20th End-Of-Year Conference of Swiss Economists Abroad

December 19, 2025
University of Bern

All around the globe, economists from Switzerland are involved in interesting research. The annual end-of-year conference of the Network of Swiss Economists Abroad aims to facilitate
the contact and academic exchange between those researchers.

Eligibility
We are accepting papers in all fields of economics from researchers who are from
Switzerland or have strong ties to Switzerland (e.g., BA or PhD from Switzerland) and are
currently conducting academic research abroad. PhD students are especially welcome to submit.

Submission
Please submit an abstract of your paper through the online submission form at https://express.converia.de/frontend/index.php?folder_id=10656

Submission Deadline
September 30, 2025. The submitting authors will be notified of the Program Committee's decision by the end of October 2025.

Funding
We are very grateful to the Swiss National Bank for funding of the conference costs,
including accommodation for the presenters and to the Swiss Society of Economics and Sta-
tistics for offering travel grants for PhD students presenting at the conference.

Organizers
Enrico Berkes (University of Maryland, Baltimore County), Aline Bütikofer (Norwegian
School of Economics), Patrick Gaule (Bristol University), Michele Pelli (Central Bank of Ireland)

Local Organizer
Michael Gerfin and Maximilian Ehrlich (University of Bern)

We are very much looking forward to your submissions.

Please pass this information on to Swiss economists outside of Switzerland that you may know and who are not yet members of the network. For any additional questions or to join Swiss Economists Abroad, please do not hesitate to contact us at endofyear@swisseconomistsabroad.org.