| May 2013 |
We cordially invite all HSG members to join Lukas Inderbitzin's Public Defense (PEF) on May 21, 2013 at 17:00, room 07-001. Topic of his talk is "Essays on Social Insurance and Employment Protection". |
| May 2013 |
We cordially invite all HSG members to join Dirk Burghardt's Public Defense (PEF) on May 16, 2013 at 14:15, room 01-112. Topic of his talk is "Essays in Industrial Organization". |
| April 2013 |
We cordially invite all HSG members to join Darjusch Tafreschi's Public Defense (PEF) on April 29, 2013 at 18:15, room 09-112. Topic of his talk is "Empirical Studies from the Fields of Health, Education and Labour Economics". |
| April 2013 |
We cordially invite all HSG members to join Nikola Nikodijevic Mirkov's Public Defense (PEF) on April 23, 2013 at 18:15, room 01-U127. Topic of his talk is "Financial Markets Input to Monetary Policy Decision-Making". |
| April 2013 |
“Why the euro will fail”
The future of the single European currency is the object of controversial discussions. Economist Heiner Flassbeck will talk about the Euro in a public lecture in the HSG Audimax on 22 April 2013 at 6 p.m. Admission will be free of charge. (Presentation slides). |
| March 2013 |
We cordially invite all HSG members to join Sharon Pfister's Public Defense (PEF) on March 22, 2013 at 14:15, room 01-012. Topic of her talk is "Arm for Peace". |
| March 2013 |
The Profile Area Public Economic Policy invites to a Public lecture series. Professors of the SEPS will talk about six different topics, which are part of the current Public Policy debate in Switzerland. |
| February 2013 |
We cordially invite all HSG members to join Barbara Caroline Sutter's Public Defense (PEF) on March 4, 2013 at 18:15, room 01-102. Topic of her talk is "Three Essays in Monetary Economics: Liquidity and its Effects on Inflation and Interest Rates". |
| February 2013 |
At the Fifth Italian Congress of Econometrics and Empirical Economics, held in Genoa January 16-18 2013, Giovanni Mellace, SEW-HSG, has won the labour prize for his joint paper with Martin Huber "Relaxing monotonicity in the identification of local average treatment effects". The labour prize is awarded biannually to the best paper in Theoretical or Applied Microeconometrics written by young scientists who have completed their PhD less than 4 years before. |
| January 2013 |
We cordially invite all HSG members to join Björn Griesbach's Public Defense (PEF) on January 23rd, 2012 at 14.00, room 01-102. Topic of his talk is "Ratings, risk and relative consumption: new perspectives on the causes and consequences of borrowing constraints". |
| October 2012 |
We cordially invite all HSG members to join Rudi Stracke's Public Defense (PEF) on November 2, 2012 at 12.00, room 01-U201. Topic of his talk is "Dynamic Elimination Contests with Heterogeneous Participants: Theory and Experimental Evidence". |
| October 2012 |
Prof. Matthias Fengler's research project "Analysis and models of cross asset dependency structures in high-frequency data" is funded by the SNF. |
| October 2012 |
We cordially invite all HSG members to join Martin Wermelinger's Public Defense (PEF) on October 24, 2012 at 8.15, room 01-107. Topic of his talk is "Essays on asymmetric subsidy effects, green protectionism and hedging of exchange rate risk". |
| October 2012 |
Prof. Enrico De Giorgi was invited to join the Editorial Board of “Mathematics and Financial Economics", starting December 1st, 2012. |
| October 2012 |
The SEPS administration is moving. From October 12 our new office is located at Bodanstrasse 8 (building 29). |
| October 2012 |
We cordially invite all HSG members to join Marco Helm's Public Defense (PEF) on October 19, 2012 at 17.00, room 07-003. Topic of his talk is "Essays in Empirical International Trade and Industrial Organization". |
| October 2012 |
Prof. Michael Bechtel, Ph.D., is SNSF Professor at the School of Economics and Political Science since October 2012. |
| October 2012 |
Prof. Guido Cozzi, Ph.D., has been Full Professor of Macroeconomics at the HSG’s School of Economics and Political Science since October 1, 2012 |
| September 2012 |
There are new double degree programmes. MEcon and MiQE/F students have now the opportunity top obtain a double degree from the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE). The MIA established a new DDP with "Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá". |
| September 2012 |
"Why Mathematics for Economists": Prof. De Giorgi's article in the "HSG-Blatt". |
| August 2012 |
What is the message that the Republican Party is trying to put forth in their convention this week? What solutions will they propose, and how might the Democrats respond? An expert interview with Professor James W. Davis. Video. |
| August 2012 |
We cordially invite all HSG members to join Benjamin Schünemann's Public Defense (PEF) on October 18, 2012 at 18.15, room 22-004. Topic of his talk is "Essays on the Evaluation of Active Labor Market Policies using Microeconometric Methods". |
| August 2012 |
Prof. Dr. Patrick Emmenegger has been Full Professor of Public Policy and Comparative Political Economy since 1 August 2012. Prof. Dr. Stefan Bühler, who was already affiliated to the HSG by a SNSF-Professorship, is now Full Professor of Applied Microeconomics. Prof. Enrico De Giorgi, Ph.D., successfully completed his Tenure Track procedure and is now Full Professor of Mathematics.
