Archive: Patrick Dümmler

Dr. Patrick Dümmler is Senior Fellow and Head of Research "Open Switzerland" at Avenir Suisse. He is responsible for topics such as free trade, farming, climate policy and energy. He holds a Master’s Degree in Economics of the University of Zurich, holds a Ph.D. from ETH Zurich and published several textbooks. After more than ten years as strategy advisor and as head of an association, which promotes medical technology exports, he joined Avenir Suisse in November 2015.

Timetable for Exiting Corona

For a gradual reopening of the economy and society

30.04.2020, Peter Grünenfelder, Jérôme Cosandey, Patrick Dümmler, Lukas Rühli, Samuel Rutz, Jürg Müller, Fabian Schnell, Marco Salvi, Matthias Ammann

Greater Freedoms for Businesses to Combat the Covid-19 Pandemic

Regulatory easing required in many areas

01.04.2020, Peter Grünenfelder, Jérôme Cosandey, Patrick Dümmler, Lukas Rühli, Samuel Rutz, Marco Salvi

Economic Policy Responses to the Corona Crisis

Analysis What needs to be done now

27.03.2020, Peter Grünenfelder, Jérôme Cosandey, Patrick Dümmler, Jürg Müller, Samuel Rutz, Marco Salvi, Fabian Schnell

Real and Perceived Trump Cards

Post-Brexit Britain, like Switzerland, will have to reshape its relations with the EU

27.02.2020, Patrick Dümmler, Mario Bonato

Now’s the Time to Act

Steps to prevent the erosion of the bilateral agreements

28.01.2020, Patrick Dümmler

Swiss Agriculture Continues to Enjoy Growing Economic Privileges

03.01.2020, Jennifer Anthamatten, Patrick Dümmler

Clients, Not Patients

A workshop on the thorny question of value for money in Swiss healthcare

29.11.2019, Verena Parzer-Epp, Jérôme Cosandey, Patrick Dümmler

Why Does Switzerland Have Sugar Subsidies? Why Does Anyone?

Expensive subsidies for sugar are delaying structural change

26.11.2019, Patrick Dümmler

What if…

13 possible developments and their consequences for Switzerland

31.10.2019, Peter Grünenfelder and Jürg Müller (Editors)

Roadmap to America

Switzerland - USA Free Trade Agreement: What we can learn from the first failed attempt

30.10.2019, Patrick Dümmler, Jennifer Anthamatten

Win-Win: Swiss-US Free Trade

Arguments for a Free Trade Agreement with Switzerland’s Second-largest Economic Partner

23.08.2019, Patrick Dümmler, Jennifer Anthamatten

A Magnet for International Organizations

The region around the Lake Geneva Arc hosts international organizations for humanitarian services, peacebuilding, health, business, science and sport.

28.06.2019, Patrick Dümmler, Pascal Lago

Lording it over the Rest of the World

Why Switzerland should resist the temptation of legal imperialism

13.05.2019, Patrick Dümmler, Fabian Schnell

Getting to Know Europe

An evening with the former Austrian Vice-Chancellor Erhard Busek

27.03.2019, Verena Parzer-Epp, Patrick Dümmler

Walking on Eggshells in Swiss Agricultural Policy

There is no need for state-controlled egg consumption

31.01.2019, Patrick Dümmler

Hydropower is Doing Quite Well

Further subsidies to the detriment of private households and small businesses are to be expected

13.11.2018, Simon Dalhäuser in conversation with Patrick Dümmler

Switzerland White Paper

Six sketches for the future

30.05.2018, Peter Grünenfelder, Patrik Schellenbauer, Patrick Dümmler, Jennifer Anthamatten, Verena Parzer-Epp, Marco Salvi, Jakob Schaad, Fabian Schnell, Urs Steiner