Welcome to the homepage of the Department of Economics of the University of Bern. You can find information about our courses, research activities, and our affiliated research centers.
Open positions
- PhD-Student in Microeconomics
Department of Economics
News
Information Courses FS21
Due to the current situation, the majority of FS21 will again take place online. You can find more information on KSL. In addition, we ask all students to register for further information in the corresponding courses on Ilias.
Annual Report 2019
New registration and deregistration for exams
Due to COVID-19, the following regulations apply NEW to the Spring 2021
- The registration deadlines are until 2 weeks before the exam.
- The deregistration deadlines are until 1 week before the exam.
Corona-Virus
The UniS building is open, however the secretariat mostly works remotely, it can be reached by Mail.
Recent Publications
Place-Based Policies and Spatial Disparities across European Cities
Maximilian v. Ehrlich, Henry G. Overman
Journal of Economic Perspectives, August 2020
Business Cycle Anatomy
George-Marios Angeletos, Fabrice Collard, Harris Dellas
American Economic Review, forthcoming
Delegating Performance Evaluation
Igor Letina, Shuo Liu, Nick Netzer
Theoretical Economics, May 2020
Designing Dynamic Research Contests
Jean-Michel Benkert, Igor Letina
AEJ: Microeconomics, forthcoming
Inducing Variety: A Theory of Innovation Contests
Igor Letina, Armin Schmutzler
International Economic Review, November 2019
Selling in Advance to Loss Averse Consumers
Heiko Karle, Marc Möller
International Economic Review, February 2020
On the optimal design of place-based policies: A structural evaluation of EU regional transfers
Yashar Blouri, Maximilian V. Ehrlich
Journal of International Economics, March 2020
Dynamic Debt Deleveraging and Optimal Monetary Policy
Pierpaolo Benigno, Gauti B. Eggertsson, Federica Romei
AEJ: Macroeconomics, April 2020