SSES Annual Congress 2026

04.06.2026, 08:30 - 09:15 (Foyer 01)
Registration and Welcome Coffee

04.06.2026, 09:15 - 09:30 (Room 01-013)
Welcome and Opening Address

04.06.2026, 09:30 - 10:30 (Room 01-013)
Keynote Andrew Rhodes

04.06.2026, 10:45 - 12:15 (Room 01-111)
1A. Industrial Organization 1

• Chongwoo Choe, Antoine Dubus, Noriaki Matsushima, Shiva Shekhar
  Data Regulation, Platform Encroachment, and the Matthew Effect
  Presented by Antoine Dubus (ETH Zurich)
• Luise Eisfeld, Ulrich Kaiser, Reinhold Kesler
  When the Merger is Reviewed by Consumers: Stealth Acquisitions and Online Ratings
  Presented by Luise Eisfeld (University of Lausanne; Swiss Finance Institute)

04.06.2026, 10:45 - 12:15 (Room 01-102)
1B. Microeconomics 1

• Marek Pycia
  Evaluating with Statistics: Which Outcome Measures Differentiate Among Matching Mechanisms?
  Presented by Marek Pycia (University of Zurich)
• Andy Choi, Christoph Schlom, Chengyang Zhu
  Providing Certainty
  Presented by Andy Choi (University of Michigan)
• Giovanni Valvassori Bolgè
  Extreme Points and Large Contests
  Presented by Giovanni Valvassori Bolgè (University of Fribourg)

04.06.2026, 10:45 - 12:15 (Room 01-104)
1C. Macroeconomics 1

• Johann Fuchs
  Discrete Taylor Rules
  Presented by Johann Fuchs (KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich)
• Laurence Wicht
  Accounting for economic activities in the current account: Evidence from Switzerland
  Presented by Laurence Wicht (Swiss National Bank)
• Winfried Koeniger, Jonas M. Bruhin, Lion Szlagowski
  Short Lags of Monetary Policy in a Small Open Economy
  Presented by Winfried Koeniger (University of St.Gallen)

04.06.2026, 10:45 - 12:15 (Room 01-114)
1D. International Economics 1

• Maria Pia Lombardo, Marco Graziano, Maxime Phillot
  Fiscal funding, convenience yields and the real exchange rate
  Presented by Maria Pia Lombardo (HEC Lausanne)
• Alessandro Ferrari, Andreas Freitag, Eric Kammerlander, Sarah Lein, Frank Pisch
  Exchange-Rate Pass-Through and Invoicing Currency Choice in International Production Networks
  Presented by Andreas Freitag (Swiss National Bank)
• Emiliano Toni
  State-Dependent Exchange Rate Pass-Through in a Two-Sector Open Economy Model
  Presented by Emiliano Toni (University of St. Gallen)

04.06.2026, 10:45 - 12:15 (Room 01-113)
1E. Labour Economics 1

• Axel Malmcrona, Theodor Friederiszick
  Competition in the Labor Market: Evidence from Swedish Pharmacies
  Presented by Theodor Friederiszick (University of Zurich)
• Agustina Colonna, Jorge Pérez Pérez, Lukas Rodrian
  Violation and Enforcement of Workplace Regulations: Evidence from Mexican Firm Inspections
  Presented by Lukas Rodrian (University of Zurich)
• Lucienne Disch
  Effects of Family Disruption on Child Development: The Moderating Role of Residential Relocation
  Presented by Lucienne Disch (University of Chicago)

04.06.2026, 10:45 - 12:15 (Room 01-106)
1F. Public Economics 1

• Raul Hochuli
  Decisions at the Grid’s Edge: An Improved Spatial PV Expansion in Swiss Residences
  Presented by Raul Hochuli (University of Basel)
• Jakob Roth, Laura Schwab, Beat Hintermann
  Transport Pricing to Promote E-biking and Reduce Externalities: Insights from a GPS-Tracked Experiment
  Presented by Jakob Roth (University of Basel)
• Sébastien Houde, Mikhail Zavarzin
  Energy Renovation under Rent Control
  Presented by Mikhail Zavarzin (Université de Lausanne)

