Wie sollen die Stromnetzkosten künftig finanziert werden?

Wie hoch liegen die Kapitalkosten von Erneuerbaren Energien?

Inwiefern gewährleistet der Meter-to-Cash-Prozess die Datenqualität und die Zuverlässigkeit der Fakturierung?

Lässt sich ein Fahrradverleihnetz finanziell rentabel betreiben?

How should an international efficiency comparison of European gas transmission system operators be organized in light of the energy transition?

Are regulatory requirements properly taken into account and translated into strategic decisions?

How should parcel markets be delineated in the future?

How efficient is Canton Vaud's administration compared with other cantons?

Do the pricing principles applied to the network extension strike a balance between regulatory compliance, fairness among stakeholders, and economic viability?

What is the appropriate cost of capital for Swiss electricity grids and renewables for 2026?

How is the market for data centers developing? How should a provider's existing business model be evaluated? What recommendations can be derived for business development?

What is the investment need for a Swiss connection to the European hydrogen network? How could funding mechanisms look like? How can investments be secured?

How does an adjustment of cost allocation keys affect network tariff setting? How frequently should cost allocation keys be updated?

Swiss Economics supported on the quantum case of an international arbitration

How attractive are the ancillary services (AS) markets in Switzerland and neighboring countries?

What effect does a change in Ethereum's issuance curve have on the degree of decentralisation in Ethereum's validator set? Swiss Economics is investigating this question as part of cyber.Fund's MVI Grants Program.

Increasingly comprehensive rules on sustainability reporting and due diligence apply in the EU. What does this mean for Switzerland and its SMEs?

How should the 6022 project's tokenomics and distribution mechanisms be designed to ensure its long-term success?

Does a damaged asset have to be written off?

How can intellectual property be valued?

Analysis of the Economic Impact of Mail-Order Sales of (Non-Prescription) Medicinal Products in Switzerland.

How has the Swiss electricity market developed in recent years?

What are the critical points of the ordinances on the overarching decree?

Are thermal network tariffs fair for consumers and do they create the right incentives?

How can complex relationships in the pensions sector be explained to potential customers?

What is the impact of debt structure and repayment schedule on cash flows, dividends and profit?

How do existing and potential regulations of temporary agency work affect individual stakeholder and the economy as a whole?

How can regulatory instruments be designed effectively and efficiently?

How could housing allowances be organised throughout Switzerland?

How does the regulatory framework of an airport affect its exposure to market risk?

How is the Swiss forward market price for electricity deliveries determined? Does the price formation meet expectations? Are there indications of market power held by individual players? How could the Swiss wholesale price be reduced?

How does a flat-rate system differ from an individual service tariff in terms of a number of important assessment criteria?

How high should the financing cost rate for electricity grids and renewables be in future?

How can the well-known chess platforms be integrated into Web3? How should incentives be structured to connect various stakeholders on the platform?

What are the reversion strategies of the mountain cantons? What do they mean for the canton of Zurich? Is there a need for action?

Should the future market area manager in the Swiss gas market take on tasks related to supply security? If yes, how should the market area manager be capitalized, and how should the governance be structured?

What are economically sensible thresholds for state intervention?

What are the revenue opportunities for different hydropower plants in Switzerland? What role do the various sales options such as spot, futures, ancillary services, capacity and proof-of-origin markets play?

How would the standardised reimbursement of ambulatory, inpatient and nursing care services (EFAS) affect insurers?

How will the reallocation of broadcaster licenses for regional television affect the program and opinion diversity?

From an economics perspective, what challenges do energy platforms pose? What role does artificial intelligence play in this context?

What is the impact of the KlG on the value chains?

What are the main challenges for Swiss digital policy? How can these challenges be analyzed and classified economically?

On behalf of the Institute of Intellectual Property, Swiss Economics conducted a regulatory impact assessment on the introduction of legal protection for journalistic services on the internet.

A new collaboration between the Center for Cryptoeconomics and Pooky Labs to create the world's first multi-sport prediction game in a web3 environment.

What are appropriate bids for the hydropower reserve?

How can the cost of capital be set in a project- or company-specific manner in a pragmatic but coherent way?

