday, December 14, 2022 (joint with the Economics Lunch) | 12:30 | S 15 and Zoom | C. Wunsch |
Date | Time | Place | Invited speaker | Host |
February 22, 2022 | ||||
March 1, 2022 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Dr. Julien Daubanes, University of Geneva "Why do firms issue green bonds?" | B.Hintermann |
March 8, 2022 - No Seminar |
| Basler Fasnacht - No Seminar | ||
March 15, 2022 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Dr. Dina Pomeranz, University of Zurich "The Race Between Tax Enforcement and Tax Planning: Evidence From a Natural Experiment in Chile" | A. Stutzer |
March 22, 2022 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Sascha O. Becker, PhD, Monash University, Melbourne/Australia "Freedom of the Press? Catholic Censorship during the Counter-Reformation" | R. Stelter |
March 29, 2022 | 12:30 | Zoom | Prof. Dr. Lisa Bruttel, Universität Potsdam | C. Roux |
April 5, 2022 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Dr. Andrei Levchenko, University of Michigan "News Media and International Fluctuations." | C. Wunsch |
Wednesday, April 6, 2022 (joint with the Economics Lunch) | 12:15 and 13:10 | S15 and Zoom | 12:15 Prof. Dr. Nicola Pavoni, Bocconi University "Economic Shocks and Populism: The Political Implications of Reference-Dependent Preferences" 13:10 Prof. Dr. Nicolas Ziebarth, Cornell University "Fundamentally Reforming the Public DI System: Evidence from German Notch Cohorts" | C. Wunsch |
April 12, 2022 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Dr. Markus Schmid, Universität St.Gallen "CEO Turnover and Director Reputation" | H.Zimmermann |
April 19, 2022 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Dr. David Strömberg, Stockholm University | A.Stutzer |
April 26, 2022 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Dr. Dirk Sliwka, University of Cologne | M.Beckmann |
May 3, 2022 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Paul Sharp, University of Southern Denmark | R.Stelter |
May 10, 2022 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Dr. Mathias Kifmann, Universität Hamburg | St.Felder |
Wednesday, May 11, 2022 (joint with the Economics Lunch) | 12:30 | S13 and Zoom | R.Weder | |
May 17, 2022 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Dr. Fabian Herweg, University of Bayreuth | C.Roux, G.Nöldeke |
May 24, 2022 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Dr. Armon Rezai, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien "Bayesian climate estimation and optimal policy derivation" | B.Hintermann |
May 31, 2022 | 12:30 | S15 and Zoom | Prof. Dr. Roxana Halbleib, University of Freiburg, Germany "Use the Market’s Heartbeat to Predict Extreme Financial Risks" | Ch.Kleiber |
Date | Time | Place | Invited speaker | Host |
Tuesday, September 21, 2021 | 12:30 | S13 and Zoom | Prof. Elliott Ash, PhD, ETH Zürich "Visual Stereotypes in News Media" | K.Schmidheiny |
Tuesday, September 28, 2021 | 12:30 | S13 and Zoom | Dr. Christian Pröbsting, Université Lausanne | S.M. Lein |
Tuesday, October 5, 2021 | 12:30 | S13 and Zoom | Prof. Igor Letina, PhD, Universität Bern "Killer Acquisitions and Beyond: Policy Effects on Innovation Strategies" | C.Roux and G. Nöldeke |
Tuesday, October 12, 2021 | 12:30 | S13 and Zoom | Dr. Dietmar Fehr, Assistant Professor University of Heidelberg | G. Fink |
Tuesday, October 19, 2021 | 12:30 | S13 and Zoom | Prof. Dr. Fabrizio Mazzonna, Università della Svizzera italiana "Happy pills? The health consequences of the dramatic increase in antidepressant use" | St. Felder |
