This presentation in German 'Steigende Staatsverschuldungen, Auf was müssen wir uns einstellen?' is about the potential dangers and gains, linked to the increasing international debt, for a small open economy, well integrated in the world economy, as Switzerland

Presented at the SwissACT Seminar Zurich, Summer 2010

This course in French 'Politique budgétaire et politique fiscale dans un contexte fédéraliste: interaction avec la politique monétaire' is about Swiss monetary policy and its coordination with fiscal policy in Switzerland at both the federal and cantonal levels

Presented at the IDHEAP University of Lausanne, 2010

This course in French 'Macroéconomie financière en économie ouverte: balance des paiements, taux d'intérêt et taux de change' focuses on the short-term and long-term exchange rate determination using arbitrage parities as the uncovered interest rate parity (UIP) and the purchasing power parity (PPP)

Presented during the course 'Formation continue en gestion de portefeuilles' University of Geneva, 2009

Seen from a monetary policy perspective, analysis of the economic consequences of the euro zone expansion with former East European countries

Presented at the Emerge workshop University of St. Gallen, 2007

This brief talk in German 'Wachstumspotenzial der Schweizer Wirtschaft, Einschätzung für den Zeitraum bis 2020' focuses on the long-run macroeconomic forecasts of the Swiss economy. Therefore, it analyzes in particular the impact of aging in Switzerland on its potential growth

Presented at the BAK Basel Forecasting seminar, 2007

This speech in German 'Geldpolitische Strategie der Schweizerischen Nationalbank' explains the main elements of the monetary policy strategy of the Swiss National Bank

Presented at the Kiwanis Limmat Zurich, Fall 2007

This speech in German 'Ursachen und Folgen der demographischen Alterung in der Schweiz' presents a tour d'horizon about the causes and the consequences of aging, and the necessary measures to tackle the problems faced by aging economies

Presented at the Kiwanis Oerlikon Zurich, Spring 2007

Interview about an academic conference taking place in Zurich, which I organized with the Swiss National Bank, the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and the Bank of Canada.

Published in note, SNB's in-house journal, December 2005, in French and German

This debate with Ueli Mäder, Hochschule beider Basel, concerns a few implications of the aging problem for our society. Moderators, Daniel Funk and Monika Baumgartner, UBS

Published in UBS Investment, 15-17, December 01/January 02. In French, A la recherche de solutions novatrices
Published in UBS Investment, 15-17, December 01/January 02. In German, Innovative Lösungen gesucht

This speech concerns a few implications of the aging problem on the financial markets and in particular on the pension funds management

Presented at the SVV Bern, Fall 2001. In German, Unsere Zukunft sichern: Demographie und Vorsorge in der Schweiz

This speech concerns a few implementation strategies for central banks, in Europe and in Switzerland, using the debate rules-versus-discretion and the game-theoretic literature about credibility in monetary economics

Presented at the Rotary Club Neuchâtel, Fall 1998. In French, Quelles stratégies pour les banques centrales?