I am a Professor of Economics at HEC Lausanne, University of Lausanne.
My research interests include public economics, regional economics and international trade.
Current research papers
- Competition, harmonization and redistribution: Corporate taxes in Switzerland
with Marko Köthenbürger, Matthias Krapf, Raphaël Parchet, Kurt Schmidheiny and David Staubli. NBER WP #31830, Nov. 2023. See manuscript
- Young people’s mental and social distress in times of international crisis: evidence from helpline calls, 2019–2022
with Valentin Klotzbücher and Rafael Lalive. Scientific Reports, 13(11858), 2023. See manuscript
- Price and Prejudice: Housing Rents Reveal Racial Animus
with Gian-Paolo Klinke, Andrea Marcucci, Dominic Rohner and Mathias Thoenig, See manuscript
- Who Bears the Burden of Local Taxes?
with Jayson Danton, Raphaël Parchet and Jörg Schläpfer. Conditionally accepted, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. See manuscript
- And There Was Light: Trade and the Development of Border Regions
with Barthélémy Bonadio, Olivier Cadot and Guillaume Rais (March 2023 version), See manuscript
- On Nesting Location Choice Models Correctly: A Reply
with Kurt Schmidheiny. See manuscript
Latest writings
- Ist die Schweizer Schuldenpolitik zu streng?
Die Volkswirtschaft. November 2023. Link
- La politique d’endettement de la Suisse est-elle trop stricte ?
La Vie économique. novembre 2023. Lien
- Price and Prejudice: Asylum Seekers and Housing Rents
Podcast interview on CEPR VoxTalks. September 2023. Link
- Competition, harmonization and redistribution: Corporate taxes in Switzerland
with Marko Köthenbürger, Matthias Krapf, Raphaël Parchet, Kurt Schmidheiny and David Staubli. NBER WP #31830, Nov. 2023. See manuscript
- Young people’s mental and social distress in times of international crisis: evidence from helpline calls, 2019–2022
with Valentin Klotzbücher and Rafael Lalive. Scientific Reports, 13(11858), 2023. See manuscript
- Price and Prejudice: Housing Rents Reveal Racial Animus
with Gian-Paolo Klinke, Andrea Marcucci, Dominic Rohner and Mathias Thoenig, See manuscript
- “Wettbewerbsfähige” Finanzpolitik: Sinnvolle Richtschnur oder trügerische Parole?
Präsentation Eidgenössische Finanzverwaltung, Januar 2023. Link
- Erbschaftssteuer: Effizient – und trotzdem unbeliebt
Buchkapitel im Sozialalmanach 2023, Caritas-Verlag, Luzern, Januar 2023. Link
- Behavioral Responses to Wealth Taxes: Evidence from Switzerland
with Jonathan Gruber, Matthias Krapf and Kurt Schmidheiny, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 14(4): 111–150, 2022. See manuscript (supplementary materials)
- Pandemiebekämpfung aus ökonomischer Sicht: Dogma versus Daten?
Präsentation Zürcher Gesundheitstage, Mai 2022. Link
