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An Introduction to Zero-Knowledge Proofs in Blockchains and Economics
New publication by Aleksander Berentsen, Jeremias Lenzi and Remo Nyffenegger published in Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review
DeFi Risk Transfer: Towards A Fully Decentralized Insurance Protocol.
New publication by Felix Bekemeier, Matthias Nadler and Fabian Schär published in the Proceedings of IEEE ICBC 23, nominated for Best Paper Award 👏
WWZnewsflash: Diplomfeier vom 21. April 2023
Im Rahmen der Diplomfeier vom 21. April 2023 wurden in der Aula im Kollegienhaus der Universität Basel per Herbstsemester 2022 insgesamt 57 Bachelor-Diplome, 31 Master-Diplome und fünf Doktor-Diplome verliehen.
Retrospektive: Abschiedsvorlesung von Prof. Dr. Antonio Loprieno
Am 20. April 2023 fand die Abschiedsvorlesung von Prof. Dr. Antonio Loprieno statt, mit dem Thema «Von Eigentum und Eigenschaften».
Voting rights without a passport: an opportunity for integration?
In Sweden, immigrants are allowed to participate in regional elections even if they don’t have a Swedish passport. Michaela Slotwinski, Alois Stutzer und Pieter Bevelander recently investigated whether this affects naturalization numbers.…
New publication by Mitchell Goldberg and Fabian Schär: Metaverse governance | An empirical analysis of voting within Decentralized Autonomous Organizations
in Journal of Business Research 160 (2023)
The Faculty of Business and Economics congratulates Véra Zabrodina for the achievement with the IHEA 2023 student prize!
The annual International Health Economics Association (IHEA) Student Paper Prize is to recognize excellence by students in the field of health economics and is awarded to the Masters or Doctoral student paper judged as best in the award…
Rückblick Podiumsdiskussion: Eine Woche nach dem grossen Knall: Was sagte die Wissenschaft zum «Fall» Credit Suisse?
Eine Woche nach dem grossen "Knall" nahmen Wissenschaftler:innen der Wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Basel am 27. März 2023 an einer Podiumsdiskussion zu dem "Fall Credit Suisse" Stellung.
New publication by Matthias Niggli: ‘Moving On’—investigating inventors’ ethnic origins using supervised learning
in Journal of Economic Geography, 2023