Master of Science in Applied Economics

Graduates

Congratulations to all graduates of 2024

Interdisciplinary Academic Award for Sustainable Development

Awarded to the best master’s thesis on a theme related to sustainable development

  • 2022 Benjamin Ignoto for his thesis Carbon tax on air flights: Empirical evidence from the University of Neuchâtel. Supervised by Prof. Jean-Marie Grether
  • 2021 Nicola Francescutto for his thesis Did the carbon tax effectively reduce the demand for heating fuels in the Swiss residential sector? Evidence from the SHBS. Supervised by Prof. Nicole Mathys
  • 2018 Nathan Delacrétaz for his thesis Quantifying external effects of peak highway use: Evidence of hospitalisations of near-leaving population. Supervised by Prof. Bruno Lanz
  • 2014 Matthieu Aubert for his thesis Impact d’une exigence légale environnementale sur l’innovation : le cas des gros consommateurs neuchâtelois. Supervised by Prof. Alain Schönenberger

Prix Henri Grandjean (since 2010)

Awarded to the best thesis related to an economic or social issue at the Faculty of Economics and Business

  • 2024 Marion Monney for her bachelor thesis Exploring voter dynamics in Swiss climate policies (2021-2023): Reasons for a reversal. Supervised by Prof. Jean-Marie Grether
  • 2023 Tashi Gasser for his master thesis Climate change, extreme temperatures and conflict: Evidence from mainland Southeast Asia. Supervised by Prof. Bruno Lanz
  • 2022 Pablo Beyer for his master’s thesis Mobility behaviour and parking fare preferences of employees at the University of Neuchâtel. Supervised by Prof. Nicole Mathys
  • 2021 Alessio Lombini for his master’s thesis The impact of regulatory heterogeneity on Global Value Chain-related trade: Insights from a structural gravity model. Supervised by Prof. Piergiuseppe Fortunato
  • 2021 David Zahnd for his master’s thesis A daily indicator to monitor the health of The Swiss economy: Do French-speaking news help to predict business cycles? Supervised by Prof. Daniel Kaufmann
  • 2020 Rita Mairam Ischkanian Schmutz for her master’s thesis Development and violence: Empirical evidence from Belo Monte hydroelectric dam.  Supervised by Dr. Diana Pacheco
  • 2020 Anthony Nguyen for his master’s thesis Refugees, migrants and the rise of the Swiss far-right. Supervised by Dr. Marco Pecoraro
  • 2019 Laia Soler for her master’s thesis Estimation of the costs of celiac disease: The case of Switzerland. Supervised by Prof. Milad Zarin
  • 2018 Marius Berger for his master’s thesis Minimum wage and employment: Empirical evidence from Western Switzerland. Supervised by Prof. Bruno Lanz
  • 2017 Joachim Welte for his master’s thesis Income inequality and the new keynesian Philips curve: The case of the United States 1998-2012. Supervised by Dr. Pierre Monnin and Prof. Jean-Marie Grether
  • 2016 Isabel Schirmer for her master’s thesis Factors of successful diffusion of green energy technologies to developing and emerging countries: A multiple case study on the canton of Neuchâtel. Supervised by Prof. Jean-Marie Grether and Jaques Forster
  • 2015 Cécile Hediger for her master’s thesis The determinants of farmers’ participation to Extenso Supervised by Prof. Nicole Mathys
  • 2014 Stephan Odermatt for his thesis Mobile banking adoption in Switzerland: an analysis based on bank microdata. Supevised by Prof. Milad Zarin
  • 2013 Matthieu Aubert for his thesis Impact d’une exigence légale environnementale sur l’innovation : le cas des gros consommateurs neuchâtelois. Supervised by Prof. Alain Schönenberger
  • 2012 Irina Hotz for her thesis Energy endowments, barriers to trade and industry location in Chinese provinces
  • 2011 Sandra Gogniat for her thesis Estimating the benefits of an improvement in water quality and flow regulation: Case study of the Doubs
  • 2010 Gaëlle Dreyer for her thesis Analyse des déterminants du choix de la franchise dans l’assurance-maladie de base en Suisse

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