{"id":116,"date":"2020-08-04T17:32:09","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T15:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.unil.ch\/mariusbrulhart\/?page_id=116"},"modified":"2026-02-05T13:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T12:28:09","slug":"bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.unil.ch\/mariusbrulhart\/bio\/","title":{"rendered":"Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<p>I am a Full Professor at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unil.ch\/de\/home.html\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.unil.ch\/de\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Department of Economics<\/a>, HEC Lausanne, University of Lausanne. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to my appointment in 2002, I had been an Assistant Professor at HEC Lausanne, a tenured lecturer at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk\/economics\/about\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk\/economics\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University of Manchester (UK)<\/a>, and a temporary lecturer at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcd.ie\/Economics\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.tcd.ie\/Economics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trinity College Dublin<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I hold a PhD in Economics from Trinity College Dublin (1996) and an undergraduate degree in economics from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifr.ch\/ecopol\/en\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.unifr.ch\/ecopol\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University of Fribourg<\/a> (1991).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other research-related positions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Research Fellow<\/em>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cepr.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Centre for Economic Policy Research<\/a>, Paris\/London<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Editor-in-Chief<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sjes.springeropen.com\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/sjes.springeropen.com\/\">Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Member of the Editorial Board<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/journal\/journal-of-urban-economics\/about\/editorial-boardconomics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Journal of Urban Economics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/journal\/10797\">International Tax and Public Finance<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/joeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Journal of Economic Geography<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.journals.elsevier.com\/international-economics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">International Economics<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Project Leader<\/em>, Swiss National Science Foundation project &#8220;The Economics of Inheritance and Inter-Vivos Gifts&#8221; (2026-2030)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>International Research Fellow<\/em>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ifw-kiel.de\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kiel Institute of World Economics<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>External Research Fellow<\/em>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nottingham.ac.uk\/gep\/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy<\/a> University of Nottingham<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Member of the Scientific Committee<\/em>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.etsg.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">European Trade Study Group<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Member<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/regional-urban-economics.committee.socialpolitik.de\/members-14\">Standing Field Committee for Regional and Urban Economics,<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.socialpolitik.de\/de\"> Verein f\u00fcr Socialpolitik<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Member of the Advisory Council<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chplusplus.org\/en\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/chplusplus.org\/en\/\">CH++<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Co-Leader<\/em>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiscalfederalism.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\">Swiss Research Network on Fiscal Federalism<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Co-Director<\/em>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/unil.ch\/taxpolicy\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\">Tax Policy&nbsp;Center<\/a>, University of Lausanne<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Chairman<\/em>, Advisory Council, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zh.ch\/de\/steuern-finanzen\/gemeindefinanzen\/zuercher-finanzausgleich\/instrumente-zuercher-finanzausgleich.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zurich Financial Equalisation Scheme<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Member<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sciencetaskforce.ch\/en\/expert-group-economics\/\">Swiss<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ncs-tf.ch\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\"> National COVID-19 Science Task Force<\/a> (2020-2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Chairman<\/em> <em>of the Scientific Advisory Council<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avenir-suisse.ch\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.avenir-suisse.ch\/\">Avenir Suisse<\/a> (2009-2021)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Currency Economist<\/em>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ubs.com\/ch\/en.html\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ubs.com\/ch\/en.html\" target=\"_blank\">UBS<\/a>, Zurich (1991-1992)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/people.unil.ch\/mariusbrulhart\/files\/2024\/11\/CV-Marius-Brulhart.pdf\">Curriculum vitae<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bluesky: <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/mariusbrulhart.bsky.social\">@mariusbrulhart.bsky.social<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Marius_Brulhart\">@Marius_Brulhart<\/a> (currently dormant)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unil.ch\/hec\/en\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/people.unil.ch\/mariusbrulhart\/files\/2026\/02\/logo_hec_blue_rvb-1024x551.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1681\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.8585000610351563;width:150px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.unil.ch\/mariusbrulhart\/files\/2026\/02\/logo_hec_blue_rvb-1024x551.png 1024w, https:\/\/people.unil.ch\/mariusbrulhart\/files\/2026\/02\/logo_hec_blue_rvb-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/people.unil.ch\/mariusbrulhart\/files\/2026\/02\/logo_hec_blue_rvb-768x413.png 768w, https:\/\/people.unil.ch\/mariusbrulhart\/files\/2026\/02\/logo_hec_blue_rvb-1536x826.png 1536w, https:\/\/people.unil.ch\/mariusbrulhart\/files\/2026\/02\/logo_hec_blue_rvb-2048x1101.png 2048w, https:\/\/people.unil.ch\/mariusbrulhart\/files\/2026\/02\/logo_hec_blue_rvb-540x290.png 540w, https:\/\/people.unil.ch\/mariusbrulhart\/files\/2026\/02\/logo_hec_blue_rvb-1080x581.png 1080w, https:\/\/people.unil.ch\/mariusbrulhart\/files\/2026\/02\/logo_hec_blue_rvb-1980x1065.png 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a Full Professor at the Department of Economics, HEC Lausanne, University of Lausanne. 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