04.06.2026, 10:45 - 12:15 (Room 01-207)
1G. Health Economics 1

• Stefan Meyer, Stefan Felder
  Following the Movers: Quantifying Place-Specific Effects on Swiss Healthcare Spending
  Presented by Stefan Meyer (University of Basel)
• Andreas Stoller
  Impact of Tobacco Advertising Restrictions in Switzerland: A Quasi-Experimental Study on the Effect of Billboard Bans on Smoking
  Presented by Andreas Stoller (University of Fribourg)
• Davia Kündig, Sam Kang
  Abortion Access on Violent and Sex Crimes and Parental Conflict
  Presented by Davia Kündig (University of St. Gallen)

04.06.2026, 12:15 - 13:15 (Foyer 01)
Lunchbreak

04.06.2026, 13:15 - 14:15 (Room 01-013)
Keynote Monika Schnitzer

04.06.2026, 14:15 - 14:30 (Foyer 01)
Break

04.06.2026, 14:30 - 16:00 (Room 01-111)
2A. Industrial Organization 2

• Yue Min
  Information Ranking Mechanisms in the Digital Economy: A Theoretical Framework
  Presented by Yue Min (University of Zurich)
• Atharwa Deshmukh, Severin Lenhard
  Lower Prices with Less Price Comparison
  Presented by Atharwa Deshmukh (University of St.Gallen)
• Niclas Kongstad
  Behavior-Based Price Discrimination with Incomplete Information
  Presented by Niclas Kongstad (Université de Lausanne)

04.06.2026, 14:30 - 16:00 (Room 01-102)
2B. Microeconomics and Quantitative Methods

• Carina Hausladen
  Identifying Latent Intentions via Inverse Reinforcement Learning in Repeated Linear Public Good Games
  Presented by Carina Hausladen (ETH Zurich)
• Johanna Kutz, Michael Lechner
  Quantile Individualized Average Treatment Effects
  Presented by Johanna Kutz (University of St. Gallen)
• Valentin Grob, Daniel Kaufmann
  Using factor-augmented regressions to identify monetary policy shocks
  Presented by Valentin Grob (University of Fribourg)

04.06.2026, 14:30 - 16:00 (Room 01-104)
2C. Applied Microeconomics 1

• Andrea Burro
  Self-esteem and procrastination: evidence from a field experiment
  Presented by Andrea Burro (University of St. Gallen)
• Steve Heinke, Alexandre Ziegler, Silvia Maier, Alexandra Bagaïni, Nick Doron, Isabella Kooij, Kevin Trutmann, Stephan Nebe, Thorsten Hens, Rui Mata, Philippe Tobler, Jörg Rieskamp
  Avoiding bad risks: Only risk aversion and self-control improve financial decisions
  Presented by Steve Heinke (Mobiliar Cluster for Resilience)
• Thea Zöllner, Stefan C. Wolter, Michela Carlana, Anne A. Brenøe
  Backlash to Gender Equality? Diversity Campaigns and Adolescent Career Choices
  Presented by Thea Zöllner (University of Bern)

04.06.2026, 14:30 - 16:00 (Room 01-114)
2D. International Economics 2

• Johannes Eugster, Oliver Vogt
  FXI with an occasionally binding ELB and safe-haven flows
  Presented by Johannes Eugster (Swiss National Bank)
• Sofia Schroeter
  Do corporate tax cuts affect exporters?
  Presented by Sofia Schroeter (University of Lausanne)
• David Torun
  Escaping Protectionism
  Presented by David Torun (University of Zurich)

04.06.2026, 14:30 - 16:00 (Room 01-113)
2E. Labour Economics 2

• Theodor Friederiszick, Axel Malmcrona, Theodor Friederiszick
  Labor Market Competition and Job Loss
  Presented by Theodor Friederiszick (University of Zurich)
• Claudio Schilter
  How Selectivity Shapes Selection
  Presented by Claudio Schilter (University of Bern)
• Jan Ringling
  Severance Pay and Long-term Job Outcomes
  Presented by Jan Ringling (University of Zurich)

