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Economic Journalism Award 2025

The Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics presents the Economic Journalism Award 2025 to

• Mathilde Farine (RTS)

for her extensive coverage of economics, finance and monetary policy matters in Switzerland. Her articles are topical and precise. They are also well-balanced from an economics standpoint, and make use of academic developments.

SSES Young Economist Award 2025

The Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics presents the SSES Young Economist Award 2025 to

• Marcel Caesmann (University of Zurich), Janis Goldzycher (University of Zurich), Matteo Grigoletto (University of Bern) and Lorenz Gschwent (University Duisburg-Essen) for their paper «Censorship in Democracy» presented at the 2025 Annual Congress at ETH Zurich.

The SSES Young Economist Award is granted on every Annual Congress of the Society of Economics and Statistics (SSES) since 2007. The prize (CHF 2'000) is awarded for the best paper where all co-authors are less than 33 years old.  

SJES Best Paper Award 2025

The Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics presents the SJES Best Paper Award 2025 to

• Brendan Berthold for his paper «The Macro-Financial Effects of Climate Policy Risk: Evidence from Switzerland» published in volume 160 of the Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics.

Past Awards

Economic Journalism Award 2024:

• Fabio Canetg and his podcast series «Geldcast». At the heart of this innovative format are well-structured interviews with leading economists from academia as well as from the private sector and from policy making. Fabio Canetg thereby makes rigorous economic thinking accessible to a Swiss audience beyond the established outlets for economic news.

SSES Young Economist Award 2024 in Lucerne:

• Patrick Bigler and Benedikt Janzen for the paper «Green spills: Peer effects in pro-environmental behaviors»

SJES Best Paper Award 2024:

• Fabienne Helfer, Volker Grossmann and Aderonke Osikominu for the paper «How does immigration affect housing costs in Switzerland?» published in volume 159 of the Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics

Economic Journalism Award 2023:

• Mark Dittli for his analytical and fact-based coverage of economics and finance topics of relevance for Switzerland. In addition to providing in-depth analysis, Mark Dittli experiments with new media platforms and channels to foster dissemination and discussion

SSES Young Economist Award 2023 in Neuchâtel:

• Véra Zabrodina for the paper «Timing Moral Hazard under Deductibles in Health Insurance»

Economic Journalism Award 2022:

• Hansueli Schöchli for his analytical and fact-based writing about economic policy issues in Switzerland. Schöchli consistently emphasizes incentives and constraints; he summarizes relevant empirical research; and he offers back of the envelope calculations that provide helpful perspectives on the issues at hand.

SSES Young Economist Award 2022 in Fribourg:

• Ulrike Unterhofer for the paper «Peer Effects in Active Labour Market Policies»

SSES Young Economist Award 2021 in Zurich (online):

• Kumar Rishabh and Jorma Schäublin for the paper «Fintech Lending and Sales Manipulation»

SSES Young Economist Award 2019 in Genf:

• Katharina Erhardt for the paper «Born to be an entrepreneur? How cultural origin affects entrepreneurship»

SSES Young Economist Award 2018 in St.Gallen:

• Andrea Camilli for the paper «Labor market institutions and homeownership»
• Helge Liebert and Beatrice Mäder for the paper «Health care supply and infant mortality: Semiparametric evidence from Germany, 1928-1936»

SSES Young Economist Award 2017 in Lausanne:

• Liu Liu for the paper «How Nations Evolve: Political Accountability and Developmental Trajectories»

SSES Young Economist Award 2016 in Lugano:

• Ulrich Matter and Michaela Slotwinski for the paper «Precise Control over Legislative Vote Outcomes: A Forensic Approach to Political Economics»

SSES Young Economist Award 2015 in Basel:

•  Esther Mirjam Girsberger for the paper «Migration, Education and Work Opportunities»

SSES Young Economist Award 2014 in Bern:

• Lukas Schmid and Stefan Legge for the paper «Rankings, Random Successes, and Individual Performance»

SSES Young Economist Award 2013 in Neuchâtel:

• Timo Boppart and Franziska J. Weiss for the paper «Non-homothetic preferences and industry directed technical change»
• Nicolas Berman and Mathieu Couttenier for the paper «External shocks, internal shots – the geography of civil conflicts»

SSES Young Economist Award 2012 in Zurich:

• Baptiste Massenot and Kenza Benhima for the paper «Safety Traps»

SSES Young Economist Award 2011 in Lucerne:

• Carlo Strub and Andrew Clausen for the paper «Envelope Theorems for Non-Smooth and Non-Concave Optimization»

SSES Young Economist Award 2010 in Fribourg:

• Alexander Tarasov for the paper «Per Capita Income, Market Access Costs, and Trade Volumes»
• Timo Boppart for the paper «Engel's law and growth and directed technical change»

SSES Young Economist Award 2009 in Geneva:

• Benjamin Jung for the paper «On the Importance of Adjustment Dynamics for Bilateral Trade Flows»
• Sarah Lein and Eva Köberl for the paper «Capacity Utilisation, Constraints and price Adjustments under the Microscope»

SSES Young Economist Award 2008 in Lausanne:

• Conny Wunsch for the paper «Optimal use of labour market policies»

SSES Young Economist Award 2007 in St.Gallen:

• Enrico De Giorgi and Francesco Audrino for the paper «Beta Regimes for the Yield Curve»
• Manuel Oechslin for the paper «Foreign Aid, Political Instability, and Economic Growth»

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