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Stefan Bühler

Stefan Bühler

Stefan Bühler

Prof. Dr.

Dean SEPS, Head of Department of Economics

ERP-HSG
Büro 83-2111
Rosenbergstrasse 22
9000 St. Gallen
Main Focuses

Microeconomics

Industrial Organization

Regulation

Antitrust Law and Economics

Marketing

Fields of research

Microeconomics

Industrial Organization

Further fields of research

Regulation

Theory and Practice of Antitrust

Public Policy

Marketing

Professional Career
  • Visiting Scholar, University of Florida 
  • Senior Research Associate, University of Zurich
  • SNSF Professorship
  • Visiting Professor, Vienna University of Economics and Business
  • Independent Member (2005-2010) and Vice President (2010-2015) of the Competition Commission (COMCO)
  • CESifo Research Fellow
  • Managing Director, Institute of Economics (FGN-HSG)
  • Visiting Research Scholar, Duke University
  • Arbeitskreis Wettbewerbsökonomie, Bundeskartellamt Bonn
  • Member and President, Scientific Advisory Board, Düsseldorf Institute of Competition Economics (DICE)
  • Visiting Research Scholar, Vanderbilt University
  • Director, ERP-HSG
  • Board Member, Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics (SSES)
  • Head of the Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen
Teaching Activities
  • Mikroökonomik II/Microeconomics II, Bachelor
  • Wettbewerbspolitik: Theorie und Praxis, Bachelor
  • Topics in Industrial Organization, Master
  • Interdisziplinäres Kartellrecht (with Peter Hettich), Master
Projects

Pricing in a Digital World (2018-2022, SNSF project)

Affiliations
  • CESifo, Munich
  • Industrieökonomischer Ausschuss, Verein für Socialpolitik
Awards

Best Paper Award 2005, Socioeconomic Institute, University of Zurich

SNS Professorship (2007-2012)

Research Award 2013 ("Top Publication"), Economics Department, University of St. Gallen
Success Fee 2018 for acquiring a SNSF project (CHF 40,000)
Success Fee 2020: FT50 Publication (CHF 10,000)

SEPS Excellence in Teaching Award 2025

 

Additional Information

Office Hours: Wednesday, 14.30-15.30 (sign up by email)

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