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Working Papers

2025

1. Energy cultures and language border in Switzerland
   IRENE Working Papers, IRENE Institute of Economic Research
2. Killing the bill: The interplay of social comparisons and financial information on preferences for electricity-saving behaviors
   IRENE Working Papers, IRENE Institute of Economic Research

2024

3. Swiss Household Energy Demand Survey: Past experiences and new perspectives
   IRENE Working Papers, IRENE Institute of Economic Research View citations (2)

2022

4. Analysis of investment decisions based on homeowners' stated preferences: Policy measures, smart technologies and financing options
   IRENE Working Papers, IRENE Institute of Economic Research
5. Impact of complexity and experience on energy investment decisions for residential buildings
   IRENE Working Papers, IRENE Institute of Economic Research View citations (1)
6. The role of tenants in the transition towards more sustainable energy consumption
   IRENE Working Papers, IRENE Institute of Economic Research
7. Who is afraid of electric vehicles? An analysis of stated EV preferences in Switzerland
   IRENE Working Papers, IRENE Institute of Economic Research

2020

8. Beyond political divides: Analyzing public opinion on carbon taxation in Switzerland
   IRENE Working Papers, IRENE Institute of Economic Research
   See also Chapter Beyond political divides: analyzing public opinion on carbon taxation in Switzerland, Chapters, Edward Elgar Publishing (2021) View citations (1) (2021)
9. Energy efficiency and heating technology investments: Manipulating financial information in a discrete choice experiment
   IRENE Working Papers, IRENE Institute of Economic Research
   See also Journal Article Energy efficiency and heating technology investments: Manipulating financial information in a discrete choice experiment, Resource and Energy Economics, Elsevier (2021) View citations (10) (2021)
10. Too little too late: An empirical study of renovation of building elements
    IRENE Working Papers, IRENE Institute of Economic Research View citations (1)
11. Travel mode choices in a greening market: the impact of electric vehicles and prior investments
    IRENE Working Papers, IRENE Institute of Economic Research

2017

12. Interactions in Swiss Households' Energy Demand: A Holistic Approach
    IRENE Working Papers, IRENE Institute of Economic Research View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Interactions in Swiss households’ energy demand: A holistic approach, Energy Policy, Elsevier (2019) View citations (6) (2019)
13. Swiss Household Energy Demand Survey (SHEDS): Objectives, design, and implementation
    IRENE Working Papers, IRENE Institute of Economic Research View citations (27)

2016

14. Turn it up and open the window: On the rebound effects in residential heating
    IRENE Working Papers, IRENE Institute of Economic Research View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Turn It Up and Open the Window: On the Rebound Effects in Residential Heating, Ecological Economics, Elsevier (2018) View citations (13) (2018)

2014

15. Travel distance, fuel efficiency, and vehicle weight: An estimation of the rebound effect using individual data in Switzerland
    IRENE Working Papers, IRENE Institute of Economic Research View citations (9)

2013

16. Unobserved heterogeneous effects in the cost efficiency analysis of electricity distribution systems
    Working Papers, Swiss Economics View citations (9)
    Also in CER-ETH Economics working paper series, CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research (CER-ETH) at ETH Zurich (2013) View citations (13)
    LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) (2013) View citations (9)

2012

17. Retail demand for voluntary carbon offsets - A choice experiment among Swiss consumers
    IED Working paper, IED Institute for Environmental Decisions, ETH Zurich View citations (9)
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2012) View citations (8)

2011

18. Accounting for heterogeneity in the measurement of hospital performance
    ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich View citations (5)
    Also in Economics Discussion / Working Papers, The University of Western Australia, Department of Economics (2010) View citations (6)
19. The dynamics of labor productivity in Swiss universities
    KOF Working papers, KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich View citations (3)

2010

20. Unobserved Heterogeneity and International Benchmarking in Public Transport
    CEPE Working paper series, CEPE Center for Energy Policy and Economics, ETH Zurich
    Also in CEPE Working paper series, CEPE Center for Energy Policy and Economics, ETH Zurich (2009) View citations (1)
    Quaderni della facoltà di Scienze economiche dell'Università di Lugano, USI Università della Svizzera italiana (2009)
    Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research (2009) View citations (1)

