I am a Full Professor at the Department of Economics, HEC Lausanne, University of Lausanne.
Prior to my appointment in 2002, I had been an Assistant Professor at HEC Lausanne, a tenured lecturer at the University of Manchester (UK), and a temporary lecturer at Trinity College Dublin.
I hold a PhD in Economics from Trinity College Dublin (1996) and an undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Fribourg (1991).
I have advised a number of policy-making organisations, including the World Bank, the European Commission, the OECD and various Swiss government bodies (federal and cantonal).
Other research-related positions:
- Research Fellow, Centre for Economic Policy Research, London
- Editor-in-Chief, Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics
- Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Urban Economics, Journal of Economic Geography, International Economics, Applied Economics Quarterly
- Project Leader, Swiss National Science Foundation project “Tax Competition and Tax Equalisation”
- International Research Fellow, Kiel Institute of World Economics
- External Research Fellow, Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy University of Nottingham
- Member of the Scientific Committee, European Trade Study Group
- Member, Ausschuss für Regionaltheorie und -politik, Verein für Socialpolitik
- Member of the Advisory Council, CH++
- Co-Leader, Swiss Research Network on Fiscal Federalism
- Co-Director, Tax Policy Center, University of Lausanne
- Chairman, Advisory Council, Zurich Financial Equalisation Scheme
- Member, Swiss National COVID-19 Science Task Force (2020-2022)
- Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Council, Avenir Suisse (2009-2021)
- Currency Economist, UBS, Zurich (1991-1992)
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