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How far can personal responsibility go and and when do we need state intervention?

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These fundamental question was discussed at the ECONnect event by Prof. Ernst Fehr and former Federal Councillor Kaspar Villiger.

Three researchers from our Department have recently started their research projects, supported by SNSF fundings.

Sara Bagagli, Federica Coelli, Pierre Dubuis, Claudia Gentile, Marta Golin, Jannik Hensel, Vardges Levonyan, Claude Raisaro, Krishna Srinivasan and Miriam Venturini.

Congratulations to Anne Brenøe, Ana Costa-Ramón, David Dorn, Joachim Voth, Michael Wolf and Ulf Zölitz!