Archive Economics and Informatics 2024

Article list Economics and Informatics

• 18.04.2024 Business Administration

  CEOs’ Human Concern Translates into Higher Stock Price

  CEOs’ expressions of empathy correlate with positive stock performance, a study led by the University of Zurich shows. The researchers analyzed data from conference calls between CEOs and financial analysts during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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• 03.04.2024 Loans for small businesses

  Closing the Microcredit Gender Gap in Ghana

  Small loans can help people establish and expand their small businesses. A field study in Ghana has now revealed that men ask for and receive more money from microcredit companies than women. However, if women are better informed, they are more likely to apply for higher amounts.

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• 19.03.2024 Initiative Sustainable Finance

  Building Bridges

  The Department of Finance at the University of Zurich has launched the "Initiative in Sustainable Finance". Its aim is to become a leading global center for research in this area and to promote dialogue between science, business, politics, and society.

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• 14.03.2024 School in Ghana

  Increasing Trust and Improving School Grades

  Mistrust between ethnic groups is a major problem for many African countries. Economist David Yanagizawa-Drott runs a project in Ghana that seeks to build up trust among ethnic groups and at the same time improve school teaching.

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• 23.02.2024 Behavioral economics

  Combination of Group Competition and Repeated Interactions Promotes Cooperation

  How did cooperative behavior prevail in human evolution? Researchers from the Universities of Zurich, Lausanne and Konstanz have challenged two prevailing explanations – repeated interactions on the one hand or group competition on the other. Instead, both mechanisms synergistically contribute to fostering cooperation effectively.

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• 14.02.2024 Innovative Teaching Projects – Part 3: Engaging

  From Learners to Co-Creators

  Teaching staff at UZH are developing an online tool that prompts students to come up with possible exam questions based on their teaching materials. This helps students consolidate what they have learned and also supports teaching staff in creating their exams.

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• 07.02.2024 Informatics

  Mining Coins

  Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin were created to circumvent the monopoly on money held by nation states and central banks. The digital currencies were to function more democratically and be widely disseminated. But the opposite has happened, blockchain researcher Claudio Tessone notes.

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