2008

21. An Analysis of Cost-Efficiency in Swiss Multi-utilities
    CEPE Working paper series, CEPE Center for Energy Policy and Economics, ETH Zurich View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article An analysis of cost efficiency in Swiss multi-utilities, Energy Economics, Elsevier (2009) View citations (41) (2009)
22. Economies of scale and efficiency measurement in Switzerland's Nursing homes
    Quaderni della facoltà di Scienze economiche dell'Università di Lugano, USI Università della Svizzera italiana View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Economies of Scale and Efficiency Measurement in Switzerland's Nursing Homes, Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES), Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics (SSES) (2008) View citations (7) (2008)
23. Risk-Aversion and Willingness to Pay for Energy Efficient Systems in Rental Apartments
    CEPE Working paper series, CEPE Center for Energy Policy and Economics, ETH Zurich
    See also Journal Article Risk aversion and willingness to pay for energy efficient systems in rental apartments, Energy Policy, Elsevier (2010) View citations (57) (2010)

2007

24. Benchmarking and Regulation in the Electricity Distribution Sector
    CEPE Working paper series, CEPE Center for Energy Policy and Economics, ETH Zurich View citations (14)
25. Economies of Scale and Scope in the Swiss Multi-Utilities Sector
    CEPE Working paper series, CEPE Center for Energy Policy and Economics, ETH Zurich View citations (10)

2006

26. Economies of scale and scope in local public transportation
    CEPE Working paper series, CEPE Center for Energy Policy and Economics, ETH Zurich View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Economies of Scale and Scope in Local Public Transportation, Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, University of Bath (2007) View citations (67) (2007)
27. Economies of scale, density and scope in Swiss Post?s Mail Delivery
    Working Papers, Swiss Economics View citations (8)
    See also Chapter Economies of Scale, Density and Scope in Swiss Post's Mail Delivery, Chapters, Edward Elgar Publishing (2006) View citations (1) (2006)
28. Effects of ownership, subsidization and teaching activities on hospital costs in Switzerland
    Quaderni della facoltà di Scienze economiche dell'Università di Lugano, USI Università della Svizzera italiana
    See also Journal Article Effects of ownership, subsidization and teaching activities on hospital costs in Switzerland, Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2008) View citations (35) (2008)
29. Estimating the Out-of-Hospital Mortality Rate Using Patient Discharge Data
    IEPR Working Papers, Institute of Economic Policy Research (IEPR) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Estimating the out‐of‐hospital mortality rate using patient discharge data, Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2006) View citations (5) (2006)

2005

30. A Benchmarking Analysis of Electricity Distribution Utilities in Switzerland
    CEPE Working paper series, CEPE Center for Energy Policy and Economics, ETH Zurich View citations (16)
31. Application of Panel Data Models in Benchmarking Analysis of the Electrivity Distribution Sector
    CEPE Working paper series, CEPE Center for Energy Policy and Economics, ETH Zurich View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article APPLICATION OF PANEL DATA MODELS IN BENCHMARKING ANALYSIS OF THE ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION SECTOR, Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell (2006) View citations (63) (2006)
32. Fuel Choices in Urban Indian Households
    CEPE Working paper series, CEPE Center for Energy Policy and Economics, ETH Zurich View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article Fuel choices in urban Indian households, Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press (2007) View citations (109) (2007)
33. Willingness to Pay for Energy-Saving Measures in Residential Buildings
    CEPE Working paper series, CEPE Center for Energy Policy and Economics, ETH Zurich View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Willingness to pay for energy-saving measures in residential buildings, Energy Economics, Elsevier (2008) View citations (212) (2008)

2004

34. Cost Efficiency in Regional Bus Companies: An Application of Alternative Stochastic Frontier Models
    CEPE Working paper series, CEPE Center for Energy Policy and Economics, ETH Zurich View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Cost Efficiency in Regional Bus Companies: An Application of Alternative Stochastic Frontier Models, Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, University of Bath (2006) View citations (64) (2006)
35. Cost Efficiency in the Swiss Gas Distribution Sector
    CEPE Working paper series, CEPE Center for Energy Policy and Economics, ETH Zurich View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Cost efficiency in the Swiss gas distribution sector, Energy Economics, Elsevier (2007) View citations (33) (2007)
36. Cut to the Bone? Hospital Takeovers and Nurse Employment Contracts
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. View citations (1)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2003) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Cut to the Bone? Hospital Takeovers and Nurse Employment Contracts, ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School (2005) View citations (19) (2005)
37. Efficiency Measurement in Network Industries: Application to the Swiss Railway Companies
    CEPE Working paper series, CEPE Center for Energy Policy and Economics, ETH Zurich View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article Efficiency Measurement in Network Industries: Application to the Swiss Railway Companies, Journal of Regulatory Economics, Springer (2005) View citations (95) (2005)

