The aim of the Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics is to promote and advance economic research in Switzerland and to improve the collaboration between the domestic and international research community. An important focus lies also on the promotion of young economist by providing them with...

The 2022 SSES annual congress will include thematic sessions on "Social media and its challenges for economic policy" and for the meeting's general sessions (on any topic relevant to all fields of economics and statistics).

The special theme of the meeting will be “Household Finance”. However, as usual at SSES meetings, contributed papers across a wide range of topics will be welcome, including: macroeconomics, microeconomics, finance, economic policy, regulation, public economics, economic history, political...

The special theme of the meeting will be “Economists and Policy Making”. However, as usual at SSES meetings, contributed papers across a wide range of topics will be welcome, including: macroeconomics, microeconomics, finance, economic policy, regulation, public economics, economic history,...

As a group of economists and political scientists, we investigate forms, causes, and consequences of media bias, especially in news markets. Main questions of interest are: - How can media bias be defined and measured? - In which situations is bias driven by the supply side of the news market?...

Topics: - International adjustment dynamics; - Current account imbalances and international capital flows; - Global financial crises; - Open-economy macroeconomic models; - Exchange rates; - International dimensions of monetary and fiscal policy; - Sovereign risk.

Topics: - The branding of religions: How do religions and religious institutions try to brand themselves? - Positive and negative public images of religions and their effects - Religion and marketing Communication, media and the promotion of religions - Effects of religious branding and...

Topic List: 1. Web surveys 2. Unit Nonresponse and attrition 3. Weighting and imputation 4. Survey mode 5. Data linkage 6. Methods for cross-national design and analysis 7. Paradata and fieldwork 8. Data archiving 9. Longitudinal surveys 10. Health Examination Surveys 11. Substantive...