Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC Lausanne)

Peace policies: Prof. Dominic Rohner appointed head of a new research network dedicated...
Recognised as one of the world’s leading research centres for economics, the Centre for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) has just launched a research network dedicated to conflict prevention and peace policies. The head of the new centre of competence, Prof. Dominic Rohner, from HEC Lausanne (UNIL), manages a group of around 30 experts, whose task is to increase the visibility of research in this field among a wide audience.

The corporate tax reform in Switzerland: what impact will the May 19th vote have?
Insights from research at HEC Lausanne-UNIL - As an academic at HEC Lausanne (UNIL) and a lawyer specializing in taxation, Prof. Pierre-Marie Glauser sheds light on the consequences of approving the corporate tax reform voted in on May 19th.

Prévisions pour l'économie suisse en 2019-2021
Mai 2019 | L'économie suisse devrait se replier nettement en 2019 avant d'accélérer, d'abord modestement en 2020 et plus fortement en 2021.

Prof. Boris Nikolov is appointed Research member of the European Corporate Governance...
Boris Nikolov, professor of finance at HEC Lausanne (UNIL), was appointed Research member of the ECGI (European Corporate Governance Institute) last month. He is thus helping provide new insights and avenues of exploration in matters of corporate governance to a public of scientists, professionals and political decision-makers. The school congratulates him for this appointment.

Professor Antoinette Schoar is awarded a doctorate honoris causa from the University...
The 2019 Dies academicus ceremony takes place this Friday, May 24 at the University of Lausanne. On this occasion, and on the proposal of HEC Lausanne, Professor Antoinette Schoar of the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will be awarded a doctorate honoris causa.