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| July 2012 |
A new study from Prof. Manfred Gärtner (FGN) and Björn Griesbach shows that rating agencies do have an influence on a country's economic outlook as a low rating, whether appropriate or not, leads to higher interest rates on its debt. Read more. |
| June 2012 |
Prof. Dr. Dirk Lehmkuhl comments on what can be expected from the EU summit on June 28. |
| June 2012 |
Prof. Daniele Caramani, Ph.D., has been awarded the Lijphart/Przeworski/Verba Dataset Award from the American Political Science Association together with the co-directors of the "Constituency-Level Electoral Archive" (CLEA). The award will be presented at the upcoming APSA meeting in New Orleans by Professor Peter Wallensteen. |
| May 2012 |
Honorary Doctor of Economic 2012: The University of St.Gallen honours Professor Richard Baldwin, Ph.D., a top-level researcher in the field of international economics. |
| May 2012 |
The Student Union of the HSG annually honours outstanding teachers with the Credit Suisse Award for Best Teaching. This year, the award went to Dr. Reto Schuppli, Lecturer for Mathematics. |
| May 2012 |
We cordially invite all HSG members to join Yujia Hu's Public Defense (PEF) on May 23, 2012 at 18.15, room 01-104. Topic of his talk is "Exploiting High-frequency Data for Volatility Forecasting and Portfolio Selection". |
| May 2012 |
We cordially invite all HSG members to join Philip Schuster's Public Defense (PEF) on June 4, 2012 at 14.15, room 01-102. Topic of his talk is "Optimal Policy in Models of Search Unemployment with Frictions and Externalities".
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| May 2012 |
We cordially invite all HSG members to join Philipp Denter's Public Defense (PEF) on May 15, 2012 at 18.00, room 01-102. Topic of his talk is "Essays on Political Economy Contests". |
| May 2012 |
Prof. Simon Evenett's article "What's next for the IMF" in the Economists Forum of the Financial Times. |
| April 2012 |
We cordially invite all HSG members to join Niklaus Wallimann's Public Defense (PEF) on May 2, 2012 at 18.00, room 22-001. Topic of his talk is "Essays in Health and Disability Insurance". |
| April 2012 |
The HSG team (Hans Fricke, Simon Knaus, Sascha Kaelin, Mark, Wakeling, Kotryna Drasutyte) has been quite successful at the "Econometric Game 2012". The particpiation was sponsored by the profile area "Quantitative Economic Methods". The team accessed the final stage of the competition, i.e., has been among the best 10 teams (out of 30). Many universities among the top 10 have collected experience with the econometric games over the years, while for the HSG team this has been the first time. Congratulations on this achievement. |
| April 2012 |
We cordially invite all HSG members to join Thomas Vischer's Public Defense (PEF) on May 7, 2012 at 15.00, room 01-013. Topic of his talk is "Individual Preferences, Human Capital, and Economic Development". |
| March 2012 |
The Walter-Adolf-Jöhr lecture will take place May 11 at 11.15. Professor Paul De Grauwe, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, will talk about 'Managing the Fragility of the Eurozone' |
| February 2012 |
Prof. Christian Keuschnigg will become the director of Vienna's Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS) in summer 2012. He retains a part-time professorship in Public Economics at the University of St. Gallen and remains a director of FGN-HSG. The IHS (www.ihs.ac.at) specializes in theoretical and empirical research in economics and other social sciences and is Austria's premier postgraduate research and training institute since its founding in 1963. |
| January 2012 |
The second 'Career Day for Economists' will take place September 28, 2012. |
| December 2011 |
We wish you cheerful christmas holidays and a happy and succesful 2012. |
| November 2011 |
Prof. Dr. Stefan Bühler was re-elected as Vice-President of the Competition Commission (WEKO). |
| November 2011 |
On November 24th 2011, the "Public Sector Fair" as a part of go beyond will take place for the fifth time at HSG. Various representatives from international organisations, public institutions and companies with positions in the field of public affairs will be present again. For more information, please click on the link at the right side of this page. |
| November 2011 |
