Journal

The Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES) is an internationally visible ‘diamond open access’ peer-reviewed academic journal, published by Springer Nature. The SJES is Switzerland’s most prominent academic journal in economics. It is also one of the world’s longest established economics journals, with an uninterrupted publication history that stretches back to 1864. Both the submission of new manuscripts and the download of published papers are free of charge for interested researchers worldwide. The journal is owned by our Society, published in collaboration with SpringerOpen and financially supported by the Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences (SAGW).

Editor-in-chief

Marius Brülhart, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Co-editors

Stefan Bühler, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland

Aline Bütikofer, Norwegian School of Economics, Norway

Andreas Fuster, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

Daniel Kaufmann, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Jérémy Lucchetti, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Conny Wunsch, University of Basel, Switzerland

Associate editors

Iwan Barankay, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, United States

Iris Bohnet, Harvard University, United States

Martin Brown, Study Center Gerzensee, Switzerland

Mike Burkart, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

Jean-Pierre Danthine, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

Simon Gächter, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

Jordi Gali, Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), Spain

Volker Grossmann, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Urban Jermann, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, United States

Guido Kürsteiner, University of Maryland-College Park, United States

Rafael Lalive, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Beatrice Weder di Mauro, Geneva Graduate Institute, Switzerland

Andreas I. Müller, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Ugo Panizza, Geneva Graduate Institute, Switzerland

Rene Stulz, Ohio State University, United States

Cédric Tille, Geneva Graduate Institute, Switzerland

Editorial office

Marius Brülhart
Professor of Economics
University of Lausanne
CH-1015 Lausanne

ISSN

2235-6282 (electronic)

0303-9692 (print)