PhD Positions in Applied Macroeconomics and Political Economy

The Chair of Applied Macroeconomics is associated with the at ETH Zurich and is part of the Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC). We invite applications for one or more PhD positions in Applied Macroeconomics and Political Economy. The positions are based at KOF and affiliated with the Chair of Applied Macroeconomics. 

The doctoral researchers will join a supportive and collaborative research environment that brings together empirical research and policy-relevant questions in macroeconomics, international economics, public finance and political economy. 

One of the positions is particularly well suited to applicants interested in taxation in a globalized economy. Relevant topics include multinational profit shifting, tax havens, the labour-market effects of tax competition, the design and political economy of international tax rules, and the macroeconomic and dis...