Archive: Laurenz Grabher

Laurenz Grabher has been a researcher at Avenir Suisse since March 2021. His prior professional experience included working for the European and Austrian parliaments, the Institute of Economics of the University of St. Gallen, and in consulting. Laurenz has a master’s in economics from the University of St. Gallen and a master’s in finance & investments from the Rotterdam School of Management.

How to Regulate the Banks

Federal guarantees and regulation have become less effective due to digitalization

19.04.2024, Jürg Müller, Laurenz Grabher

Banking Regulation in the Digital Age

Essential on financial crises and banking regulation

22.03.2024, Jürg Müller, Laurenz Grabher

The Return of Industrial Policy?

The consequences of a state-run economy

21.03.2024, Lukas Schmid, Laurenz Grabher und Tim Schäfer

Innovation without Borders

The Importance of Labor Migration for Innovation in Switzerland

13.09.2023, Patrick Leisibach, Patrick Schnell, Laurenz Grabher

Opaque Subsidies

Essential on risks and side effects of government support measures

16.08.2023, Laurenz Grabher

Why Are Banks Regulated in the First Place?

Banks create liquidity, but this also makes them fragile. Over the years, a comprehensive regulatory framework has been developed to stabilize them.

25.07.2023, Laurenz Grabher, Lukas Schmid, Jürg Müller

Government Growth out of Control

Four Perspectives on the Development of the Government Footprint in Switzerland

26.04.2023, Lukas Rühli, Jürg Müller, Lukas Schmid, Eveline Hutter, Laurenz Grabher

Separating Commercial and Investment Banking Operations Does Not Make the Financial System Safer

The division into “good” and “bad” banks provides a captious narrative, but it does not solve the fundamental problem

24.04.2023, Jürg Müller, Lukas Schmid, Laurenz Grabher

Why Economists Don’t Much Like Subsidies

Subsidies distort markets and create disincentives

26.01.2023, Samuel Rutz, Laurenz Grabher

Forgotten Reforms – Reforms to Forget

avenir spécial Ideas that have wrongfully disappeared into oblivion – and those who should be buried for good

30.11.2022, Mario Bonato, Jérôme Cosandey, Patrick Dümmler, Sonia Estevez, Laurenz Grabher, Eveline Hutter, Patrick Leisibach, Jürg Müller, Samuel Rutz, Lukas Rühli, Marco Salvi, Lukas Schmid, Diego Taboada