04.06.2026, 14:30 - 16:00 (Room 01-106)
2F. Public Economics 2

• Marius Brülhart, Laia Soler
  Unfree Wills: Inheritance Rules, Bequest Motives, and Wealth Diffusion
  Presented by Marius Brülhart (University of Lausanne)
• Mikhail Zavarzin
  Work from Home and Spatial Misallocation
  Presented by Mikhail Zavarzin (University of Lausanne)
• Sébastien Houde
  The Elasticies of Rental Housing
  Presented by Sébastien Houde (University of Lausanne)

04.06.2026, 14:30 - 16:00 (Room 01-207)
2G. Health Economics 2

• Nicolas Schreiner, Linn Hjalmarsson
  A Doctor's Holiday Keeps the Patient Away: Access Frictions and Healthcare Demand
  Presented by Nicolas Schreiner (CSS Institute for Empirical Health Economics)
• Sam Kang, Brendon McConnell, Mariyana Zapryanova
  Liquid Assets: Plasma Donation Income and Crime
  Presented by Sam Kang (University of St. Gallen)
• Shubhangi Agrawal
  Breaking Barriers on Reproductive Care of Women: Evidence from India
  Presented by Shubhangi Agrawal (The University of Edinburgh)

04.06.2026, 16:10 - 17:40 (Room 01-111)
3A. Industrial Organization 3

• Andras Niedermayer
  Rational panic purchases are caused by low and uncertain future prices
  Presented by Andras Niedermayer (CY Cergy Paris Université)
• Armin Schmutzler, Germain Gaudin
  Policies against Mergers and Abuse of Dominance: What are the Effects on Innovation and Entry?
  Presented by Armin Schmutzler (University of Zurich)
• Niklas Hübner
  Mission Driven, Market Bound: Economic Perspectives on the Nature and Effects of Nonprofit Fundraising Competition
  Presented by Niklas Hübner (University of Augsburg)

04.06.2026, 16:10 - 17:40 (Room 01-102)
3B. Microeconomics 2

• Andreas Hefti, Sonke Ehret, Charles Efferson, Sonja Vogt
  Leading by the Lucky? Success Visibility and the Escalation of Risk Taking
  Presented by Andreas Hefti (Zurich University of Applied Sciences)
• Nick Netzer
  Improving Rationality by Increasing Attention
  Presented by Nick Netzer (University of Zurich)
• Bjorn Bos, Moritz Drupp, Oliver Groth-Pettersen, Paolo G. Piacquadio
  Equity and Efficiency (Tradeoffs) in Other-Regarding Preferences
  Presented by Paolo G. Piacquadio (University of St. Gallen)

04.06.2026, 16:10 - 17:40 (Room 01-104)
3C. Macroeconomics 2

• Elio Bolliger
  Cyclically Adjusted Balance, Structural Balance and Fiscal Impulse for Switzerland
  Presented by Elio Bolliger (Swiss Federal Department of Finance)
• Huixin Bi, Maxime Phillot, Sarah Zubairy
  Treasury Supply Shocks: Propagation Through Debt Expansion and Maturity Adjustment
  Presented by Maxime Phillot (Swiss National Bank)
• Silas Marimo, Oliver Takawira, Anthony Strittmatter
  The Impact of Climate Change Risk on Financial Sector Stability in Selected EMEA countries.
  Presented by Oliver Takawira (University of Johannesburg)

04.06.2026, 16:10 - 17:40 (Room 01-114)
3D. International Finance

• Darius Adlung, Darius Adlung, Adrien Wicht
  The Political Economy of Sovereign Default Risk
  Presented by Darius Adlung (University of Basel and Swiss Finance Institute)
• Adrien Wicht
  Efficient Sovereign Debt Buybacks
  Presented by Adrien Wicht (University of Basel)
• Marco Graziano, Marius Koechlin, Andreas Tischbirek
  The Spillovers of LSAPs on Banks in the Euro Area
  Presented by Marco Graziano ( University of Basel)

