Dr. Benedikt Zoller-Rydzek

Work at ZHAW

Position

Lecturer

Focus

• International Economics
• International Trade
• Multinational Firms
• International Taxation
• Applied Econometrics
• Public Finance

Experience

• DIZH Fellow
  DIZH and ZHAW
  05 / 2022 - 06 / 2024
• Lecturer International Economics
  ETH Zurich and KOF
  04 / 2014 - 02 / 2019

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Dr. sc. ETH Zurich / International Economics
  ETH Zurich
  04 / 2012 - 12 / 2014
• Master in Quanitative Economics / Quanitative Economics
  University Alicante
  09 / 2009 - 10 / 2011
• Diplom Volkswirt / Economics
  University Mannheim
  09 / 2004 - 07 / 2009

Network

Membership of networks

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

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-0809-8204

Social media

• LinkedIn
• Twitter / X
• Personal homepage

Media presence

• Tagesanzeiger: Ukraine War und IT specialists
• SRF Tagesschau: COVID and Zombie-Firms
• Bloomberg: US-China Trade War
• FAZ: US-China Trade War
• ORF: US-China Trade War
• CNBC: US-China Trade War
• 20 Minuten: Made in China

Projects

• Cirkel Supply: AI4Alps / Project leader / ongoing
• EcoLink: Cross-border Linking of Sustainability Data / Project leader / completed
• Pelt8 Scale Up / Project leader / completed
• The Economic Reconstruction of Belarus / Deputy project leader / completed
• Business Models of a Dentistry Network / Project leader / completed
• Evaluation and Testing of new cross-boarder cooperation in additive manufacturing / Co-project leader / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Egger, P. H., Gunes, P. K. and Zoller-Rydzek, B. (2023) 'Multinational and exporter wage premia: evidence from southeastern Europe and a panel multiple-treatments approach', Empirical Economics, 66(6), pp. 2451–2470. doi: 10.1007/s00181-023-02535-2.
• Keller, F. and Zoller-Rydzek, B. (2022) 'Trade and attitude towards the EU : what really matters', European Foreign Affairs Review, 27(1), pp. 127–154.
• Egger, P. H., Strecker, N. M. and Zoller-Rydzek, B. (2020) 'Estimating bargaining-related tax advantages of multinational firms', Journal of International Economics, 122(103258). doi: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2019.103258.
• Zoller-Rydzek, B. and Keller, F. (2020) 'COVID-19 : guaranteed loans and zombie firms', CESifo Economic Studies, 66(4), pp. 322–364. doi: 10.1093/cesifo/ifaa014.
• Egger, P. H., Kaynak, P. and Zoller-Rydzek, B. (2020) 'Indirect effects of trade shocks on Turkish local labor markets', Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2020(83), p. 103537. doi: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2020.103537.
• Keller, F. and Zoller-Rydzek, B. (2019) 'European nearshoring index : is eastern Europe attractive for Swiss IT firms?', Central European Business Review, 8(3), pp. 35–53. doi: 10.18267/j.cebr.217.
• Boesenberg, S., Egger, P. and Zoller-Rydzek, B. (2017) 'Capital taxation, investment, growth, and welfare', International Tax and Public Finance, 25(2), pp. 325–376. doi: 10.1007/s10797-017-9454-3.

Book chapters, peer-reviewed

Zoller-Rydzek, B., Gurova, S. and Keller, F. (2025) 'Geopolitical risks : differential impacts on domestic firms and MNEs', in van Tulder, R. et al. (eds) The changing global power balance : challenges for European firms. Emerald, pp. 325–348. doi: 10.1108/S1745-886220250000019016.