2003

38. Regulation and Measuring Cost Efficiency with Panel Data Models: Application to Electricity Distribution Utilities
    CEPE Working paper series, CEPE Center for Energy Policy and Economics, ETH Zurich View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article Regulation and Measuring Cost-Efficiency with Panel Data Models: Application to Electricity Distribution Utilities, Review of Industrial Organization, Springer (2004) View citations (81) (2004)

Journal Articles

2021

1. Energy efficiency and heating technology investments: Manipulating financial information in a discrete choice experiment
   Resource and Energy Economics, 2021, 64, (C) View citations (10)
   See also Working Paper Energy efficiency and heating technology investments: Manipulating financial information in a discrete choice experiment, IRENE Working Papers (2020) (2020)

2020

2. From frugal Jane to wasteful John: A quantile regression analysis of Swiss households’ electricity demand
   Energy Policy, 2020, 138, (C) View citations (12)

2019

3. Interactions in Swiss households’ energy demand: A holistic approach
   Energy Policy, 2019, 128, (C), 136-149 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper Interactions in Swiss Households' Energy Demand: A Holistic Approach, IRENE Working Papers (2017) View citations (4) (2017)

2018

4. Turn It Up and Open the Window: On the Rebound Effects in Residential Heating
   Ecological Economics, 2018, 149, (C), 21-39 View citations (13)
   See also Working Paper Turn it up and open the window: On the rebound effects in residential heating, IRENE Working Papers (2016) View citations (1) (2016)

2015

5. The dynamics of productivity in Swiss universities
   Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2015, 44, (1), 21-38 View citations (4)

2014

6. Context effects and heterogeneity in voluntary carbon offsetting - a choice experiment in Switzerland
   Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy, 2014, 3, (1), 1-24 View citations (40)
7. Scale economies and optimal size in the Swiss gas distribution sector
   Energy Policy, 2014, 65, (C), 86-93 View citations (13)

2012

8. Unobserved Heterogeneity and Efficiency Measurement in Public Transport
   Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 2012, 46, (1), 51-66 View citations (5)

2010

9. Risk aversion and willingness to pay for energy efficient systems in rental apartments
   Energy Policy, 2010, 38, (6), 3078-3088 View citations (57)
   See also Working Paper Risk-Aversion and Willingness to Pay for Energy Efficient Systems in Rental Apartments, CEPE Working paper series (2008) (2008)

2009

10. AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF CHILD CARE DEMAND IN SWITZERLAND
    Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2009, 80, (1), 37-66 View citations (6)
11. An analysis of cost efficiency in Swiss multi-utilities
    Energy Economics, 2009, 31, (2), 306-315 View citations (41)
    See also Working Paper An Analysis of Cost-Efficiency in Swiss Multi-utilities, CEPE Working paper series (2008) View citations (2) (2008)

2008

12. Economies of Scale and Efficiency Measurement in Switzerland's Nursing Homes
    Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES), 2008, 144, (III), 359-378 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper Economies of scale and efficiency measurement in Switzerland's Nursing homes, Quaderni della facoltà di Scienze economiche dell'Università di Lugano (2008) View citations (6) (2008)
13. Economies of Scale and Scope in Multi-Utilities
    The Energy Journal, 2008, Volume 29, (Number 4), 123-144 View citations (36)
    Also in The Energy Journal, 2008, 29, (4), 123-144 (2008)
14. Effects of ownership, subsidization and teaching activities on hospital costs in Switzerland
    Health Economics, 2008, 17, (3), 335-350 View citations (35)
    See also Working Paper Effects of ownership, subsidization and teaching activities on hospital costs in Switzerland, Quaderni della facoltà di Scienze economiche dell'Università di Lugano (2006) (2006)
15. The temporal variation of cost-efficiency in Switzerland’s hospitals: an application of mixed models
    Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2008, 30, (2), 155-168 View citations (2)
16. Willingness to pay for energy-saving measures in residential buildings
    Energy Economics, 2008, 30, (2), 503-516 View citations (212)
    See also Working Paper Willingness to Pay for Energy-Saving Measures in Residential Buildings, CEPE Working paper series (2005) View citations (8) (2005)

