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Philippe Thalmann (born 11 June 1963 in Lausanne, Switzerland) is a Harvard-trained Swiss economist. He is a professor at EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne).[1]
Professor Philippe Thalmann | |
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 In front of Aletsch glacier in July 2020 | |
| Born | June 1963 (age 61) Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Education | PhD in Economics |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) |
| Thesis | 'Essays in the Economics of Government Revenue and Spending' (1990) |
| Doctoral advisor | Lawrence Summers, Lawrence H. Goulder, Eric Maskin |
Career
editPhilippe Thalmann studied economics at the University of Lausanne. From 1986, he pursued a PhD at the Economics Department of Harvard University, which he received in June 1990.[2] He was an assistant to professor Lawrence H. Goulder at the National Bureau of Economic Research.[3] He returned to Switzerland in 1990, first as a post-doc at University of Geneva, then as an assistant professor at University of Lausanne.[4] He was hired as an associate professor at EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) in 1994. His group became the Laboratory of Environmental and Urban Economics in 2014.
Thalmann has been a member or chairman of many political and scientific committees, e.g., chairman of the Swiss federal housing commission (2008-2019),[5][6] member of the Advisory body on climate changes OcCC (2009-2021),[7][8][9] and member of the Federal Energy Research Commission CORE (since 2023).[10]
Research and teaching
editPhilippe Thalmann's research extends over a vast domain that can best be described as "Economics of the natural and built environment".[11][12][13][14][15]
Selected works - Monographs
editFavarger, Philippe, et Philippe Thalmann, Les Secrets de l'Expertise Immobilière. Prix et Valeur [The Secrets of Property Valuation. Price and Value] Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes, Lausanne, 2007, revised and augmented in 2008, 2009, 2012 and 2017
Thalmann, Philippe, The Dynamics of Freight Transport Development. In Switzerland and Great Britain, Ashgate, Aldershot, 2004
Cuennet, Stéphane, Philippe Favarger et Philippe Thalmann, La Politique du Logement [Housing Policy], Collection Le Savoir Suisse, Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes, Lausanne, 2002
Thalmann, Philippe, et Philippe Favarger, Locataire ou Propriétaire? Enjeux et Mythes de l'Accession à la Propriété en Suisse [Tenant or Homeowner? Issues and Myths of Homeownership in Switzerland], Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes, Lausanne, 2002
Thalmann, Philippe, Impôts Ecologiques. L'Exemple des Taxes CO2 [Green Taxes. The Example of Carbon Taxes], Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes, Lausanne, 1997
References
edit- ^ "Philippe Thalmann". EPFL People. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
- ^ Dissertation at Harvard Library
- ^ Goulder, Lawrence H.; Thalmann, Philippe (December 1990). Approaches to Efficient Capital Taxation: Leveling the Playing Field vs.Living by the Golden Rule (Report). National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- ^ "Base de données des élites suisses | Thalmann, Philippe". www2.unil.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
- ^ Federal housing office - Annual report 2008 (in French). Granges/Grenchen. 2009. p. 3.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Federal housing office - Annual report 2019 (in French). Granges/Grenchen. 2020. p. 11.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ OcCC - Annual report 2009 (in French). Bern. 2010. p. 16.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ OcCC - Annual report 2020 (in French). Bern. 2021. p. 19.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Wuthrich, Bernard; Minet, Pascaline (5 June 2021). "La taxe carbone est l'instrument libéral par essence". Le Temps. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ Zusammensetzung der CORE (in German). CORE. 2023.
- ^ "Research at Philippe Thalmann's lab LEURE".
- ^ Gonzalez, Daniel (17 October 2023). "Immobilier: «il y a peu de spéculation immobilière en Suisse», estime un expert". Le Nouvelliste (in French). Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ Häubi, Rachel Barbara (8 June 2023). "L'UDC ment: la loi climat renforce la sécurité énergétique". Heidi.News (in French). Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ Hofer, Julia (12 October 2022). "Rettet uns die Technik?". Beobachter (in German). pp. 82–84. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ Magnolley, Julien (13 October 2022). "Construire plus petit, l'avenir?". Radio Suisse Romande 1 (Radio interview, Emission Tribu) (in French). Lausanne. Retrieved 25 February 2024.