The Honorary Doctor of the University of Fribourg was awarded to Prof. Dr. Gebhard Kirchgässner. Read more. |
| October 2011 |
Conference of the School of Economics and Political Science on Monday, November 28, 2011. |
| October 2011 |
Prof. Heinz Müller's farewell lecture takes place on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 6.15pm, room 09-010. |
| October 2011 |
Maria Schwarz, M.A. HSG in Quantitative Economics and Finance (MiQE/F) was awarded for the best Master's thesis in Economics. Read more. |
| September 2011 |
Handelsblatt Ranking 2011: HSG Economists with top results. Results. |
| September 2011 |
'Fast track PhD': Starting this semester, selected courses of the PhD in Economics and Finance (PEF) may already be taken at the Master's level (MEcon and MiQE/F) and credited to the core electives. Further information. |
| August 2011 |
Classes of the fall semester 2011 begin September 11, 2011. |
| July 2011 |
Prof. Lars-Hendrik Röller, Ph.D., to whom the HSG awarded an honorary doctorate in Economics in 2011, is head of the Department of Economic and Finance Policy in the German Federal Chancellery. Read more. |
| June 2011 |
On the SSES Annual Meeting 2011 in Lucerne, the young economist award has been granted to Prof. Dr. Carlo Strub and Andrew Clausen (University of Pennsylvania), for the paper "Envelope Theorems for Non-Smooth and Non-Concave Optimization". |
| June 2011 |
The SEPS is seeking to appoint a "Professor of Public Policy / Comparative Political Economy". Application deadline was August 31, 2011. |
| May 2011 |
On June 9 and 10, 2011 the GDG Workshop takes place. Topic of this event is "The Causes, Consequences and Democratic Legitimacy of International Institutions". Please find more information on the GDG webpage. |
| May 2011 |
On May 27, 2011 a panel discussion is organized: "Leading Economists discuss the Mirrless report". Programme. |
| May 2011 |
The "Latsis-Prize 2011" was awarded to Prof. Conny Wunsch, PhD, at the Dies Academicus. |
| May 2011 |
The Student Union of the HSG annually honours outstanding teachers with the Credit Suisse Award for Best Teaching. This year, the award went to James Davis, Professor of Political Science. |
| May 2011 |
Honorary Doctor of Economic 2011: The University of St.Gallen honours Professor Lars-Hendrik Röller for his outstanding contributions to Applied Microeconomics and to the Enforcement of EU Competition Law. |
| May 2011 |
Honorary Doctor of Political Science 2011:The University of St.Gallen honours Dr. Surin Pitsuwan for his outstanding contribution to peace, security and development in Southeast Asia and beyond. |
| May 2011 |
The first Career day for Economists took place in March 2011. Please find the report of this successful event here: Report. |
| May 2011 |
Prof. Dr. Michael Lechner won the "Department Research Award 2011" for his outstanding publication success in 2010. Dr. Christian Thöni was awarded for the best publication record among the junior faculty. |
| May 2011 |
The "Annual CEPR Public Policy Symposium", organized by Prof. Christian Keuschnigg, will take place May 27 and 28, 2011, in Zurich. |
| May 2011 |
The Dies Academicus 2011 tekes place on May 21, 2011. |
| May 2011 |
We cordially invite all HSG members to join Pascal Gisclon's Public Defense (PEF) on May 19, 2011. Topic of his talk is "Dynamic Trading Strategies of Hedge Funds: Implications for Risk and Return". |
| April 11 |
The SEPS is searching for an assistant professor in Mathematics. (Application deadline: June 30, 2011) |
| April 2011 |
Welcome to the "ECPR Joint Sessions", April 12-17, 2011. More information on the ECPR webpage. The focal event of the ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops 2011 was a lecture by the Nobel Prize laureate Elinor Ostrom. |
| March 2011 |
Prof. Dr. Monika was elected as Dean of the SEPS for two further years. Prof. Daniele Caramani, PhD, was elected as Vice Dean starting fall semester 2011. |
| February 2011 |
Prof. Christian Keuschnigg (FGN-HSG) was elected as "Associate Editor" of the "European Economic Review". |
| February 2011 |
Prof. Dr. Michael Lechner was elected as chariman of the Research Committee for Population Economics ("Verein für Socialpolitik"). Link. |
| February 2011 |
In spring semester 2011 the "School of Economics and Political Science (SEPS)" started, a union of Economists and Political Scientists at the HSG. |