2007

17. A statistical analysis of pain relief after surgical operations
    Health Policy, 2007, 83, (2-3), 382-390
18. Cost efficiency in the Swiss gas distribution sector
    Energy Economics, 2007, 29, (1), 64-78 View citations (33)
    See also Working Paper Cost Efficiency in the Swiss Gas Distribution Sector, CEPE Working paper series (2004) View citations (1) (2004)
19. Economies of Scale and Scope in Local Public Transportation
    Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 2007, 41, (3), 345-361 View citations (67)
    See also Working Paper Economies of scale and scope in local public transportation, CEPE Working paper series (2006) View citations (7) (2006)
20. Fuel choices in urban Indian households
    Environment and Development Economics, 2007, 12, (6), 757-774 View citations (109)
    See also Working Paper Fuel Choices in Urban Indian Households, CEPE Working paper series (2005) View citations (11) (2005)

2006

21. APPLICATION OF PANEL DATA MODELS IN BENCHMARKING ANALYSIS OF THE ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION SECTOR
    Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2006, 77, (3), 271-290 View citations (63)
    See also Working Paper Application of Panel Data Models in Benchmarking Analysis of the Electrivity Distribution Sector, CEPE Working paper series (2005) View citations (5) (2005)
22. An Analysis of Efficiency and Productivity in Swiss Hospitals
    Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES), 2006, 142, (I), 1-37 View citations (33)
23. Cost Efficiency in Regional Bus Companies: An Application of Alternative Stochastic Frontier Models
    Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 2006, 40, (1), 95-118 View citations (64)
    See also Working Paper Cost Efficiency in Regional Bus Companies: An Application of Alternative Stochastic Frontier Models, CEPE Working paper series (2004) View citations (8) (2004)
24. Estimating the out‐of‐hospital mortality rate using patient discharge data
    Health Economics, 2006, 15, (9), 983-995 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper Estimating the Out-of-Hospital Mortality Rate Using Patient Discharge Data, IEPR Working Papers (2006) View citations (6) (2006)

2005

25. Cut to the Bone? Hospital Takeovers and Nurse Employment Contracts
    ILR Review, 2005, 58, (3), 471-493 View citations (19)
    See also Working Paper Cut to the Bone? Hospital Takeovers and Nurse Employment Contracts, Working Papers (2004) View citations (1) (2004)
26. Efficiency Measurement in Network Industries: Application to the Swiss Railway Companies
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 2005, 28, (1), 69-90 View citations (95)
    See also Working Paper Efficiency Measurement in Network Industries: Application to the Swiss Railway Companies, CEPE Working paper series (2004) View citations (12) (2004)
27. Unobserved heterogeneity in stochastic cost frontier models: an application to Swiss nursing homes
    Applied Economics, 2005, 37, (18), 2127-2141 View citations (81)

2004

28. An Empirical Analysis of Cost Efficiency in Non‐profit and Public Nursing Homes
    Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2004, 75, (3), 339-365 View citations (28)
29. Changes in Hospital Quality after Conversion in Ownership Status
    International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 2004, 4, (3), 211-230 View citations (14)
30. Regulation and Measuring Cost-Efficiency with Panel Data Models: Application to Electricity Distribution Utilities
    Review of Industrial Organization, 2004, 25, (1), 1-19 View citations (81)
    See also Working Paper Regulation and Measuring Cost Efficiency with Panel Data Models: Application to Electricity Distribution Utilities, CEPE Working paper series (2003) View citations (11) (2003)

Chapters

2021

1. Beyond political divides: analyzing public opinion on carbon taxation in Switzerland
   Chapter 17 in Research Handbook on Environmental Sociology, 2021, pp 313-339 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Beyond political divides: Analyzing public opinion on carbon taxation in Switzerland, IRENE Institute of Economic Research (2020) (2020)

2009

2. Efficiency Measurement in the Electricity and Gas Distribution Sectors
   Chapter 25 in International Handbook on the Economics of Energy, 2009 View citations (3)

2006

3. Economies of Scale, Density and Scope in Swiss Post's Mail Delivery
   Chapter 6 in Liberalization of the Postal and Delivery Sector, 2006, pp 91-102 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Economies of scale, density and scope in Swiss Post?s Mail Delivery, Swiss Economics (2006) View citations (8) (2006)