Education:

Lic. rerum politicarum (Master in Economics), University of Basle, 1964
Doctor rerum politicarum (summa cum laude; Ph.D. in Economics), 1965
Habilitation, 1969

Current Occupations:

Full Professor of Economics, University of Zurich, 1977-
Research Director, CREMA – Center for Research in Economics,
Management and the Arts, Switzerland
Associate Professor of Economics, University of Basle, 1969-
Guest Professor, University of St. Gallen, 1993-2006, 2010
Visiting Professor, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, 2007-2009

Major Awards:

Honorary Doctorate of Economics, University of St. Gallen (Switzerland), 1998
Honorary Doctorate of Economics, University of Goeteborg (Sweden), 1998
Honorary Doctorate of Economics, Free University of Brussels (Belgium), 2009

Activities and Memberships:

Managing Editor of Kyklos since 1969; in addition, member of a great
number of Editorial Boards