04.06.2026, 16:10 - 17:40 (Room 01-113)
3E. Labour Economics 3

• Helene Benghalem, Mirjam Bächli, Doriana Tinello, Sascha Zuber, Mauro Cherubini, Damaris Aschwanden, Matthias Kliegel, Rafael Lalive, Michele Pellizzari
  Getting a Job Through Cognition Training
  Presented by Mirjam Bächli (University of Lausanne)
• Leon Huetsch
  Bargaining with Babies: A theory of fertility, career sorting, firm-specific human capital and structural change
  Presented by Leon Huetsch (University of Lausanne)
• Daniel Goller, Enzo Brox, Stefan C. Wolter
  Information Frictions, Skill Uncertainty, and Skill Mismatch
  Presented by Daniel Goller (University of Bern)

04.06.2026, 16:10 - 17:40 (Room 01-106)
3F. Public Economics 3

• Enea Baselgia, Isabel Z. Martinez, Julian Koller, Remo Gurtner
  Inequality and Redistribution in Switzerland: Evidence from Distributional National Accounts
  Presented by Enea Baselgia (KOF Konjunkturforschungsstelle, ETH Zürich)
• Angelo Mimmo, Matthias Weber
  Unsupervised Machine Learning in Tax Administration
  Presented by Angelo Mimmo (University of St. Gallen)
• Valentina Sontheim
  Redshirting: Who wins, who loses?
  Presented by Valentina Sontheim (University of St. Gallen)

04.06.2026, 16:10 - 17:40 (Room 01-207)
3G. Environmental Economics 1

• Yvonne Jie Chen, Li Li, Shiko Maruyama, Peiyao Shen
  From Coal to Clean: the Impact of Clean Energy Adoption on Children’s Health
  Presented by Peiyao Shen (University of Basel)
• Ivan Ackermann
  Do People Perceive What They Breathe? Evidence from the United Kingdom
  Presented by Ivan Ackermann (University of Bern)
• Valentin Favre-Bulle, Sylvain Weber
  Financial and Non-Financial Incentives, and the Crowding-Out Effect: Evidence from a Field Experiment on Residential Electricity Consumption in Switzerland
  Presented by Valentin Favre-Bulle (Haute école de gestion de Genève)

04.06.2026, 17:40 - 17:50 (Foyer 01)
Break

04.06.2026, 17:50 - 18:50 (Room 01-013)
Award Ceremony and SSES General Assembly

04.06.2026, 19:30 - 20:15
Apero

04.06.2026, 20:15 - 22:15
Congress Dinner at Pfalzkeller

05.06.2026, 08:00 - 08:30 (Foyer 01)
Coffee

05.06.2026, 08:30 - 10:00 (Room 01-111)
4A. Macroeconomics 3

• Gerd Muehlheusser, Herbert Dawid, Ali Kashefi
  Platform liability, product safety and optimal pricing
  Presented by Gerd Muehlheusser (University of Hamburg)
• Tabea Mündlein, Costanza Gai
  Prices, Productivity, and Firm Size: Evidence from Swedish Firm-Level Data
  Presented by Tabea Mündlein (University of St.Gallen)
• David Borner
  Monetary Policy and Central Bank Communication - The Swiss Case
  Presented by David Borner (Swiss National Bank)

05.06.2026, 08:30 - 10:00 (Room 01-102)
4B. Political Economy and Behavioural Finance

• Patrick Balles, Ulrich Matter, Alois Stutzer
  Issue-Specific Voter Preferences: Measurement and Applications
  Presented by Alois Stutzer (University of Basel)
• Martin Mosler, Simon Schmitter
  Information Shocks and Attitudes towards Nuclear Power: Empirical Evidence from Iodine Tablets and Swiss Direct Democracy
  Presented by Simon Schmitter (University of Lucerne)
• Melvin Marti, Kevin Trutmann, Sebastian Olschewski, Jörg Rieskamp, Steve Heinke
  What’s Important Under the Hood? Decomposing Financial Decisions Through Structural Modeling
  Presented by Melvin Marti (University of Fribourg; University of Basel)

