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How does environmental regulation shape economic development?: a tax competition model of China

We propose a novel theoretical framework to study how environmental regulation shapes economic development in a developing country such as China. We develop a dynamic tax competition model in which local governments, located in development zones, use variation in taxes to attract workers to their jurisdictions. Their objective is to maximize tax revenue less local health costs that…

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Français, English / 20/02/2018

Guilty speculators? Range-based conditional volatility in a cross-section of wheat futures

In response to the unusually high levels of price volatility during the world food price crisis of 2007/2008, US and EU regulators have introduced position limits that aim to protect commodity markets from exposure to excess speculation. Such regulatory initiatives presuppose that excess speculation is indeed responsible for excess volatility. Our results debunk this presupposition…

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English / 01/01/2018

Business Ethics and Human Rights. The Industrial Involvement in the Embeddedness of the Tibetan Community in Rikon, Switzerland: A Case Study

This case study discusses the complex socio-cultural and political dynamics of the Tibetan Diaspora in Switzerland from a multilayer perspective of history, human rights, law, international business, social and developmental economics. We focus on the village Rikon in Tösstal, Canton Zurich as an example of social embeddedness for refugees driven by the Kuhn-Rikon industry and…

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English / 01/01/2018

In search of new product ideas: Identifying ideas in online communities by machine learning and text mining

Online communities are attractive sources of ideas relevant for new product development and innovation. However, making sense of the ‘big data’ in these communities is a complex analytical task. A systematic way of dealing with these data is needed to exploit their potential for boosting companies' innovation performance. We propose a method for analysing online community data…

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English / 09/12/2017

"Principled Embeddedness": How foreign direct Investment may contribute to inclusive and sustainable growth in developing economies?

Foreign direct investment (FDI) plays a crucial role in enabling developing economies to embark on a path of inclusive growth. This applies in particular if local subsidiaries of multinational enterprises (MNEs) are committed to ‘principled embeddedness’ meaning that they are prepared to integrate parts of the local economy into global value chains by enabling them to comply with the…

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English / 23/11/2017

Sustainable and Future Oriented Cocoa Production in Ghana: Analysis of the Initiatives of two Swiss Chocolate Manufacturers

Sustainability remains high on the worldwide agenda in the cocoa sector as numerous problems threaten its viability. This study gives a broad picture of the Ghanaian cocoa sector and examines the initiatives of two Swiss chocolate manufacturers aiming at a more sustainable and future-oriented cocoa production in Ghana.
The study reveals many challenges the Ghanaian cocoa sector…

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English / 23/11/2017

Embeddedness of Chiquita’s Banana Production in Panama: The potential to mitigate social and ecological problems

The study examines the banana production operations of Chiquita in the remote region of Changuinola in Panama and contrasts it with experiences from Guatemala and Costa Rica. Of particular interest are the local context and the socio-economic framework conditions in which the company is operating. They are essential to assessing the embeddedness of the company in the region. Moreover…

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English / 23/11/2017

Positive Sustainability Effects Resulting from Embeddedness: Evidence from Syngenta’s potato business in Kenya and Colombia

A variety of studies assess the impact of multinational enterprises (MNE) in developing countries. They mainly focus on the negative externalities of these companies. Therefore, this study focuses on the positive effects emanating from the presence of MNEs in developing countries. It is hypothesised that positive externalities resulting from MNEs have their source in the local…

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English / 23/11/2017

Essays in asset pricing

My dissertation consists of three chapters, each of which focuses on a different area of research in asset pricing. The first chapter's focal point is the measurement of the premium for jump risks in index option markets. The second chapter is devoted to non- parametric measurement of pricing kernel dispersion. The third chapter contributes to the literature on latent state variable…

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Università  della Svizzera italiana

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English / 16/11/2017

Der Schweizer Mietimmobilienmarkt belohnt andere Nachhaltigkeitsmerkmale als Energieeffizienz

Analysiert wird der Einfluss von Nachhaltigkeitsmerkmalen auf die Bestandesmieten von 3120 Wohnungen. Im Ergebnis zeigen sich substanzielle Mietprämien für Tageslicht, geringe Strahlenbelastung und ökologische Baumaterialien sowie ÖV-Anschluss.
Ein schwach signifikanter Mietpreisabschlag wird für Flexibilität sowie Heizwärmebedarf ermittelt.

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Deutsch / 01/11/2017

A note on the economics of philanthropy

This note starts with a short review of the economic literature on philanthropy. Next, it provides some estimates of philanthropic giving in advanced and middle-income economies and discusses how innovative financial instruments can leverage charitable giving. The note concludes with a discussion of the controversial aspects of philanthropic activities.

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Français, English / 09/10/2017

Does Greece need more official debt relief? If so, how much?

Creditor countries and international organizations continue to disagree whether Greece should receive additional official debt relief, and if so how much. This paper first shows that these disagreements can be attributed to competing assumptions about Greece's future capacity to repay, particularly about economic growth and the fiscal primary balance. It next evaluates the…

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English / 09/10/2017

Public good provision in Indian rural areas: the returns to collective action by microfinance groups

Self-help groups (SHGs) are the most common form of microfinance in India. We provide evidence that SHGs, composed of women only, undertake collective actions for the provision of public goods. Using a theoretical model, we show that an elected official, whose aim is to maximise re-election chances, would exert higher effort in providing public goods when private citizens undertake…

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Français, English / 06/10/2017

Identities and public policies: unintended effects of political reservations for women in India

Identity is an important determinant of economic behavior. A limitation of the existing literature is the focus on one identity dimension at a time. We show that the multiplicity of identity dimensions matters for economic behavior and that neglecting it may lead policy makers to overlook important, unintended effects of economic policies. We exploit the randomized nature of…

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/ 03/10/2017

The cyclicality of international public sector borrowing in developing countries: does the lender matter?

The paper shows that international government borrowing from multilateral development banks is countercyclical while international government borrowing form private sector lenders is procyclical. The countercyclicality of official lending is mostly driven by the behavior of the World Bank (borrowing from regional development banks tends to be acyclical). The paper also shows that…

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/ 03/10/2017

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