News from the editors of the Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics http://sjes.springeropen.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/sjeseditors.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/sjeseditors.bsky.social/post/3mkkxjqhgsc23🚨 We are very happy to announce that Andreas Fuster has joined our editorial board. Welcome, Andreas! Andreas is an Associate Professor of Finance and SFI Senior Chair at SFI Swiss Finance Institute EPFL. This October, he will join UZH Department of Finance as a Full Professor.28 Apr 2026 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:r6itsfin5ecrb747hryoeg7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkxjqhgsc23https://bsky.app/profile/sjeseditors.bsky.social/post/3mjvv7fos6k2r🚨🚨🚨 New article How do Swiss firms set their prices? In a new paper, Pascal Seiler reports insights from a new comprehensive pricing survey among 1,555 Swiss firms. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41937-026-00151-2 @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social @kaufmanndani.bsky.social20 Apr 2026 06:56 +0000at://did:plc:r6itsfin5ecrb747hryoeg7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjvv7fos6k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/sjeseditors.bsky.social/post/3mgmg5dsv2k2e🚨🚨🚨 New article: Can ”responsible investing” do any good? Thorsten Hens and Ester Trutwin develop a model that suggests that it can. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41937-026-00150-3 @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social @kaufmanndani.bsky.social09 Mar 2026 08:16 +0000at://did:plc:r6itsfin5ecrb747hryoeg7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgmg5dsv2k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/sjeseditors.bsky.social/post/3mg2yxsbr4s2fNew article 🚨🚨🚨 Christian Glocker, Serguei Kaniovski and Philipp Wegmüller develop a new strategy for estimating the output gap, a key indicator of economic slack. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41937-026-00149-w @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social @kaufmanndani.bsky.social02 Mar 2026 10:05 +0000at://did:plc:r6itsfin5ecrb747hryoeg7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg2yxsbr4s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/sjeseditors.bsky.social/post/3mexqwzzbwk2i🚨🚨 New article: How much do the Swiss dislike fellow citizens with different political views? Benjamin Jansen & Alois Stutzer study affective polarization using split-ticket voting in parliamentary elections. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41937-025-00145-6 @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social @kaufmanndani.bsky.social16 Feb 2026 09:39 +0000at://did:plc:r6itsfin5ecrb747hryoeg7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mexqwzzbwk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/sjeseditors.bsky.social/post/3melbci54rc2bNew article 🚨🚨🚨 Jessica Leutert, Rolf Scheufele, and Selina Schön analyze wage–price pass-through in Switzerland over the period 1980–2019. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41937-026-00148-x @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social @kaufmanndani.bsky.social11 Feb 2026 10:27 +0000at://did:plc:r6itsfin5ecrb747hryoeg7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3melbci54rc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/sjeseditors.bsky.social/post/3mdv6e5uvkc2vNew article 🚨🚨🚨 Frédéric Kluser and Maximilian von Ehrlich sift through 22 million household consumption baskets to study online grocery shopping adoption. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41937-025-00147-4 @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social @kaufmanndani.bsky.social02 Feb 2026 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:r6itsfin5ecrb747hryoeg7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdv6e5uvkc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/sjeseditors.bsky.social/post/3mcrdgyobe22y🚨 One more day: submission deadline 20 January 🚨 Remember to submit your paper or abstract to the 2026 Annual Congress of the Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics (St. Gallen, June 4-5, 2026). 👉 https://www.sgvs.ch/conferences/sses2026/call/ @unisg.ch @swisseconomists.bsky.social19 Jan 2026 09:31 +0000at://did:plc:r6itsfin5ecrb747hryoeg7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcrdgyobe22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/sjeseditors.bsky.social/post/3mbh5syxx522pNew article 🚨🚨🚨 Jonas Bruhin, Matthias Fengler, Winfried Koeniger and Robert Rohrkemper refine and analyse a high-frequency consumer spending index for Switzerland. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41937-025-00146-5 @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social @kaufmanndani.bsky.social02 Jan 2026 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:r6itsfin5ecrb747hryoeg7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbh5syxx522phttps://bsky.app/profile/sjeseditors.bsky.social/post/3manpaqlhtk2wDoes cost-sharing between upper-level and lower-level governments encourage overspending in the education sector? New article by Tobias Schib: link.springer.com/article/10.1... @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social @kaufmanndani.bsky.social23 Dec 2025 12:01 +0000at://did:plc:r6itsfin5ecrb747hryoeg7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3manpaqlhtk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/sjeseditors.bsky.social/post/3m3pig4pqfk2gNew article in our collection Digital Transformation: https://sjes.