Hans Gersbach
Macroeconomics
Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies
Germany
Biography
Since 2006, Hans Gersbach holds the Chair of Macroeconomics: Innovation and Policy at ETH Zurich (Switzerland). He is also Director of CER-ETH at Center for Economic Research at ETH Zurich and a CEPR Research Fellow in Public Policy and Industrial Organization. The Swiss Institute for Business Cycle Research (KOF) is a member of the Swiss Institute of Business Cycle Research (ETH). He is also a member of IZA and a CESifo Research Fellow. Current research on the design of new economic and political institutions for the well-being of societies. His research also includes macroeconomic policy design, innovation and growth, epidemic diseases and financial stability. In these fields, he has published extensively in renowned scientific journals.
Research Interest
Current research on the design of new economic and political institutions for the well-being of societies. His research also includes macroeconomic policy design, innovation and growth, epidemic diseases and financial stability. In these fields, he has published extensively in renowned scientific journals.
Publications
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The Affectionate Society: Does Competition for Partners Promote Friendliness ?, Economic Theory, 40, 2009, 389-403. (with Hans Haller) When Inefficiency Effiency Efficiency, Economic Theory, 25 (1), 2005, 105-121. (with Hans Haller)
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Minority Voting and Long-term Decisions, Games and Economic Behavior, forthcoming, 2010. (with Theresa Fahrenberger) Democratic Mechanisms, Journal of the European Economic Association, forthcoming, 2009.
