News and Media 2013
May
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Dominic Rohner wins Exzellenzpreis Dominic Rohner has been awarded the Exzellenzpreis für praxisrelevante Entwicklungsforschung from the Research Committee on Development Economics of the Verein für Socialpolitik. The award was granted for the paper „War Signals: A Theory of Trade, Trust and Conflict" (co-authored with Mathias Thoenig, University of Lausanne and Fabrizio Zilibotti, University of Zurich), that Dominic Rohner wrote while being a post-doc at the Department of Economics of the University of Zurich. Congratulations! Press Releases Fressen oder sterben Die neueste Ausgabe des UZH magazin beschäftigt sich mit dem Thema "Kopf um Kragen - wie wir mit Risiken umgehen". Ein Artikel ist der Forschung von Philippe Tobler gewidmet, der untersucht, was in unserem Kopf passiert, wenn wir Risiken eingehen. Online lesen |
April
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Top position for Zurich in the Tilburg Economics Schools Research Ranking The CentER for Research in Economics and Business at Tilburg University, the Netherlands, has published the newest version of its worldwide ranking for economics institutes. Based on the research contribution in the top-5 journals from 2008 - 2012, the University of Zurich ranks 5th among the best economics schools in Europe. The academic economic profession attaches a key role to peer-reviewed published research. Arguably more than in any other discipline, economics has an informal ranking of publication outlets which distinguish between "top five general audience journals" (American Economic Review, Econometrica, Journal of Political Economy, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Studies), top second-tier general audience journal, top-field journals, and other peer-reviewed journals. While the exact within-group ranking is subjective, there is a clear ranking between groups and an equally clear discontinuity between top-5 journals and the remaining reviews. Top-5 journals are a main criterion for appointments and promotions in the best American and European institutions, for instance. Which journals are the five most attractive outlets is undisputed in the profession. For these reasons, the number of publications in top-5 journals is a good measure of excellence in research. It is more precise and less controversial than any measure based on a broader set of journals that would tend to favour the quantity over the quality of research. Using the database made public by Tilburg University (https://econtop.uvt.nl/rankingsandbox.php), we constructed a ranking of the European Universities based on the number of top-5 publications between 2008 and 2012. Here is the result: 1. London School of Economics (UK) 72 2. University College London (UK) 40 3. University of Oxford (UK) 36 4. University of Toulouse/Toulouse School of Econ. (France) 27 5. University of Zurich (CH) 22 6. Pompeu Fabra University (Spain) 21 7. Stockholm University (Sweden) 18 8. Tilburg University (Netherlands) 17 9. University of Cambridge (UK) 17 10.London Business School (UK) 15 The calculations in the Tilburg Ranking are based on the stated main affiliation of the researchers at the time of publication. This means that the success of researchers currently at the University of Zurich may be understated due to the fact that many active researchers only joined the department recently. It is interesting to check whether the top-5 criterion gives a reasonable ranking for US universities. The top 10 institutions are Harvard, M.I.T., Chicago, Stanford, Berkeley, Northwestern, Columbia, Yale, Princeton, and New York University. These economic departments are regarded by most researchers as the ten strongest departments in the US. The database of the Tilburg Ranking covers publications in 70 leading economics journals since 2004. The ranking provides a standard Top 100 of economics schools, based on a subset of journals in the database, over a 5-year period. Even if you do not focus on the top-5 journals, one can say that the University of Zurich has achieved a top position, ranking 8th among the best economics schools in Europe. Ernst Fehr receives 2013 Gottlieb Duttweiler Prize Ernst Fehr has been awarded for his pioneering research on the role of fairness in markets, organizations, and in individual decisions. The ceremony took place on April 9, 2013 at the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute in Rüschlikon in front of 300 invited guests.  Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute Press photos Media coverage NZZ online Rendez-vouz auf SRF Radio FinanzNachrichten.de Focus Online Bilanz Events Thinking, Fast and Slow How do we make decisions? Why are managers usually too optimistic? Human irrationality is Kahneman’s great theme. His ideas have had a profound and widely regarded impact on many fields – including economics, medicine, psychology, and politics. Prof. Daniel Kahneman, one of the world’s most important thinkers and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, gave a public lecture at the University of Zurich on April 16, 2013. The event was organized by the UBS International Center of Economics in Society. Artikel auf NZZ online UZH News The (Honest) Truth about Dishonesty Why is cheating so addictive? What makes creative minds lie more often than others? And how come deception is most appealing to us if others benefit from it?  