05.06.2026, 08:30 - 10:00 (Room 01-104)
4C. Macroeconomics 3

• Maria Pia Lombardo, Gianluca Benigno
  Expansionary Hikes
  Presented by Maria Pia Lombardo (HEC Lausanne)
• Julian Schärer
  Market Power when Ideas get Harder to Find: A Theory of Directed Innovation
  Presented by Julian Schärer (University of Zurich)
• Björn Hartmann
  Variable Markups, Growth Pass-Through, and Structural Change
  Presented by Björn Hartmann (University of St. Gallen)

05.06.2026, 08:30 - 10:00 (Room 01-114)
4D. International Economics 3

• Haorong Shao
  Tariff Wars and Endogenous Growth
  Presented by Haorong Shao (University of Lausanne)
• Johannes Eugster, Giovanni Rosso, Pinar Yesin
  The rise of inelastic intermediaries and exchange rate dynamics
  Presented by Pinar Yesin (Swiss National Bank)
• Anjeza Kadilli
  Swiss Equity Market Responses to Sustainability Regulation
  Presented by Anjeza Kadilli (HES-SO, HEG Geneva)

05.06.2026, 08:30 - 10:00 (Room 01-113)
4E. Labour Economics 4

• Alessandro Nali
  Search Effort and Dynamic Incentives in Unemployment Insurance: Evidence from Italy
  Presented by Alessandro Nali (ETH Zürich)
• Tanja Kirn, Gijs Dekkers
  From Marital Entitlements to Individual Risks: Vertical Solidarity and the Future of Survivors’ Pensions in Beveridgean Systems
  Presented by Tanja Kirn (University of Liechtenstein)
• Kurt Schmidheiny, Düzgün Dilsiz, Davud Rostam-Afschar
  Freedom of Movement, Taxation and Job Mobility in Europe
  Presented by Kurt Schmidheiny (University of Basel)

05.06.2026, 08:30 - 10:00 (Room 01-106)
4F. Public Economics 4

• Matteo Grigoletto, Kai Gehring, Fernando Fernandez, Arne Weiss
  Breaking the Gridlock: Zero-Sum Thinking, Identity and Mutually Beneficial Reforms
  Presented by Matteo Grigoletto (University of Bern / Wyss Academy for Nature)
• Richard Bluhm, Roland Hodler, Paul Schaudt
  Regional majorities
  Presented by Roland Hodler (University of St.Gallen)
• Antonio Bento, Davide Cerruti, Vaios Triantafyllou
  What Does One Gram of CO2 Cost? Revealed-Preference Evidence from the 2021 Full-Count Reform of the EU Vehicle CO2 Standard
  Presented by Davide Cerruti (WU Vienna University of Economics and Business)

05.06.2026, 08:30 - 10:00 (Room 01-207)
4G. Environmental Economics 2

• Dylan Philippe
  On Thin Ice: The Downstream effects of Glacier Melt on Agriculture
  Presented by Dylan Philippe (University of Bern)
• Roman Eric Sieler, Francisco André, Corrado Di Maria, Beat Hintermann
  Pressured to Choose? Firms' Product Choices under the EU ETS
  Presented by Roman Eric Sieler (University of Basel)
• Manon Delvaux
  From Handshake to Contract: Evidence from Land Use Agreements in Uganda
  Presented by Manon Delvaux (University of Zurich)

05.06.2026, 10:00 - 10:30 (Foyer 01)
Break

05.06.2026, 10:30 - 11:30 (Room 01-013)
Keynote Simon Loertscher

05.06.2026, 11:30 - 11:45 (Foyer 01)
Break

05.06.2026, 11:45 - 13:15 (Room 01-111)
5A. Industrial Organization 4

• Severin Lenhard, Winand Emons, Francesco Parisi
  Optional Fee-Shifting
  Presented by Severin Lenhard (Swiss Competition Commission)
• Jan Schmitz, Manuel Grieder
  Non-price product differentiation in charitable giving - Evidence from two randomized field experiments
  Presented by Manuel Grieder (UniDistance Suisse)
• Jean-Michel Benkert, Armin Schmutzler, Severin Wildhaber
  Preference Heterogeneity in Ratings
  Presented by Severin Wildhaber (University of Bern)