What is the economic and social significance of the EVZ in the Zug region?

Looking ahead to the energy transition, what are potentially suitable comparison parameters for an efficiency comparison?

Should Dublin Airport's regulatory WACC be amended in light of Covid-19?

How should the legal framework be adapted to enable sustainable development?

How to allocate and distribute the native token of the NFT lauchpad and trading platfrom Meme Cake?

How can blockchain technology make IP processes more secure, transparent and efficient?

How should the system for the new regulatory period for the Austrian gas distribution networks be defined?

Swiss Economics' Center for Cryptoeconomics cryptecon is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Folks Finance – a lending protocol on the Algorand Blockchain. Cryptecon will review the economic model of the protocol.

Folks Finance is a lending protocol on the Algorand Blockchain. The Center for Cryptoeconomics started a strategic partnership to review the economic model of the protocol.

Consulting project for a metaverse platform that offers users immersive experiences through a VR headset.

How do distribution system operators (DSOs) assess the connection of renewable energies? Is there a need for harmonization?

How can decentralized futures contracts be implemented on Synthetix' DeFI protocol?

What are the implications of making critical Swiss energy infrastructure subject to "Lex Koller"?

How efficient are European electricity and gas transmission system operators?

What are the main cost drivers of power grids? How efficient are German distribution system operators (DSOs)?

How can notified users of the SwissCovid App be motivated to get tested?

How effective are non-pharmaceutical measures in containing the coronavirus and how high are the costs of specific measures?

How can the interests of public transport providers be taken into account in the NOVA platform?

What is the damage arising from the enactment of new EC law on an affected business?

How should the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) of Swiss power grids be determined?

Update on the economic assessment of effects from the merger between UPC and Sunrise in the light of the reversed acquisition intention of UPC, following Sunrise's withdrawal of its own bid  

How high is the socio-economic value of a postal service provider?

What are the net costs of the postal universal service obligation (USO) today and in ten years?

Is the Service public in Liechtenstein still necessairy?

What are the requirements for DLT in the Swiss energy sector? Which norms should the sector define to foster the technology?

Price recommendations – even when marked as non-binding – are a hot topic from an antitrust perspective.

Assessment of the antitrust-compliance of a new pricing model in the energy sector

What is the impact of a cost target on the development of the costs of mandatory health care insurance (OKP)?

Assessment of unilateral effects in the context of a merger for a professional association.

Assessment of the effects from the merger between Sunrise and UPC on competition, including analysis of coordinated and non-coordinated effects.

Can the burden of the net cost of the universal service obligation in the Irish telecoms market be borne by the provider?

Neovate is developing an artificial intelligence platform (Wisp) that allows property residents to interact

• with the property unit’s appliances
• with the property management and,
• with a variety of the city’s local businesses.

Verasity developed the Proof-of-View blockchain technology and an ad-tech solution to prevent ad fraud on various video platforms. Furthermore, they created a platform for e-sport broadcasts with which they could also test their ad tech solution.

The incentives on the online news market got misaligned with the rise of search engines and online advertisements. In many cases, online news publishers are remunerated solely by online ad distributors. The value of news articles are therefore signaled by clicks. This leads to an overvaluation of clickbaits and an undervaluation of quality articles. This is the problem, Spot wants to solve with their solution.

Cryptecon was contracted in 2018 to do simulations of monetary policy choices for Gen.ki, a blockchain-based IoT application.

What is the value of an asset in the telecommunications sector?

How can market-based incentives be set to ensure that sufficient investments are made in Swiss renewables?

Can regulatory benchmarking contribute to "Better Regulation"?

How do increases in decentralized power affect the cost of local power grids? How high is the efficiency of German distribution system operators (DSOs)?

Assessment and design of a pricing model in compliance with antitrust law in the advertising industry.

When and under what conditions does it make sense to privatise public companies?

Is the dominance test currently used in Switzerland for merger control still up to date?

What are the relevant cost drivers of gas pipelines? How efficient are the German gas transmission operators (TSOs) in the base year 2015?

In 2013 to 2015 professionals from cryptecon were contracted to share their knowledge about cryptocurrencies with Postfinance, a Swiss bank.