Archive: Competition policy

Consumer choice under threat

How current and future consumer options will be curtailed

22.09.2015, Samuel Rutz

Free Choice of Schools Raises Educational Standards

The free choice of schooling has been more of a struggle in Switzerland than in other countries, although it would counteract the current segregated system based on place of residence. Greater competition among schools would improve educational standards too.

20.07.2015, Patrik Schellenbauer

Staying competitive with the strong franc

An “avenir special” following the Swiss National Bank’s 15 January decision

25.06.2015, Gerhard Schwarz, Simone Hofer Frei, Peter Buomberger

We Must Stick To Our Principles

Ordoliberalism – the social market economy – has served Switzerland and Germany well. So it’s almost grotesque to hear demands from other countries to break its rules. It’s not pragmatism we need, but sticking to our principles.

29.05.2015, Gerhard Schwarz

Bad marks for Switzerland’s willingness to reform

Edition of DA CH Reformbarometer 2015

26.03.2015, Marco Salvi, Robert Koza and Thomas Puls

Hurdles on the Way to Ecological Tax Reform

Reforming tax based on comprehensive ecological principles could bring significant benefits. But the advantages tend to diminish on closer examination.

24.02.2015, Urs Meister, Marco Salvi

Of old and new privileges

How the cantons sustain monopolies instead of supporting markets

11.12.2014, Samuel Rutz und Lukas Schmid

Media subsidies in the digital age

How to reform public service media without distorting competition or technological progress

23.10.2014, Urs Meister, Michael Mandl

Ways out of the regulatory jungle

Worrying facts and promising solutions for Switzerland

25.09.2014, Peter Buomberger

How Singapore Embraces the Future

Switzerland could gain some inspiration from the Asian city state

22.05.2014, Samuel Rutz, Verena Parzer-Epp

No time for liberalisation

The Germany, Austria and Switzerland «D A CH Reform Barometer» falls for the first time since 2005

20.03.2014, Robert Koza, Thomas Puls and Marco Salvi

Fundamental reform for renewable energy subsidies in power generation

How renewables can be better integrated into the electricity market

04.02.2014, Urs Meister

Avenir Suisse’s Freedom Index

An interactive tool to compare civil and economic freedoms in Swiss cantons

15.01.2014, Externe Autoren, Samuel Rutz

Unreasonable prices?

High prices should not be countered by public sector meddling in price setting mechanisms

11.12.2013, Samuel Rutz

Switzerland’s Hospitals: Growing, not Consolidating

Investments boom in spite of funding reform

27.09.2013, Urs Meister

Multinational companies: fact and fiction

The wide ranging contribution of multinationals to Swiss prosperity

24.06.2013, Rudolf Walser, Alois Bischofberger

Public Companies in the Private Sector

Avenir Suisse’s 7th Annual Workshop on Competition Policy

30.04.2013, Simone Hofer Frei

Energy strategy: no going it alone

How Switzerland should deal with green power and electricity trading markets

25.04.2013, Urs Meister

Switzerland’s Riches Go Beyond Money

Switzerland is a rich country. At some USD 50,000, it has the third highest per capita gross domestic product (GDP) in the world (based on 2012 prices). Its average wealth stands at USD 375,000 – which is more than that of any other country and is around 100 times higher…

28.03.2013, Gerhard Schwarz