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Nicolas Oderbolz

Economist

nicolas.oderbolz@cryptecon.org

+41 76 284 05 94 (mobile)

+41 44 597 97 43 (office)

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Biography

Nicolas Oderbolz is an Economist with Swiss Economics. He holds a master’s degree in Economics from the University of Zurich and specializes in empirical methods and data analytics. During his master’s studies, he worked as a research assistant at the University of Zurich, contributing to research in labour and development economics.

Work experience

  • Economist, Center for Cryptoeconomics (2023 - )
  • Economist, Swiss Economics (2023 - )
  • Analyst, Center for Cryptoeconomics (2022 - 2023)
  • Analyst, Swiss Economics (2022 - 2023)
  • Research Assistant, University of Zurich (2018 - 2020)

Education

  • MA in Economics, University of Zurich (2018 - 2022)
  • BA in Economics, University of Zurich (2014 - 2017)
 
 

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Projects (selection)

  • Analysis of the current situation in the field of biomedical technologies (2024 – 2025).
    What is the current situation in the field of biomedical technologies, and what are possible areas of intervention?
    Client: Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH).  
  • The Ethereum Issuance Curve and its Impact on Validators (2024). What effect does a change in Ethereum's issuance curve have on the degree of decentralisation in Ethereum's validator set? Swiss Economics is investigating this question as part of cyber.Fund's MVI Grants Program. Client: cyber.Fund.  
  • Evaluation of the Confederation's Ownership Strategy for Swisscom (2024). Is the provision of telecommunications services by a state-controlled company still legitimate? Client: Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC), Federal Department of Finance (FDF).  
  • RFA on the Revision of Regulations Governing Mail-Order Trade in Medicinal Products (2024 – ). Analysis of the Economic Impact of Mail-Order Sales of (Non-Prescription) Medicinal Products in Switzerland. Client: Bundesamt für Gesundheit (BAG), Staatssekretariat für Wirtschaft (SECO).  
  • Economic Evaluation of temporary agency work (2024). How do existing and potential regulations of temporary agency work affect individual stakeholder and the economy as a whole? Client: Swissstaffing.  
  • Flat-rate tariff systems in the outpatient sector (2023 – 2024). How does a flat-rate system differ from an individual service tariff in terms of a number of important assessment criteria? Client: santésuisse.  

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  • Sensitivity Analyses in the Valuation of Nuclear Power Plants (2023). How would longer operating lifetimes affect the valuation of nuclear power plants?  
  • Review of a Federal Office (2023). Are the processes of a federal office adequately organised?  
  • Supply Tasks, Capitalisation & Governance of a Market Area Manager (2023). Should the future market area manager in the Swiss gas market take on tasks related to supply security? If yes, how should the market area manager be capitalized, and how should the governance be structured? Client: Swiss Federal Office of Energy.  
  • Project support for a revision of the law (2023 – 2024). What are economically sensible thresholds for state intervention?  
  • Audit of a forecast model of the cost impact of standardised financing in the healthcare system (EFAS) (2023). How would the standardised reimbursement of ambulatory, inpatient and nursing care services (EFAS) affect insurers?  
  • Value creation effects of the Climate Protection Law (KlG) (2023). What is the impact of the KlG on the value chains? Client: Federal Office for the Environment (BAFU).  
  • Reference network analysis and cost driver analysis of electric utilities (2022 – 2023). Looking ahead to the energy transition, what are potentially suitable comparison parameters for an efficiency comparison? Client: Regulatory Authority.  

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Publications (selection)

  • Funk Michael, Spillmann Seline, Oderbolz Nicolas (2024). Economic Evaluation of temporary agency work. .  
  • Funk Michael, Trinkner Urs, Oderbolz Nicolas, Schnyder Nina, Bruhin Lukas, Arioli Martina (2024). Evaluation of Swisscom's owner strategy. Swiss Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC).  
  • Oderbolz Nicolas, Hafner Matthias, Marosvölgyi Beatrix (2024). Towards an Optimal Staking Design: Balancing Security, User Growth, and Token Appreciation. ChainScience Conference Proceedings.  
  • Trinkner Urs, Binz Tobias, Zuberbühler Eva, Spillmann Seline, Oderbolz Nicolas (2024). Flat rates for outpatient medical services. santésuisse.  
  • Tinkner Urs, Bruhin Lukas, Funk Michael, Binz Tobias, Oderbolz Nicolas, Winkler Josef (2023). GasVG: Market Area Manager and Security of Supply Tasks. .  

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