Nicolas Greber

Economist

Biography

Nicolas Greber is an Economist with Swiss Economics and supports the Blockchain team. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Bern with a focus on industrial economics. At the University of St. Gallen, he completed a Master's degree in economics with a specialisation in digitalisation and data analysis.

Work experience

Economist, Swiss Economics (2022 - )
Analyst, Swiss Economics (2021 - 2022)
Accountant, Elektro Schneider & Partner AG (2017 - 2020)

Education

Ph.D. in Management & Economics, University of Zürich (2023 – )
M.A. in Economics, University of St. Gallen (2020 - 2022)
B.Sc. in Economics, University of Bern (2016 – 2019)

Expertise

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Projects (selection)

Nouns DAO: Alternative Fork Design (2024). Can an alternative fork design in Nouns DAO reduce the speculative participation of arbitrageurs? Client: Nouns DAO.
Developments in the electricity market (2024 – ). How has the Swiss electricity market developed in recent years? Client: Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE).
Revenue opportunities Swiss hydropower (2023). What are the revenue opportunities for different hydropower plants in Switzerland? What role do the various sales options such as spot, futures, ancillary services, capacity and proof-of-origin markets play? Client: Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE).
Market Power in Energy Platforms and Artificial Intelligence (2023 – ). From an economics perspective, what challenges do energy platforms pose? What role does artificial intelligence play in this context? Client: Bundesamt für Energie (BFE).
Support for the Football Prediction Platform Pooky Labs (2022). A new collaboration between the Center for Cryptoeconomics and Pooky Labs to create the world's first multi-sport prediction game in a web3 environment.
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).

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Token economics for an NFT launchpad and trading platform (2022). How to allocate and distribute the native token of the NFT lauchpad and trading platfrom Meme Cake? Client: Meme Cake.

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.

Decentralized option platform (2021 – 2023). What are the optimal set of parameters of a DeFi protocol mechanism that offers put options to its users? Client: Bumper.

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Publications (selection)

Trinkner Urs, Eschenbaum Nicolas, Greber Nicolas, Fuchs Alexander (2023). Revenue opportunities and marketing costs of hydropower. Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE).
Trinkner Urs, Eschenbaum Nicolas, de Luze Romain, Apreda Luca, Greber Nicolas (2022). Policy Measures against high Energy Prices. Bundesamt für Energie (BFE).

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