Tuesday, October 26, 2021 | 12:30 | S13 and Zoom | Prof. Dr. Paul Ehling, Norwegian Business School "Asset Prices with Wealth Dispersion" | H. Zimmermann |
Tuesday, November 2, 2021 | 12:30 | S13 and Zoom | Prof. Dr. Iris Kesternich, KU Leuven | St. Felder |
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 | 12:30 | S13 and Zoom | Prof. Dr. Lorenzo Casaburi, Universität Zürich | G. Fink |
Tuesday, November 16, 2021 | 12:30 | S13 and Zoom | Open Slot (Postponed to Spring Term 2022: Prof. Paul Sharp, PhD, University of Southern Denmark; "The Sleeping Giant Who Left for America: The Determinants and Impact of Danish Emigration During the Age of Mass Migration") | R. Stelter |
Tuesday, November 23, 2021 | 12:30 | S13 and Zoom | Open slot | |
Tuesday, November 30, 2021 | 12:30 | S13 and Zoom | Prof. Christelle Dumas, PhD, Université de Fribourg | G. Fink |
Tuesday, December 7, 2021 | 12:30 | S13 and Zoom | (Postponed to Spring Term 2022: Prof. Dr. Mathias Kifmann, Universität Hamburg; "Rewards for information provision in patient referrals: a theoretical model and an experimental test") | St. Felder |
Tuesday, December 14, 2021 | 12:30 | S13 and Zoom | (Postponed to Spring Term 2022: Prof. Dr. Fabian Herweg, University of Bayreuth, "Prices versus Quantities with Morally Concerned Consumers") | C.Roux, G.Nöldeke |
Date | Time | Place | Invited speaker | Host |
Tuesday, March 2, 2021 | 12:30 | Zoom | Prof. Botond Kőszegi, Central European University (CEU) "Procrastination Markets" | C. Roux |
Tuesday, March 9, 2021 | 16:15 | Zoom | Prof. Ross Levine, Berkeley Haas "Competition Laws, Ownership, and Corporate Social Responsibility" | O.Mahmoud |
Tuesday, March 16, 2021 | No seminar | |||
Tuesday, March 23, 2021 | 12:30 | Zoom | Prof. Anna Dreber Almenberg, Stockholm School of Economics | C.Roux, O.Mahmoud, S.M.Lein |
Tuesday, March 30, 2021 | 16:15 | Zoom | Prof. Stephan Meier, Columbia Business School | A. Stutzer |
Tuesday, April 6, 2021 | 16:15 | Zoom | Prof. Hersh Shefrin, Santa Clara University | O.Mahmoud |
Tuesday, April 13, 2021 | 17:00 | Zoom | Prof. Severin Borenstein, University of California, Berkeley "Do Two Electricity Pricing Wrongs Make a Right? Cost Recovery, Externalities, and Efficiency" | B.Hintermann |
Monday, April 19, 2021 | 12:30 | Zoom | Prof. Andrea Vedolin, Boston University | P.Gantenbein |
Tuesday, April 27, 2021 | 16:15 | Zoom | Prof. Louis Preonas, University of Maryland | B.Hintermann |
Tuesday, May 4, 2021 | 16:15 | Zoom | Prof. Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, Ohio State University / President of the American Political Science Association | A.Kachi |
Tuesday, May 11, 2021 | 12:30 | Zoom | Prof. Hans Gersbach, ETH Zurich "From Local to Global: A Theory of Public Basic Research in a Globalized World" | R.Weder |
Tuesday, May 18, 2021 | 12:30 | Zoom | Prof. Dr. Daniel Kaufmann, Université de Neuchâtel "Do Sticky Wages Matter? New Evidence from Matched Firm-Survey and Register Data" | S.M.Lein |
Tuesday, May 25, 2021 | 12:30 | Zoom | Dr. Jakob Miethe, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München "Offshore real estate investment. Economic incentives, secrecy motives, and ultimate ownership" | K.Schmidheiny |
Tuesday, June 1, 2021 | 16:15 | Zoom | Prof. Lucija Muehlenbachs, University of Calgary "Cash versus in-kind settlements: Evidence from environmental enforcement cases" |