Graduate Programme in Economics and Finance

Graduate Ph.D. Programme in Economics and Finance (GPEF)

The Graduate Programme in Economics and Finance (GPEF) trains students to achieve academic excellence in the areas of Economics, Econometrics and Finance with a particular focus on policy relevant theoretical and empirical research.

Adams, Z., S. Collot & M. Kartsakli (2020). Have commodities become a financial asset? Evidence from ten years of Financialization. Energy Economics, 89: 104769.

Audrino, F., F. Sigrist & D. Ballinari (2020). The impact of sentiment and attention measures on stock market volatility. International Journal of Forecasting, Volume 36, Issue 2, April-June 2020, 334-357.

Biener, C., M. Eling & M. Lehmann (forthcoming). Balancing the desire for privacy against the desire to hedge risk. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.

Bütler, M. & S. Stadelmann (2020). Building on a pension: Second pillar wealth as a way to finance real estate?. The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, October, Volume 17.

Applications for fall 2021

We are currently accepting applications for our Ph.D. programme(s). For more information, please click here

Vacancies

PhD Position in Economics (3 years, 100%)
at Institute of Economics (FGN), Prof. Ola Mahmoud

Research Assistant /Ph.D. Candidate in Economics
Chair for International Economics, Prof. Reto Föllmi

Assistant /Ph.D. Position in Quantitative Finance
Chair of Mathematics, Prof. Enrico De Giorgi

Assistant / Ph.D. Position in Statistics and Financial Econometrics (m/w/d)
Chair of Statistics, Prof. Francesco Audrino

PhD Positions Finance 2021 (update April)

CONTACT

Economics and Econometrics
University of St.Gallen
Müller-Friedbergstrasse 6/8, Room 52-5066
CH-9000 St.Gallen, Switzerland
gpef@unisg.ch
Phone: +41 71 224 31 38

Finance
University of St.Gallen
Unterer Graben 21
CH-9000 St.Gallen, Switzerland
gpef@unisg.ch
Phone: +41 71 224 70 76