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Sandro Ambuehl is the UBS Foundation Assistant Professor of Behavioral Economics of Financial Markets at the Department of Economics, University of Zurich. He holds a PhD in Economics from Stanford University (2016) and previously served as Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Business. His research focuses on improving financial decision-making, ethical incentives in repugnant transactions (e.g., organ donation, clinical trials), and foundational decision theory. He employs experimental and theoretical methods, supported by grants like the Swiss National Science Foundation Starting Grant (2022) and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (2017).
Education: PhD in Economics (Stanford University, 2016); previous roles include Assistant Professor at University of Toronto (Rotman School of Business and Department of Management, UTSC).
Research Interests: Behavioral and experimental economics, financial decision-making interventions, ethical policies for repugnant transactions, and welfare economics. His work has been featured in outlets like the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and NPR.
Articles highlight themes like paternalistic motivations, participation incentives in trials, and welfare state design. His 2021 American Economic Review paper on paternalism earned the Exeter Prize. Recent studies explore blind peer advice in finance and welfare state preferences through experiments.
Awards include the Exeter Prize (2022), Alfred P. Sloan Grant (2017), and Swiss National Science Foundation support. Grants focus on behavioral welfare economics and policy interventions.
Labs/Teams: Affiliated with the UBS Center for Economics in Society at UZH, contributing to interdisciplinary behavioral economics research.