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

• Zoller-Rydzek, B., Gurova, S. and Keller, F. (2023) 'Navigating change : managing firm risks in turbulent times', in 49th Conference of the European International Business Academy (EIBA), Lisbon, Portugal, 15-17 December 2023.
• Zoller-Rydzek, B., Strecker, N. and Keller, F. (2023) 'The causal impact of trade and migration flows on bilateral attitudes', in 4th Workshop of the Swiss Network on Public Economics, Fribourg, Switzerland, 17 March 2023.
• Zoller-Rydzek, B. (2019) 'Labor market effects of trade induced technological change under intellectual property rights protection', in ETSG 2019 BERN 21st Annual Conference, Bern, 12-14 September 2019. European Trade Study Group. Available at: https://www.etsg.org/ETSG2019/papers/190.pdf.

Other publications

• Zoller-Rydzek, B. and Bläse, R. (2021) 'Sprung in eine digitale und nachhaltige Zukunft', Competence, 2021, pp. 16–17. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-25036.
• Keller, F. and Zoller-Rydzek, B. (2021) 'Trade and attitude towards the EU : what really matters?', in ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops and Research Sessions, online, 17-28 May 2021.
• Farley, M., Keller, F. and Zoller-Rydzek, B. (2020) 'Schweizer Unternehmen in der Corona-Krise : Durchstehen statt Adaptieren', Ökonomenstimme. Available at: https://www.oekonomenstimme.org/artikel/2020/06/schweizer-unternehmen-in-der-corona-krise--durchstehen-statt-adaptieren/.
• Zoller-Rydzek, B. and Keller, F. (2020) COVID-19 : guaranteed loans and zombie firms. Available at: https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/100897/1/MPRA_paper_100897.pdf.
• Egger, P., Strecker, N. and Zoller-Rydzek, B. (2019) 'Steuern auf Verhandlungsbasis', KOF-Analysen, 2019(1), pp. 72–80. doi: 10.3929/ethz-b-000334789.
• Lassmann, A. and Zoller-Rydzek, B. (2019) Decomposing the margins of transfer pricing. Zürich: ETH Zürich. doi: 10.3929/ethz-b-000322881.
• Egger, P., Strecker, N. and Zoller-Rydzek, B. (2019) 'Grossunternehmen : tiefere Steuersätze dank höherer Verhandlungsmacht', Ökonomenstimme. Available at: https://oekonomenstimme.org/articles/1459.
• Felbermayr, G. and Zoller-Rydzek, B. (2019) 'Der US-Chinesische Handelskonflikt : wer trägt die Kosten?', Ökonomenstimme. Available at: https://oekonomenstimme.org/articles/1409.
• Zoller-Rydzek, B. and Felbermayr, G. (2018) 'Who is paying for the Trade War with China?', EconPol Policy Brief, (11). Available at: http://www.econpol.eu/publications/policy_brief_11.
• Zoller-Rydzek, B. and Felbermayr, G. (2018) 'Wer bezahlt Trumps Handelskrieg mit China?', ifo Schnelldienst, 71(22), pp. 30–35. Available at: https://www.ifo.de/publikationen/2018/aufsatz-zeitschrift/wer-bezahlt-trumps-handelskrieg-mit-china.

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

Zoller-Rydzek, B. and Lassmann, A. (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)
• Steuern auf Verhandlungsbasis, KOF Analyse Nr. 1, 2019 (with Peter H. Egger and Nora M. Strecker)

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).
• 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.
• 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.
• Keller, Florian; Zoller-Rydzek, Benedikt, 2019. European Nearshoring Index – Is Eastern Europe Attractive for Swiss IT Firms? Central European Business Review, 8(3), 2019.
• Florian Keller, Benedikt Zoller-Rydzek, 2022. Trade and Attitude Towards the EU: What Really Matters. European Foreign Affairs Review, 2022(1)
• Hartwell, C. A., Bornukova, K., Kruk, D., & Zoller-Rydzek, B., 2022. The Economic Reconstruction of Belarus: Next Steps after a Democratic Transition. STUDY Requested by the AFET committee.
• Egger, Peter, Gunes, Pinar & Zoller-Rydzek, Benedikt, 2023. Multinational and exporter wage premia: evidence from southeastern Europe and a panel multiple-treatments approach, Empircal Economomics (2023)

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