Ulrich Schetter
Ulrich Schetter joined the Center for International Development’s Growth Lab as a Postdoctoral Fellow in 2019.
His research aims to better understand channels through which globalization affects the growth and prosperity of countries. Specific channels considered include feedback effects from countries’ current specialization in international trade on their development prospects, the growth effects of import competition from technology leaders, and implications of globalization for the concentration of talent.
Before joining CID, Ulrich worked as a Postdoc at the University of St. Gallen and at Yale, and as an Economic Consultant at NERA. He holds a Dr.sc. in Economics from ETH Zurich, a Master in Quantitative Economics and Finance from the University of St. Gallen, and the CEMS Master in International Management.
| Current Research/Projects | Areas of Expertise |
| Measuring Economic Complexity | International Trade |
| Sources of Path Dependence in Trade and Development | Economic Growth and Development |
| R&D Policy | |
| Economic Complexity |
Featured Publications
- Gersbach, H., Schetter, U., & Schneider, M.T. 2019. "Taxation, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship." The Economic Journal, vol. 129, issue 620, pp. 1731-1781.
- Schetter, U. & Tejada, O., 2019. On Globalization and the Concentration of Talent.
- Schetter, U. 2019. Quality Differentiation, Comparative Advantage, and International Specialization Across Products.
- Schetter, U., 2019. A Structural Ranking of Economic Complexity.
- Gersbach, H., Schetter, U., & Schmassmann, S. 2019. "From Local to Global: A Unified Theory of Public Basic Research." London, Centre for Economic Policy Research.
Op-eds
- Why we need to rethink how we fund research and development, World Economic Forum
Contact Information
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 34
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138