Romain de Luze

Senior Economist

Biography

Romain de Luze is a Senior Economist with the Center for Cryptoeconomics. He holds a master's degree in Actuarial Science from HEC Lausanne and a master's degree in Economics from the University of Bern. He has worked for several years as a quantitative risk analyst for a top reinsurance company in Zürich.

Work Experience

Senior Economist, Center for Cryptoeconomics (2023 - )
Economist, Center for Cryptoeconomics (2020 - 2022)
Economist, Swiss Economics (2020 - 2022)
Research Assistant, Center for Regional Economic Development, University of Bern (2020)
Quantitative Risk Analyst, SCOR (2014 – 2019)
Intern, Swissnex China (2012 – 2013)

Education

MSc in Economics, University of Bern (2019 – 2021)
MSc in Actuarial Science, University of Lausanne (2010 – 2012)
BA in Management, University of Lausanne (2006 – 2009)

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Projects (selection)

Securing investments to integrate Switzerland into the European hydrogen transportation network (2024 – ). What is the investment need for a Swiss connection to the European hydrogen network? How could funding mechanisms look like? How can investments be secured? Client: Bundesamt für Energie.
Tokenomics support for the 6022 insurance blockchain (2024). How should the 6022 project's tokenomics and distribution mechanisms be designed to ensure its long-term success?
Developments in the electricity market (2024 – ). How has the Swiss electricity market developed in recent years? Client: Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE).
Assessment of new electricity legislations (2024). What are the critical points of the ordinances on the overarching decree?
WACC for Swiss electricity grids and renewable energies (2023 – 2024). How high should the financing cost rate for electricity grids and renewables be in future? Client: Bundesamt für Energie (BFE).
Environmental impacts of DLT-applications (2023 – 2024). How resource and energy efficient are different DLT applications? Client: Umweltbundesamt (UBA).

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Support for the Web3 Chess platform Raremind (2023). How can the well-known chess platforms be integrated into Web3? How should incentives be structured to connect various stakeholders on the platform?

Effect of price signals and government measures on electricity demand (2023 – 2024). How have end customers reacted to the rise in electricity prices? What role do government measures play? Client: State Secretariat of Economic Affairs SECO.

Measures against high energy prices for a canton (2023). Should a canton react in the event of persistently high energy prices? If so, how and when?

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).

Assessing the opportunity costs of hydropower reserve providers (2022). What are appropriate bids for the hydropower reserve? Client: Swiss Electricity Commission (ElCom).

WACC Tool (2022). How can the cost of capital be set in a project- or company-specific manner in a pragmatic but coherent way?

Measures against high energy prices (2022). What measures are being discussed at EU and Swiss level to combat high energy prices? Which of these are relevant for Switzerland? What measures could Switzerland take? Client: Swiss Federal Office of Energy (BFE).

Economic Audit of a Lending Protocol (2022). Exactly is an algorithmic credit market protocol built on the Ethereum blockchain. Exactly asked Swiss Economics to review their protocol design. Client: Exactly.

Token economics for a decentralized exchange (2022). What is the impact of token distribution and rewards on the success of Pact? Client: Pact.fi.

Analyse de coûts et stratégie tarifaire pour le chauffage à distance en Valais central (2022 – 2023). A quel niveau devrait se situer le tarif du chauffage à distance en Valais central ? Client: OIKEN SA.

Swiss Economics establishes a strategic partnership with Folks Finance (2022 – 2023). Swiss Economics' Center for Cryptoeconomics cryptecon is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Folks Finance – a lending protocol on the Algorand Blockchain. Cryptecon will review the economic model of the protocol. Client: Blockchain Italia.

Tokenomics and Protocol Design for Folks Finance (2021 – 2022). Folks Finance is a lending protocol on the Algorand Blockchain. The Center for Cryptoeconomics started a strategic partnership to review the economic model of the protocol. Client: Blockchain Italia.

Effectiveness of COVID-19 measures in the second wave (2021 – 2022).

Which measures taken by the Federal Council and the cantons were effective during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in Switzerland and how?

Client: Staatssekretariat für Wirtschaft (SECO).

Protection against terrorism and pandemic risks (2021 – 2022). How can the German economy be protected against the systemic risks of terrorism and pandemics? Client: German Federal Ministry of Finance.

Benchmarking European electricity and gas transmission (TCB21) (2021 – 2024). How efficient are European electricity and gas transmission system operators? Client: Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER).

Regulation, costing and pricing of district heating (2020). What are the cost drivers of district heating? What is a "fair" price for district heating? How should the governance and regulation for district heating networks look like? Client: Services Industriels de Genève (SIG), Office cantonal de l'énergie (OCEN).

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Publications (selection)

Eschenbaum Nicolas, Habibulina Lilia, Sabotic Maida, de Luze Romain, Meyer de Stadelhofen Leah, Trinkner Urs (2024). Effect of price signals and regulations on electricity demand. Foundations for economic policy.
Trinkner Urs, Eschenbaum Nicolas, de Luze Romain, Apreda Luca, Greber Nicolas (2022). Policy Measures against high Energy Prices. Bundesamt für Energie (BFE).
Funk Michael, Wüthrich Felix, de Luze Romain, Jenal Larissa, Rutz Samuel, Schelker Mark (2022). Effectiveness of Corona measures in Switzerland. State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO.

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