Department of Economics

IN THE MEDIA | Interview with David Dorn in the NZZ about digitalization, globalization and China's influence on the world economy.

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NEWS | UBS donates 25 million francs to continue the UBS Center for Economics in Society at the Department, extending its engagement until 2032.

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• UBS Center for Economics in Society

IN THE MEDIA | Superstar companies dominate the world. David Dorn's latest paper in the Quarterly Journal of Economics shows how large corporations are gaining power and increasing inequality.

• Research Paper
• Article in the NZZ am Sonntag (paywall)

NEWS | Do authoritarian states deal better with exceptional situations than democracies? Column by Joachim Voth in Finanz & Wirtschaft.

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IN THE MEDIA | «The USA is an important export market for Switzerland.» David Dorn talks about the global effects of the current crisis in the USA.

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NEWS | Reassuring evidence about the integrity of clinical trials. New study by Christian Decker in cooperation with researchers from Bocconi.

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