Dr. Benedikt Zoller-Rydzek

Personal profile

Position at the ZHAW

Senior research and teaching associate

bzoller.com

Expertise and research interests

International Economics, International Trade, Multinational Firms, International Taxation and Applied Econometrics.

Educational background

2015 Doctoral degree in economics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
2012 Master in Quanitative Economics, University Alicante, Spain
2009 Master in Economics (Diplom), University of Mannheim, Germany

Professional milestones

2015-2018 Lecturer International Economics at ETH Zurich

Membership of networks

• Verein für Socialpolitik e.V.
• European Economic Association
• Digital Euro Association

Projects

• The Economic Reconstruction of Belarus / Deputy project leader / Project completed
• Nearshoring Studie / Deputy project leader / Project completed
• Insurance Tokens / Project leader / Project completed
• Bauen 4.0 / Deputy project leader / Project completed
• Business Models of a Dentistry Network / Project leader / Project completed
• Evaluation and Testing of new cross-boarder cooperation in additive manufacturing / Project co-leader / Project completed

Publications

• Keller, Florian; Zoller-Rydzek, Benedikt,

  2022.

  Trade and attitude towards the EU : what really matters.

  European Foreign Affairs Review.

  27(1), pp. 127-154.

• Egger, Peter H.; Kaynak, Pinar; Zoller-Rydzek, Benedikt,

  2020.

  Indirect effects of trade shocks on Turkish local labor markets.

  Regional Science and Urban Economics.

  2020(83), pp. 103537.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2020.103537

• Zoller-Rydzek, Benedikt; Keller, Florian,

  2020.

  COVID-19 : guaranteed loans and zombie firms.

  CESifo Economic Studies.

  66(4), pp. 322-364.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/cesifo/ifaa014

• Egger, Peter H.; Strecker, Nora M.; Zoller-Rydzek, Benedikt,

  2020.

  Estimating bargaining-related tax advantages of multinational firms.

  Journal of International Economics.

  122(103258).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2019.103258

• Keller, Florian; Zoller-Rydzek, Benedikt,

  2019.

  European nearshoring index : is eastern Europe attractive for Swiss IT firms?.

  Central European Business Review.

  8(3), pp. 35-53.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.18267/j.cebr.217

• Boesenberg, Simon; Egger, Peter; Zoller-Rydzek, Benedikt,

  2017.

  Capital taxation, investment, growth, and welfare.

  International Tax and Public Finance.

  25(2), pp. 325-376.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10797-017-9454-3

• Zoller-Rydzek, Benedikt,

  2019.

  Labor market effects of trade induced technological change under intellectual property rights protection [paper].

  In:

  ETSG 2019 BERN 21st Annual Conference, Bern, 12-14 September 2019.

  European Trade Study Group.

  Available from: https://www.etsg.org/ETSG2019/papers/190.pdf

• Zoller-Rydzek, Benedikt; Bläse, Richard,

  2021.

  Sprung in eine digitale und nachhaltige Zukunft.

  Competence.

  2021, pp. 16-17.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-25036

• Keller, Florian; Zoller-Rydzek, Benedikt,

  2021.

  Trade and attitude towards the EU : what really matters? [paper].

  In:

  ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops and Research Sessions, online, 17-28 May 2021.

• Farley, Michael; Keller, Florian; Zoller-Rydzek, Benedikt,

  2020.

  Schweizer Unternehmen in der Corona-Krise : Durchstehen statt Adaptieren.

  Ökonomenstimme.

  Available from: https://www.oekonomenstimme.org/artikel/2020/06/schweizer-unternehmen-in-der-corona-krise--durchstehen-statt-adaptieren/

• Zoller-Rydzek, Benedikt; Keller, Florian,

  2020.

  COVID-19 : guaranteed loans and zombie firms.

  Available from: https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/100897/1/MPRA_paper_100897.pdf

• Egger, Peter; Strecker, Nora; Zoller-Rydzek, Benedikt,

  2019.