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41937-025-00142-9 Conny Wunsch, Felix Rochlitz and Patrick Arni use novel data to study jobseekers’ skills, potential skill gaps, and their job search behaviour. @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social @kaufmanndani.bsky.social21 Oct 2025 13:58 +0000at://did:plc:r6itsfin5ecrb747hryoeg7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3pig4pqfk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/sjeseditors.bsky.social/post/3m25c2lkuzc2kNew article in our collection Textual Analysis in Economics and Finance by Marie-Catherine Bieri https://sjes.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41937-025-00139-4 @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social @kaufmanndani.bsky.social01 Oct 2025 14:51 +0000at://did:plc:r6itsfin5ecrb747hryoeg7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3m25c2lkuzc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/sjeseditors.bsky.social/post/3lyu7csqzes2jNew article: https://sjes.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41937-025-00141-w Frédéric Kluser investigates the socioeconomic implications of cross-border shopping by exploiting Switzerland’s COVID-19-induced border closure in 2020 as a natural experiment. #EconSky @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social @kaufmanndani.bsky.social15 Sep 2025 06:43 +0000at://did:plc:r6itsfin5ecrb747hryoeg7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyu7csqzes2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/sjeseditors.bsky.social/post/3lyk7oro3p22jNew article: https://sjes.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41937-025-00140-x @florian-landis.bsky.social examines how different consumption goods contribute to household-level responsibility for global greenhouse gas emissions in Switzerland and explores climate policies that create equitable outcomes. #EconSky11 Sep 2025 07:23 +0000at://did:plc:r6itsfin5ecrb747hryoeg7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyk7oro3p22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/sjeseditors.bsky.social/post/3lwvew2ujwc2m📢 Extended deadline for the collection #Textual #Analysis in #Economics and #Finance https://link.springer.com/collections/cdjdaibacb Submit your articles until 31 December 2025. #EconSky @kaufmanndani.bsky.social @elliottash.bsky.social @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social21 Aug 2025 07:05 +0000at://did:plc:r6itsfin5ecrb747hryoeg7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwvew2ujwc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/sjeseditors.bsky.social/post/3lvn3crlnbs2vNew article: https://sjes.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41937-025-00138-5 Adrien Bussy and Annalisa Tassi study the effects of a reform to VAT rules aimed at eliminating cross-border VAT fraud within the European Union. #EconSky @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social @kaufmanndani.bsky.social05 Aug 2025 06:27 +0000at://did:plc:r6itsfin5ecrb747hryoeg7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvn3crlnbs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/sjeseditors.bsky.social/post/3lv3h62qr2s2yNew article: https://sjes.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41937-025-00135-8 Pascal Kündig investigates whether publicly available data from online platforms help predict bankruptcies of individual restaurants in Switzerland. #EconSky @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social @kaufmanndani.bsky.social29 Jul 2025 06:11 +0000at://did:plc:r6itsfin5ecrb747hryoeg7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv3h62qr2s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/sjeseditors.bsky.social/post/3lumemu6znk2tNew article: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41937-025-00137-6 Andreas Brunhart and Martin Geiger investigate the adjustment dynamics of aggregate and sectoral goods exports following the Swiss Franc exchange rate shock in January 2015. #EconSky @kaufmanndani.bsky.social @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social23 Jul 2025 06:16 +0000at://did:plc:r6itsfin5ecrb747hryoeg7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lumemu6znk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/sjeseditors.bsky.social/post/3luhb6qrvss2e📢 Final call: The Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics invites submissions for the collection #Textual #Analysis in #Economics and #Finance (final deadline 31 July 2025, https://link.springer.com/collections/cdjdaibacb) #EconSky @kaufmanndani.bsky.social @elliottash.bsky.social @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social21 Jul 2025 05:31 +0000at://did:plc:r6itsfin5ecrb747hryoeg7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3luhb6qrvss2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/sjeseditors.bsky.social/post/3ltj6yraoqk2dNew article in the SJES