Prof. Dr. Alois Stutzer
Alois Stutzer is Professor of Political Economics and the Director of the Center for Research in Economics and Well-Being (CREW) at the University of Basel. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Zurich in 2001 and stayed as a research fellow at the Center for Law and Economics at the University of California in Berkeley in 2002. In 2006, he joined the Faculty of Business and Economics in Basel. Alois’ research interests include political economics, public economics, law and economics, and economics and psychology. He has co-authored the book "Happiness and Economics" (Princeton University Press) and further published in journals such as the Journal of Economic Literature, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Review, Economic Journal, or American Economic Journal: Economic Policy.