Andreas Dibiasi
Leonhardstrasse 21
8092 Zürich
Switzerland
T +41 (0) 44 632 89 44
u +41 (0) 44 632 12 18
B [email protected]
Í kof.ethz.ch
Nationality: Italian
Birthday: April 2nd , 1988
Update: January 19, 2017
Interests
Uncertainty Analysis & Investment, Quantification Methods, Survey Methodology
Education
2007– 2011 B.S & M.S, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck,Austria.
Economics
2009 – 2010 Erasmus, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Economics
2012 – Ph.D., ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
ongoing Economics
Master thesis
title The effectiveness of the Continental System
supervisors Andreas Exenberger, Ph.D
Ph.D thesis
title Essays on Empirical and Theoretical Studies of KOF Survey Data
supervisors Klaus Abberger, Dr. habil. and Jan-Egbert Sturm, Prof. Dr.
Research Experience
2008–2009 Student Assistent, Department of Statistics, University of Innsbruck , City.
supervisors Stefan Lang, Prof. Dr.
Languages
German
English
Italian
French
Nativ
Fluent
Advanced (C1)
Advanced (C1)
Computer skills
Software R, Matlab, Stata, Latex
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Publications
Exchange rate uncertainty and firm investment plans: Evidence from Swiss survey data, Journal
of Macroeconomics 51 (2017): 1-27 (with Garret Binding)
Book Contributions
The Reach of the Continental Blockade–The Case of Toulouse, Globalization and the City,
179 - 190, 2013.
Working Papers
The Effect of Policy Uncertainty on Investment Plans: Evidence from the Unexpected Acceptance
of a Far-Reaching Referendum in Switzerland, KOF Working Papers No. 406, May 2016,
Zurich (with Abberger, K., M. Siegenthaler and J.-E. Sturm ) R&R requested by the European
Economic Review
Unveiling Participant Level Determinants of Unit Non-Response in Business Tendency Surveys,
KOF Working Papers No. 363, July 2014, Zurich (with M. Bannert)
Publications in Non-Refereed Journals
Unsicherheit messen. Neue Zürcher Zeitung. November 2, 2016. (with D. Iselin)
Der bilaterale Weg – eine ökonomische Bestandsaufnahme, KOF Studies, 58, Zurich, February
2015. (with Abberger, K., Y. Abrahamsen, T. Bolli, P. Egger, A. Frick, M. Graff, F. Hälg, D.
Iselin, S. Sarferaz, J. Schläpfer, M. Siegenthaler, B. Simmons-Suer, J.-E. Sturm und M. Tarlea)
The Swiss Mass Immigration Initiative: The impact of increased policy uncertainty on expected
firm behaviour, KOF Studies, 53, Zurich, October 2014. (with Abberger, K., M. Siegenthaler
and J.-E. Sturm)
Metaumfrage im Dienstleistungssektor, KOF Analysen, 8(2), 51 - 62, Zurich, June 2014.
(Abberger, K. and M. Bannert)
Die Rolle der Banken bei der Transformation von Finanz- in Sachkapital, KOF Studies, 43,
Zurich, June 2013. (with Abrahamsen, Y., D. Drechsel and B. Simmons-Suer)
Academic Presentations
Jun 2016 “The Effect of Policy Uncertainty on Investment Plans: Evidence from the Unexpected
Acceptance of a Far-Reaching Referendum in Switzerland", SSES 2016, Lugano,
Switzerland
Feb 2016 “Exchange Rate Uncertainty and Firm Investment Plans: Evidence from Swiss Survey
Data”, YSEM 2016, Zurich, Switzerland
Okt 2015 “Exchange Rate Uncertainty and Revised Firms Investment Plans”, OECD Workshop,
Warsaw, Poland
Okt 2013 “Firm’s Perception of Business Tendency Surveys”, OECD Workshop, Zurich, Switzerland
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Nov 2011 “The Reach of the Continental Blockade–The Case of Toulouse”, Conference in
World History, Innsbruck, Austria
Grants
Sep 2015 Swiss National Science Foundation research contribution for ”Uncertainty and its
Effects on Business Decisions and Macroeconomic Developments”
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