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New collaboration will reshape the map of economic research in Europe and beyond
As a result of a new collaboration between the University of Zurich and UBS, up to five new chairs will be created at the Department of Economics. The UBS International Center of Economics in Society will tap into top-flight research in a number of new fields of research, and promote a dialog between science, business and society.
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