05.06.2026, 11:45 - 13:15 (Room 01-102)
5B. Applied Microeconomics 2

• Costanza Naguib-Stettler
  Does single-blind review encourage or discourage p-hacking?
  Presented by Costanza Naguib-Stettler (University of Bern)
• Ola Andersson, Carlos Kurschilgen, Michael Kurschilgen, Daniel Spiro
  Why Do People Take Turns?
  Presented by Michael Kurschilgen (UniDistance)
• Fabien Giauque, Mehdi Farsi, Michael Puntiroli
  Prosocial Behavior, Ambiguity, and Social Norms: Evidence from Incentivized Experiments
  Presented by Fabien Giauque (University of Neuchatel)

05.06.2026, 11:45 - 13:15 (Room 01-104)
5C. Macroeconomics 4

• Pascal Meichtry, Cristiano Cantore, Matteo Gatto, Francesco Saverio Gaudio
  Monetary–Fiscal Interactions and the Liquidity Channel of Debt Sustainability
  Presented by Pascal Meichtry (Banque de France)
• Remo Gurtner
  The Role of Managers’ Inflation History in Price Expectation Formation
  Presented by Remo Gurtner (KOF, ETHZ)
• Marko Mlikota, Pooyan Amir-Ahmadi, Dalibor Stevanovic
  Origins and Nature of Macroeconomic Instability in Vector Autoregressions
  Presented by Marko Mlikota (Geneva Graduate Institute)

05.06.2026, 11:45 - 13:15 (Room 01-114)
5D. International Economics 4

• Michael Tueting
  Climate Change, Income Inequality, and Migration in a Spatial Economy
  Presented by Michael Tueting (University of St. Gallen)
• Sarah Spycher, Daniel Heyen, Pietro Fasoli, Alessandro Tavoni, Joschka Wanner
  Solar Radiation Management and Trade
  Presented by Sarah Spycher (ETH Zurich)
• Yann Cerasi, Gazi Kabas, Steven Ongena, Kasper Roszbach
  Giving up on the Home? How Downpayment Requirements Shape Consumption and Saving
  Presented by Yann Cerasi (University of Zurich)

05.06.2026, 11:45 - 13:15 (Room 01-113)
5E. Labour Economics 5

• Martina Viarengo
  The Gender Dimension of Refugees' Integration in the Labor Market
  Presented by Martina Viarengo (Geneva Graduate Institute)
• Katarina Zigova
  Dual Reform of Vocational Education and Early Labour Market Outcomes
  Presented by Katarina Zigova (University of Zurich)
• Guillaume Morlet
  The Impact of Subsidies on Training: Evidence from the United States
  Presented by Guillaume Morlet (ETH Zurich)

05.06.2026, 11:45 - 13:15 (Room 01-106)
5F. Public Economics 5

• Alejandra Rodríguez Morales
  From Boom to Bust: The Structural Transformation of Chile's Industrial Sector After the Nitrate Collapse
  Presented by Alejandra Rodríguez Morales (University of Lucerne)
• Nina Kalbermatter, Melanie Häner-Müller, Christoph A. Schaltegger
  The Adaptive Middle Class: How Families Adjust to Revolving Transfer Shocks
  Presented by Nina Kalbermatter (University of Lucerne)
• Simon Lang
  Optimal Carbon Prices in an Unequal World: The Role of Regional Welfare Weights
  Presented by Simon Lang (ETH Zurich)

05.06.2026, 11:45 - 13:15 (Room 01-207)
5G. Applied Microeconomics 3

• Siwar Khelifa, Bruno Lanz, Marco Pecoraro
  Refugee Peers in Language-Support and Ability-Tracked Classes: Evidence from Switzerland
  Presented by Siwar Khelifa (Neuchatel University)
• Aljosha Henkel, Arto Arman
  From Use to Views: How Personal Experience with Cannabis Legalization Shapes Drug Policy Preferences
  Presented by Aljosha Henkel (ETH Zurich)
• Yannick Schmutz
  Place-Based Policy in 1970s Switzerland
  Presented by Yannick Schmutz (University of Fribourg)

05.06.2026, 13:15 - 14:15
Lunch and Farewell