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Patrick Leisibach

Patrick Leisibach

Senior Fellow and Co-Head of Research

Short biography

As a Senior Fellow and Co-Head of Research, Dr. Patrick Leisibach engages with topics such as migration, the labor market, and tax and fiscal policy. Prior to that he worked for Credit Suisse and was a research associate at the Chair of Political Economics at the University of Lucerne. Patrick studied economics at the universities of Lucerne and Bern.

Education:

Dr. oec. at the University of Lucerne with a cumulative thesis entitled “Essays in Public Finance and Economics of Culture” (2022); MSc in economics from the University of Bern (2016); BA in political economy from the University of Lucerne (2014).

Professional Experience:

Lecturer in Economics at the University of Lucerne (since 2023); Research associate under Professor Christoph A. Schaltegger at the Chair of Political Economics at the University of Lucerne (2016–22); research associate at UniDistance Suisse (2016–21); client advisor at Credit Suisse, Private Banking (2009–15).

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