Department of Economics

Professor Dominic Rohner appointed Associate Editor at the Economic Journal (EJ)
Dominic Rohner, professor in the Department of Economics at HEC Lausanne (UNIL), has just been appointed Associate Editor at the Economic Journal.

La pandémie de coronavirus fait chuter le PIB vaudois de 5,5%
Mai 2020 | L’économie vaudoise n’échappe pas aux conséquences de la pandémie de coronavirus.

Covid-19 crisis: Survey on the financial and psychological consequences for self-employed...
We still know very little about the effects of the coronavirus crisis on self-employed workers. A survey carried out at HEC Lausanne (UNIL) by Professors Rafael Lalive and Marius Brülhart, in the context of Enterprise for Society and the KOF Institute at ETHZ with over 1,000 self-employed workers and business owners show that in some cases, the lockdown has resulted in a massive loss of sales and psychological problems. Self-employed workers who have had to close down their business, in particular, have reported a significant decline in income and are fearful for their economic survival.

Two economists from HEC Lausanne on the National Covid-19 Science Task Force
On 31 March, the Swiss federal government announced the creation of the National Covid-19 Science Task Force, with a select group of academic researchers – including Prof. Marius Brülhart and Prof. Rafael Lalive from HEC Lausanne (UNIL) – making their expertise in the field and in science and research available to the political and federal authorities.

Best teacher awards: nine professors rewarded at HEC Lausanne
The Deanship of the Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Lausanne recently presented its nine “HEC Lausanne Best Teacher Awards”, singling out teachers for the success of their courses as rated by students.