Dr. Alma Ramsden

Projects

• Analysis of Context Developments of the City of Winterthur / Co-project leader / completed
• Analysis of the Financial Development of the City of Winterthur / Project leader / completed
• Fiscal data pipeline for local government research in Indonesia / Team member / completed
• Evidence-based decision making in NPOs / Project leader / completed
• Fiscal Stress and Resilience Assessment Framework for Swiss Municipalities / Team member / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Bütler, M., & Ramsden, A. (2022). How taxes impact the choice between an annuity and the lump sum at retirement. Journal of Pension Economics & Finance, 23(1), 1–29. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474747222000178
• Ramsden, A., Schuler, C., Zehnder, J., & Ponta, O. (2021). Devisenreserven der SNB zur Finanzierung der AHV? Swiss Yearbook of Administrative Sciences, 12(1), 31–44. https://doi.org/10.5334/ssas.155
• Fuchs, S., Mertes, A., Ramsden, A., & Rey, A. (2020). Öffentliche Planungs- und Steuerungssysteme für das 21. Jahrhundert. Swiss Yearbook of Administrative Sciences, 11(1), 171–183. https://doi.org/10.5334/ssas.146

Books, peer-reviewed

Ramsden, A., Schwarz, M., Augustin, L., & Fuchs, S. (2025). Was wäre, wenn…? Sechs Drachenkönig-Szenarien für die öffentliche Finanzen der Zukunft. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-35282

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

• Fuchs, S., Horni, P., Ramsden, A., & Augustin, L. (2025, May 8). Building robust finances : how to assess and drive financial resilience at the Swiss local government level? EGPA PSG XII Spring Workshop, Coimbra, Portugal, 8-9 May 2025.
• Ramsden, A. (2021). How major crises affect individual behavior : evidence from retirement cash-out choices during the Great Recession in Switzerland. 21st EURAM Annual Conference, Montréal, Canada (Online), 16-18 June 2021.

Other publications

• Pleger, L., Ramsden, A., & Hasler, S. (2025). Ergebnisbericht: Befragung von Einwohner:innen der Gemeinde Eglisau. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-36029
• Ramsden, A., & Schwarz, M. (2025). Schlussbericht : Evaluation des neuen Finanzierungsmodells FIZ Opferschutz Menschenhandel. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
• Qibthiyyah, R. M., Puspita, N., Augustin, L., Ramsden, A., & Fuchs, S. (2025). Mobilizing local government revenues and 2024 local tax performance. Tax and Fiscal Policy Research. https://terc.lpem.org/en/mobilizing-local-government-revenues-and-2024-local-taxes-performance/
• Pleger, L., Ramsden, A., & Schwarz, M. (2024). Ergebnisbericht : Befragung von Einwohnerinnen und Einwohnern der Gemeinde Salenstein 2024. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-35607
• Fuchs, S., Ramsden, A., Horni, P., Augustin, L., & Schwarz, M. (2024). Das Resilienz-Playbook : Finanzstrategien für Städte und Gemeinden in unsicheren Zeiten. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-31864
• Ramsden, A., & Pleger, L. E. (2024). Bericht Befragung Sozialberater*innen und Sozialarbeiter*innen im Kanton Zürich im Auftrag der Asylorganisation Zürich (AOZ). ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
• Ramsden, A., & Grafl, A. (2021). The interplay of climate change and public financial management : greening public procurement. The Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA). https://www.pefa.org/resources/interplay-climate-change-and-public-financial-management-greening-public-procurement

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

• Hye Choi, E., Pleger, L. E., & Ramsden, A. (2026, January 23). Between donors, assessors, and recipients : stakeholder influence in PFM reform assessments. Conference on Policy Process Research, Bern, Switzerland, 20-23 January 2026.
• Grafl, A. I., & Ramsden, A. (2023, February 21). Green public procurement : interplay of PFM systems with climate change. PEFA Webinar Green Public Procurement, Online, 21 February 2023.

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