Press Releases Auslagerung – eher Segen als Fluch Heute kann Offshoring technische Fortschritte ermöglichen, die die Produktivität gering qualifizierter Arbeitskräfte im Westen steigern. Ein Kommentar von Fabrizio Zilibotti in der Zeitung Finanz und Wirtschaft vom 26. April 2013. Online lesen Wie gewonnen, so zerronnen In einem Artikel der NZZ wird über die Studie «Fatal Attraction? Access to Early Retirement and Mortality» von Andreas Kuhn, Jean-Philippe Wuellrich und Josef Zweimüller berichtet. NZZ Artikel Italien ist das grösste Risiko für die Währungsunion Interview with Fabrizio Zilibotti about "Italien ist das grösste Risiko für die Währungsunion" (in German) Finanz und Wirtschaft, April 2, 2013, Nr.26: Page 17. Interview Wie lange lassen sich Sparer hinhalten? Filippo Brutti äussert sich im Tages Anzeiger zur aktuellen Krisenlage in Zypern. Beitrag im Tages Anzeiger |
March
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Appointments
Sebastian Findeisen has accepted a position of tenure-track assistant professor at the University of Mannheim. Moreover, he has been offered a post-doc position at UC Berkeley. He will now move to Berkeley, and then start his position in Mannheim in the spring 2014. Andreas Mueller has accepted an assistant professorship at the University of Oslo. He will start his position in September 2013. Kevin Staub has accepted a position at the University of Melbourne. He will start his position in October 2013. We congratulate our graduate students on their excellent placements! Workshop on Early Childhood Development with James J. Heckman The Workshop on Early Childhood Development took place on Friday, March 22nd 2013, and was organized by the Department of Economics. The purpose of the workshop was to assemble experts in the field of childhood development and to discuss recent advances on the role of motivational and self-regulation skills for human development. In an interactive setting, first James Heckman presented a toolkit for the integration of empirical data into the theory of early childhood development within the life-cycle.  Press Releases Wie wir ticken, wenn es ums Geld geht Viele Entscheidung in Finanzfragen werden aus dem Bauch heraus getroffen. Im Gespräch sagt Prof. Dr. Christian Ruff, Neuroökonom an der Universität Zürich, warum man wie entscheidet. Interview mit Die Welt Se il mercato ignora i due clowns... Fabrizio Zilibotti äussert sich im Radio zur aktuellen Lage in Italien. Beitrag im RSI Rete Due Das Teilen über Internet legt künftig weiter zu Roberto Weber wird in der Sonntagszeitung zum verhaltensökonomischen Aspekt des Teilens zitiert. Beitrag in der Sonntagszeitung |
February
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Wenn Schönheit Blendet
Mehrere Artikel sowie ein Beitrag der Sendung 10vor10 des Schweizer Fernsehens beschäftigen sich mit der Studie von Donja Darai und Silvia Grätz in der sie der Frage nachgegangen sind, wie stark ein schönes Gesicht das Verhalten von Mitmenschen beeinflusst. Beitrag in der Sendung 10vor10 UZH Magazin, S. 14 Promovieren am Department of Economics Die VWL-DoktorandinChloé Michel äussert sich im Tages Anzeiger über ihr Studium und die Vorteile, über ein Stipendium der Excellence Foundation Zurich zu verfügen. Das gewisse Etwas am Arbeitsplatz In einem Artikel der Neuen Luzerner Zeitung wird auf die Arbeiten von Michel Maréchal und Alain Cohn zum Thema Motivation am Arbeitslplatz hingewiesen. Economiesuisse verspielt Kredit Prof. Beat Hotz-Hart äussert sich zu den Vorwürfen an Economiesuisse. Artikel im Tages Anzeiger Artikel in der Berner Zeitung |
January
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Offshoring and Directed Technical Change Prof. Fabrizio Zilibotti's CEPR Discussion Paper on "Offshoring and Directed Technical Change" (with Daron Acemoglu and Gino Gancia) has been reviewed in the January edition of the The Economist. Business Insider |
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Press Releases Kann Oxytocin die Psychiatrie revolutionieren? In einem Artikel zur Wirkung von Oxytocin wird auf die bahnbrechende Studie von Prof. Ernst Fehr verwiesen. Artikel in der Süddeutsche Zeitung China: Past, Present and Future Prof. Fabrizio Zilibotti gave an interview to Morgenbladet (11.01.2013) after his speech held in front of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs of the Norwegian Parliament (Storting) on 10 January, 2013 on "China: Past, Present and Future". read the interview Schweiz soll zur Drehscheibe für Chinesische Währung werden Prof. Mathias Hoffmann äussert sich zum Vorschlag des Bundesrats, dass die Schweiz ein Handelsplatz für den chinesischen Renminbi werden soll. Artikel in der Berner Zeitung Artikel im Tages Anzeiger Artikel in der Basler Zeitung Sportliche UZH Sport und Wissenschaft, passt das zusammen? Ja, am neu gegründeten Center for Research in Sports Administration. Die Lehrstühle der Professoren Ulrich Haas (Rechtswissenschaft), Helmut Dietl und Egon Franck (Betriebswirtschaft), Ulrich Woitek (Volkswirtschaft) und Gabriele Siegert (Medienwissenschaft) haben sich zusammengetan und - unterstützt von der Universitätsleitung - das Center for Sports Administration (CRSA) ins Leben gerufen. Artikel auf der Webseite der German Road Races |