Data Science

The abundance of sales and production data generated by modern IT infrastructure can be overwhelming even for the most adept businesses. We help you to structure and extract value from your data.

Data management. We combine and reshape datasets of disparate sources and formats containing millions of entries to make their information available for new purposes and analyses.

Statistics. We use Frequentist and Bayesian approaches to identify statistical patterns in your business data. We generate core statistics and estimate the probabilities of certain events.

Econometric analysis. We use methods from modern econometrics to estimate conditional probabilities and isolate cause-and-effect relationships. We design regression models taking into account all interdependencies and measurement errors inherent in real-world data.

Contact

Matthias Hafner

Dr. Matthias Hafner

Matthias Hafner is a Principal with Swiss Economics.

Nicolas Greber

Nicolas Greber is an Economist with Swiss Economics.

Publications

Bid rigging can be detected at an early stage by analysing bidding behaviour. Which data-driven methods work in Swiss procurement practice?

Swiss Economics wurde vom Bundesamt für Energie (BFE) beauftragt, die bisherige Methodik zur Bestimmung des Peergroup-Betas der Erneuerbaren zu prüfen und ihm mit Blick auf die WACC-Festsetzung 2026 Alternativen aufzuzeigen.

Power lines at sunrise

Soll der Übertragungsnetzbetreiber Transelectrica in die Peergruppe Netz aufgenommen werden?

Book chapter on the economies of scope between letters and parcels in times of significant volume changes.

Postman in snow

Presentation at the 33nd Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics in Limassol

stapled coins

Ledger Journal, Vol. 9 (2024)

Package on the treadmill

Book chapter on the microeconomic foundation of different business strategies in parcel markets

Study on behalf of the Swiss Real Estate Association VIS

New publication on optimal staking designs in the ChainScience Conference Proceedings.

Report on behalf of Bundesnetzagentur

Power lines at sunrise

Is there a need for adjustment in the methodology for determining the WACC (Weighted Average Cost of Capital) for Swiss grid operators? How should the WACC for renewables be set?

This blog post is the first of our blog series on Uniswap. In this article we give a short introduction to the functioning of Uniswap and lay down the definition of basic economic terms in connection with its mechanism.

Photovoltaic panels

Study for the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)

This blog post is the last of our Crypto-Staking Blog Series. You can find the first post on the economics of crypto staking here and the second post, with an economic comparison of staking across blockchains, here.

Power transmission line from below

Expert report commissioned by the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur).

Reservoir with lots of blue water in the mountain area

Study on behalf of Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE)

Newspapers and a cup

Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI)

Solarpanels

Gutachten im Auftrag der Bundesnetzagentur

Book chapter in Postal Strategies (2023). Parcu P., Brennan T., Glass V. (eds). Springer, Cham.

Postfiliale in Simplon

Book chapter in The Postal and Delivery Contribution in Hard Times (2023). Parcu P., Brennan T., Glass V. (eds). Springer, Cham.

Report on the Economic and Social Significance of EV Zug.

Aircraft in the air

Report for the Commission for Aviation Regulation

Die Volkswirtschaft, 23 June 2022

Disinfectant and mask

How effectiv were the measures taken by the Swiss government during the second Corona wave?

Single wind turbine with flowers

How is the grid connection assessment currently carried out by distribution system operators (DSOs)? Is there a need for harmonization?

Light bulb that represents ideas

How can a Swiss innovation fund be structured?

Postfiliale in Simplon

Book chapter in "The Economics of the Postal and Delivery Sector" (2022). Parcu P., Brennan T., Glass V. (eds). Springer, Cham.

Lines of code

In a blog article at the University of St. Gallen, our colleague Nicolas Greber explored the impact of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which was introduced in the European Union in 2018.

Operating theatre

What were the financial implications of the Corona pandemic for Swiss hospitals in 2020? What was the role of the Federal Council's ban on non-urgent interventions from March 16 to April 27, 2020?

Power transmission lines

Should the methodology for determining the WACC of Swiss electricity distribution and transmission system operators be amended in the light of historically low interest rates?

train

Research Project on behalf of SVI (Schweizerische Vereinigung der Verkehrsingenieure und Verkehrsexperten).

Aircraft starting

Report on behalf of Autorité de régulation des transports

Airport, Aircraft

Report on behalf of Autorité de régulation des transports

Blizzards on the airfield

Expert report on behalf of Bundesnetzagentur

Aircraft in the air

Report for the Commission for Aviation Regulation

Power lines at sunrise

Report on behalf of Bundesnetzagentur

Cars in a traffic jam

Research project for the Swiss Association of Transportation Engineers and Experts (SVI)

Man and excavator

Report for Bundesnetzagentur

Hydropower plant

Study for Bundesamt für Energie (BFE)

empty letter

In: Postal and Delivery Innovation in the Digital Economy. Edited by M. Crew and T. Brennan, Springer, pp. 155-168

Calculator

Study for Schweizerische Treuhandkammer

Power transmission lines in the fog

Study for Bundesnetzagentur

Postman in snow

Study for the U.S. Postal Regulatory Commission

empty letter

In: The Role Of The Postal And Delivery Sector In A Digital Age. Edited by M. Crew and T. Brennan, Edward Elgar, pp. 227-239

post box england

Study for the European Commission

empty letter

In: Heightening Competition in the Postal and Delivery Sector, edited by M.A. Crew and P.R. Kleindorfer. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar

lots of parcels

In: Liberalization of the Postal and Delivery Sector, edited by M. A. Crew and P. R. Kleindorfer, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar, 91-101

Package on the treadmill

In: Progress toward Liberalization of the Postal and Delivery Sector, M. A. Crew and P. R. Kleindorfer (Hrsg.), Springer, 267-280

In: Regulatory and Economic Challenges in the Postal and Delivery Sector, M. A. Crew and P. R. Kleindorfer (Hrsg.), Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 53-72