Data collection: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41937-025-00136-7 Vera Z. Eichenauer, Remo Gurtner, and ‪Furkan Oguz introduce the Swiss COVID-19 fiscal policy dataset, a new high-frequency dataset that covers all fiscal support measures adopted in Switzerland. #EconSky09 Jul 2025 06:32 +0000at://did:plc:r6itsfin5ecrb747hryoeg7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltj6yraoqk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/sjeseditors.bsky.social/post/3lt5ehtnfnc2u🏆 Follow-up: Best Paper Award Last week, we announced the winner of the award for the best paper published in the 2024 edition of the Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics: Brendan Berthold for his paper, "The Macro-Financial Effects of Climate Policy Risk: Evidence from Switzerland."04 Jul 2025 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:r6itsfin5ecrb747hryoeg7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt5ehtnfnc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/sjeseditors.bsky.social/post/3lsldenvdqk2k🏆 Best Paper Award The award for the best paper published in the Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics in 2025 goes to Brendan Berthold for his paper “The macro-financial effects of Climate Policy Risk: evidence from Switzerland”. www.sgvs.ch/awards/27 Jun 2025 09:30 +0000at://did:plc:r6itsfin5ecrb747hryoeg7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsldenvdqk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/sjeseditors.bsky.social/post/3lqopwfcjlk2mNew article: https://sjes.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41937-025-00134-9 Fernández-Amador, Oberdabernig, and Tomberger demonstrate how Swiss cantons are integrated into global supply chains, highlighting the regional impacts of energy price shocks. #EconSky @kaufmanndani.bsky.social @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social03 Jun 2025 07:03 +0000at://did:plc:r6itsfin5ecrb747hryoeg7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqopwfcjlk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/sjeseditors.bsky.social/post/3lozrzdovs224New article: https://sjes.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41937-025-00133-w N. Kundan Kishor and Nam Nguyen propose a novel approach to estimate the credit gap, defined as the deviation of the credit-to-GDP ratio from its long-term trend. #EconSky @kaufmanndani.bsky.social @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social13 May 2025 05:49 +0000at://did:plc:r6itsfin5ecrb747hryoeg7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lozrzdovs224https://bsky.app/profile/sjeseditors.bsky.social/post/3lopsvmkgms2vThe Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics invites submissions for its collection #SJES #Data (https://link.springer.com/collections/aaiaejbdef). #EconSky @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social @rlalive.bsky.social @kaufmanndani.bsky.social09 May 2025 06:38 +0000at://did:plc:r6itsfin5ecrb747hryoeg7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lopsvmkgms2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/sjeseditors.bsky.social/post/3lolgls7hbs25Reminder: The Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics invites submissions for the collection #Textual #Analysis in #Economics and #Finance. https://link.springer.com/collections/cdjdaibacb #EconSky @kaufmanndani.bsky.social @elliottash.bsky.social @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social07 May 2025 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:r6itsfin5ecrb747hryoeg7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lolgls7hbs25https://bsky.app/profile/sjeseditors.bsky.social/post/3lj5erhb6f22wReminder: Call for Papers on Family Policies and Labor Supply The Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics invites submissions to the collection https://link.springer.com/collections/bgahcabigj #EconSky @christinafelfe.bsky.social @kaufmanndani.bsky.social @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social27 Feb 2025 07:31 +0000at://did:plc:r6itsfin5ecrb747hryoeg7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj5erhb6f22whttps://bsky.app/profile/sjeseditors.bsky.social/post/3lhg2nhxv5k2sNew article: https://sjes.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41937-024-00132-3 Johannes Lehmann and Michael Beckmann analyze how digital technologies impact performance incentives in Swiss businesses. #EconSky @kaufmanndani.bsky.social @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social05 Feb 2025 07:34 +0000at://did:plc:r6itsfin5ecrb747hryoeg7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhg2nhxv5k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/sjeseditors.bsky.social/post/3lgqbi6hig22hSubmission deadline approaching: Call for Papers for the 2025 Annual Congress of the Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics (SSES/SGVS) on New Designs for the Market Economy https://www.sgvs.ch/conferences/sses2025/ #EconSky @kaufmanndani.bsky.social @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social @kurtschmidheiny.bsky.social27 Jan 2025 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:r6itsfin5ecrb747hryoeg7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgqbi6hig22h