Teaching

Courses:

  • Macroeconomics, Master’s, 1st year, Economics (joint with Gianluca Benigno), course webpage
  • Public Finance, Bachelor, 3rd year, Economics, course webpage
  • Macro II, Bachelor, 3rd year, Economics, course webpage
  • Macro Finance, Master’s, 2nd year, Economics (not offered), course webpage
  • Advanced Policy Analysis Seminar, PhD, 2nd year, Economics (not offered), course webpage

Supervision, PhD:

  • Yannis Mesquida, PhD, University of Lausanne, `Retirement and Health-Related Decisions over the Life Cycle’, director, Completed, February 2019.
  • Louis Alain Signé, Ph.D. University of Lausanne, `Studies on the Interactions between Health and Financial Allocations’, co-director with Florian Pelgrin, completed September 2014.
  • Stefano Puddu, Ph.D. University of Lausanne, `Essays on Rational Bubbles’, director, completed May 2012.
  • Ivan Jaccard, Ph.D. University of Lausanne, `Asset Pricing, Real Estate Markets and the Business Cycle: A General Equilibrium Approach’, director, completed 2006.

Supervision, MSc:

  • Loïc Brunner, `Impact of tarif change in Switzerland on imaging exams quantity’, co-director with Karine Moschetti, completed summer 2020.
  • Florian Vranken, `Determinants and effects of benzodiapezine and Z-drugs consumption initiation: An analysis of claims data’, co-director with Joachim Marti, completed summer 2020.
  • Audrey Ledermann, MScE, `Taux d’Intérêt Négatifs: Impacts Economiques et Financiers – Le Cas de la Banque Cantonale de Genève’, University of Lausanne, co-director, July 2016.
  • Patrick Helbling, MScE, University of Lausanne, `Scarring and Stigma Effects of Job Displacement: US Evidence from the Displaced Worker Survey’, June 2016.
  • Julien Blatt, MScF, University of Lausanne, `Impact of Health-Related Shocks in the Context of a Dynamic Asset Pricing Model’, June 2014.
  • Avdyl Ramaj, MScE, University of Lausanne, `Economic Analysis and Policies on Tobacco Consumption’, February 2014.
  • Xiyuan Li, MScF, `The High Reserve Holding in China: What’s is the Explanation’, University of Lausanne, September 2011.
  • Pascal Anderegg, MScF, `Impact on Banking of Regulation Reform in OTC Derivatives Market’,  University of Lausanne, June 2011.
  • Yun Wu, MScE, `Testing US-East Asian Risk Preferences with CCAPM’, University of Lausanne, June 2010.
  • Line Barmaz, MScE, `Tax Competition among Swiss Cantons’,  University of Lausanne, June 2010.
  • Sylviane Chassot, MScE, `Household Price Elasticity of Electricity’, University of Lausanne, June 2010.
  • Marcel Probst, MScE, `The Business Cycle, Health, and Wealth: A Dynamic Analysis for the USA’, University of Lausanne, June 2010.
  • Maki Bissig, MScE, University of Lausanne, `The Impact of Decentralization on Economic Growth: An Analysis of the Transmission Channels’, director,  June 2007.
  • Sarah Jacquier, MScE, University of Lausanne, `The Energy Market in Switzerland’, director,  June 2008.
  • Van M. Bui, MScE, University of Lausanne, `An Empirical Analysis of the Relation between Debt and Growth in Developing Countries’, supervisor, completed 2005.