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We have moved!
Right next to the tram station Ottikerstrasse we have found freshly renovated and bright office premises with more space.
Our new address:
Swiss Economics
Ottikerstrasse 7
CH-8006 Zurich
We welcome our new team member Dr. Eva Zuberbühler. Eva has a strong background in industrial economics an will strengthen our competences in regulation and competition economics.
Eva Zuberbühler is Economist with a focus on regulation, competition economics, valuation as well as strategy and pricing. Before she received a PhD from the University of Bern she worked for several years in the corporate client's division at a bank.
Our website is now also available in French.
To better serve our French-speaking customers our website is now available in French.
For the time being, some parts of the website such as News and Projects remain in English and/or German.
We welcome our new team member Romain de Luze, focusing on Data Analysis and Financial Services.
Romain de Luze is an Economist with a focus on data analytics, financial services and the energy sector. He studied at HEC Lausanne as well as at the University of Bern. He worked for several years as a quantitative risk analyst at a leading reinsurance company in Zurich.
He holds a Bachelor's degree in Management and a Master's degree in Actuarial Sciences from HEC Lausanne and will soon complete a second Master's degree in Economics at the University of Bern.
Who's Who Legal Switzerland recognized Christian Jaag as Competition Economist of the Year for the third time in a row.
The Who’s Who Legal Awards are awarded each year to leading Swiss firms, specialist lawyers and experts in recognition of their outstanding performance and contribution to their respective industries.
Further information can be found here.
The German Economic Institute awarded Ann-Kathrin Crede for her outstanding PhD thesis in behavioral economics.
Ann-Kathrin Crede is awarded the Max-Weber-Preis. The German Economic Institute awarded her for her PhD thesis "Experimental evidence on behaviour in organizations and markets". The Institute honours young researchers for their contributions to business ethics and ethics of economics. Congratulations, Ann-Kathrin Crede!
Lukas Bruhin ist Fürspecher und verfügt über langjährige Erfahrung in der Regulierung von Netzindustrien sowie in der Steuerung und Führung zentraler und dezentraler Einheiten des Bundes.
Er ist Präsident des Institutsrats von Swissmedic und war zuletzt acht Jahre Generalsekretär des Eidgenössischen Departements des Innern (EDI). Zuvor arbeitete er unter anderem im Eidgenössischen Departement für Umwelt, Verkehr, Energie und Kommunikation (UVEK) als stellvertretender Generalsekretär sowie bei der Schweizerischen Post als Leiter Internationales und Regulierungsfragen und als persönlicher Mitarbeiter des Konzernleiters.
Der Verwaltungsrat von Swiss Economics entscheidet über die strategische und organisatorische Ausrichtung von Swiss Economics.
Presentation on postal strategies in a digital age.
Christian Jaag presented a paper on "Postal Strategies in a Digital age" at the 4th Conference on the Regulation of Infrastructures of the Florence School of Regulation.
Multiple papers presented in Athens.
Swiss Economics contributed three presentations and papers to the 23rd Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics:
- Commercial and regulatory challenges for postal e-services in Switzerland
- Cryptocurrencies: New Opportunities for Postal Financial Services
- Postal strategies in a digital age
All papers are available in our Working Paper Series.
A contribution of Swiss Economics team members has been published in the journal for Competition and Regulation in Network Industries.
Abstract: Rail passenger transport services with integrated regular interval timetables (IRIT) offer passengers a regular interval timetable for services on the railway network. IRIT have the potential to increase the quality and attractiveness of railway passenger services in comparison to other transport modes. This paper summarizes the advantages and challenges of the implementation of IRIT for railway passenger services, presents a quantitative model which simulates passenger utility in an IRIT railway system compared to other forms of timetables, and derives the main requirements for the successful introduction of IRIT. The comparison of the regulatory framework, the role of IRIT and the development of passenger railway services in CH, the NL and the UK, shows that in those countries where either IRIT has been introduced (CH) or the high frequency of trains between cities provides for a system comparable to IRIT (NL), railway services play a more important role in the modal split. The successful introduction of IRIT requires a long-run implementation schedule which identifies the necessary investment in the railway infrastructure and points out the financial resources available to make those investments. Further, IRIT requires a high level of punctuality of railway passenger services, coordination between railway companies when designing the timetable and a priority rule for passenger railway services within IRIT when there are capacity restrictions on the railway network.
A study for Bundesamt für Energie (BFE).
The Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) published a report of Ecofys and Swiss Economics on future energy markets and the role of power network operators.
A collaboration with the University of Zurich.
Article on the experiences with the electricity market opening in the EU.
In a recent article on the experiences with the electricity market in the EU, we conclude that the member states have not yet worked out a silver bullet in the organization of the regulatory conditions.
Two new publications on the postal market in Switzerland and in the United States.
Swiss Economics welcomes Dr. Michael Funk as a new staff member!
Dr. Michael Funk is a project leader for Swiss Economics with a focus on competition policy and regulatory economics. After his studies in history and economics at the University of Fribourg, he obtained his Doctorate in the areas of political economics and financial sciences. He subsequently worked as an economist for the competition commission.
Presentation at the International Postal and e-Communications Conference on the Swiss regulatory framework for the postal sector in light of current challenges.
At the International Postal and e-Communications Conference, Christian Jaag gave a presentation on the Swiss regulatory framework for the postal sector in light of current challenges.
Dr. Martin Lutzenberger appointed Director Berlin Office.
Martin Lutzenberger is our new Director of Office Berlin. Focusing on competition economics, economic policy, transportation and energy, Martin will develop our activities in Germany.
After his studies in economics at the University of Freiburg i.Br. he received a doctoral degree at the University of Zurich. From 2010 to 2014, he was a project manager and lecturer at the University of Lucerne. Besides, he was a lecturer at the University of Zurich and an external expert in Swiss Economics.
Recent conference contributions are available in our working paper series.
Swiss Economics has presented recent research papers at the 22th Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics:
- USO cost allocation rules and welfare
- Market Regulations and USO in the Revised Swiss Postal Act
- Estimating the Financial Impact of Discontinuing Saturday Delivery
The works are available in our Working Paper Series.
We accept payments and offer to pay salaries in Bitcoin.
As of now, we accept Bitcoin as payment for our consulting services. We also offer our employees the option to receive their salary (or a part of it) in Bitcoin.
A report for the United States Postal Regulatory Commission.
The U.S. Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) published today a report of Swiss Economics on the Impact of the discontinuance of Saturday delivery for letters and flats on the U.S. Postal Service.
Presentation of the research paper on «The Effect of Payment Reversibility on E-commerce and Postal Quality».
Christian Jaag presented the research paper «The Effect of Payment Reversibility on E-commerce and Postal Quality» at the 8th Bi-Annual Postal Economics Conference of the Toulouse School of Economics. The irreversibility of payments in virtual currencies shifts the risk of e-commerce from merchants to consumers. Under certain conditions, this strengthens online retailers in competition with brick-and-mortar stores as well as incentives for postal quality.
A report for Bundesnetzagentur.
BNetzA published the report of Swiss Economics on benchmarking the German energy distribution system operators.
New publications on assessing the burden of universal service providers and on calculating the net costs of home delivery obligations.
Two new publications of Swiss Economics team members have been published in the book «The Role of the Postal and Delivery Sector in a Digital Age».
To the book
To the working paper «USO Burden»
To the working paper «USO Delivery»
Contribution to the webinar on “Virtual currencies: Exploring a Potential Role for Postal Operators».
The webinar included inputs from the USPS IOG Global Team and the UPU