  Grossunternehmen : tiefere Steuersätze dank höherer Verhandlungsmacht.

  Ökonomenstimme.

  Available from: http://www.oekonomenstimme.org/artikel/2019/05/multinationale-unternehmen-profitieren-von-tieferen-effektiven-steuersaetzen-als-nationale-konzerne/

• Felbermayr, Gabriel; Zoller-Rydzek, Benedikt,

  2019.

  Der US-Chinesische Handelskonflikt : wer trägt die Kosten?.

  Ökonomenstimme.

  Available from: http://www.oekonomenstimme.org/artikel/2019/01/der-us-chinesische-handelskonflikt--wer-traegt-die-kosten/

• Lassmann, Andrea; Zoller-Rydzek, Benedikt,

  2019.

  Decomposing the margins of transfer pricing.

  KOF Working Papers

  ; 450.

  Zürich:

  ETH Zürich.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000322881

• Egger, Peter; Strecker, Nora; Zoller-Rydzek, Benedikt,

  2019.

  Steuern auf Verhandlungsbasis.

  KOF-Analysen.

  2019(1), pp. 72-80.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000334789

• Zoller-Rydzek, Benedikt; Felbermayr, Gabriel,

  2018.

  Wer bezahlt Trumps Handelskrieg mit China?.

  ifo Schnelldienst.

  71(22), pp. 30-35.

  Available from: https://www.ifo.de/publikationen/2018/aufsatz-zeitschrift/wer-bezahlt-trumps-handelskrieg-mit-china

• Zoller-Rydzek, Benedikt; Felbermayr, Gabriel,

  2018.

  Who is paying for the Trade War with China?.

  EconPol Policy Brief.

  (11).

  Available from: http://www.econpol.eu/publications/policy_brief_11

• Zoller-Rydzek, Benedikt; Lassmann, Andrea,

  2019.

  Decomposing the margins of transfer pricing.

  In:

  1st Workshop of the Swiss Network on Public Economics, Zürich, 13 December 2019.

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

Capital taxation, investment, growth, and welfare, ITAX, 2018. (with Simon Boesenberg and Peter H. Egger)

Who is paying for the trade war with China?, EconPol Policy Brief 11, 2018. (with Gabriel Felbermayr)

Wer bezahlt Trumps Handelskrieg mit China?, ifo Schnelldienst 71 (22), 2018 (with Gabriel Felbermayr)

Estimating bargaining-related tax advantages of multinational firms, CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6979, 2018 (with Peter H. Egger and Nora M. Strecker)

Steuern auf Verhandlungsbasis, KOF Analyse Nr. 1, 2019 (with Peter H. Egger and Nora M. Strecker)

Decomposing the margins of transfer pricing, KOF Working Paper No. 450, 2019 (with Andrea Lassman)

Other publications

Strecker, Nora M.;Egger, Peter H.; Zoller-Rydzek, Benedikt, 2020. Estimating bargaining-related tax advantages of multinational firms. Journal of International Economics. 2020(122). Verfügbar unter: doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2019.103258

Zoller-Rydzek, Benedikt; Keller, Florian, 2020. COVID-19: Guaranteed loans and zombie firms (with Florian Keller), CESifo Economic Studies, Volume 66, Issue 4, December 2020. Verfügbar unter:
doi.org/10.1093/cesifo/ifaa014

Egger, Peter H.; Kaynak, Pinar; Zoller-Rydzek, Benedikt, 2020. Indirect effects of trade shocks on Turkish local labor markets, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Volume 83, 2020. Verfügbar unter: doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2020.103537

Keller, Florian; Zoller-Rydzek, Benedikt, 2019. European Nearshoring Index – Is Eastern Europe Attractive for Swiss IT Firms? Central European Business Review, 8(3), 2019. Verfügbar unter:
doi.org/10.18267/j.cebr.217

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