Economic Policy
Economic policy encompasses all government measures aimed at shaping and guiding economic activity. Key objectives of economic policy interventions include price stability, high levels of employment, balanced external accounts, sustainable economic growth, a fair distribution of income and wealth, and the protection of a livable environment.
We analyze the impacts of economic policy measures, assess their coherence, and develop policy options grounded in sound institutional and regulatory principles. Our expertise covers a broad range of markets and thematic areas. In practice, economic issues often span multiple fields simultaneously; we therefore apply an interdisciplinary approach. Depending on the specific context, we employ a variety of analytical methods and frameworks.
Selected fields of expertise: Industrial policy, Labor markets, Environmental economics, Housing markets, Geoeconomics and defense economics, Space economics
Selected methods and approaches: Regulatory Impact Assessments (RIA), Economic assessment of environmental measures (VOBU), Evaluations in accordance with SEVAL standards, Value creation analyses, Behavioral economics approaches
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Publications
Regulatory Impact Assessment on the Security in the supply of medicines
Regulierungsfolgenabschätzung für das Bundesamt für Gesundheit (BAG)
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Wen schützt der Wohnschutz?
Die Studie analysiert die ökonomischen Auswirkungen von Wohnschutzregulierungen anhand der Erfahrungen in Genf, Waadt und Basel-Stadt und überträgt die daraus gewonnenen Erkenntnisse auf Zürich.
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Financing advantages of state-owned enterprises
Study commissioned by SECO published in Grundlagen für die Wirtschaftspolitik Nr. 63
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Economic Evaluation of temporary agency work in hospitals
Report commissioned by swissstaffing
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Absicherung von Investitionen zur Integration der Schweiz in das europäische Wasserstofftransportnetz
Studie für das Bundesamt für Energie (BFE)
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Appeals Procedure in Cartel Matters before the Federal Administrative Court – Evaluation of Procedure Duration and Fact-Finding (Kopie)
Expert Report commissioned by SECO
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Regulatory Impact Assessment on the Revision of Regulations Governing Mail-Order Trade in Medicinal Products
Regulatory Impact Assessment for the Federal Office of Public Health (BAG) and the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)
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Economic Evaluation of temporary agency work
How do existing and potential regulations of temporary agency work affect individual stakeholder and the economy as a whole?
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Evaluation of Swisscom's owner strategy
Report commissioned by the Swiss Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC)
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Softening the Blow: US State-Level Banking Deregulation and Sectoral Reallocation after the China Trade Shock
Published in the Journal of Political Economy Macroeconomics, Volume 2, Number 3, September 2024
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Effective promotion of e-mobility
To what extent does the right to charge constitute an effective measure for promoting the expansion of private charging infrastructure, and what additional support measures could be envisaged?
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Regulatory Impact Assessment on Centralisations in Trade Surveillance
Regulatory impact assessment for the State Secretariat for International Finance (SIF)
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