Research

My main research interests include macroeconomics, distribution, international trade and economic growth.

Foellmi, R., Hepenstrick, C. & Torun, D. Triangle Inequalities in International Trade: The Neglected Dimension. revision requested by: Journal of International Economics.

Egger, P., Foellmi, R., Schetter, U. & Torun, D. Gravity with History: On Incumbency Effects in International Trade. revision requested by: Journal of the European Economic Association.

Foellmi, R., Heim, R. & Schmid, L. Voter Turnout and Selective Abstention in Concurrent Votes.

Baselgia, E. & Foellmi, R. (2023). Inequality and Growth. Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Cham: Springer.

Foellmi, R., Legge, S. & Tiemann, A. (2021). Innovation and Trade in the Presence of  Credit Constraints, Canadian Journal of Economics 54(3), 1168-1205.

Foellmi, R., & Oechslin, M. (2020). Harmful Pro-Competitive Effects of Trade in Presence of Credit Market Frictions, Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking 52, 1493-1525. 

Foellmi, R., Jaeggi, A., & Rosenblatt-Wisch, R. (2019). Loss Aversion at the Aggregate Level Across Countries and its Relation to Economic Fundamentals, Journal of Macroeconomics 61, 1-19.

Foellmi, R., Hepenstrick C., & Zweimüller, J. (2018). International Arbitrage and the Extensive Margin of Trade Between Rich and Poor Countries, Review of Economic Studies 85, 475-510.

Foellmi, R., Hanslin, S., & Kohler, A. (2018). A Dynamic North-South Model of Demand-Induced Product Cycles, Journal of International Economics 110, 63-86.

Foellmi, R., Fuest, A., An De Meulen, P., Micheli, M., Schmidt, T., & Zwick, L. (2018). Openness and the Productivity of the Swiss Economy, Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 154:17, 1-21.

Foellmi, R., & Martínez, I. (2017). Top Income Shares in Switzerland? Reassessing the Evolution Between 1981 and 2010, Review of Economics and Statistics 99, 793-809. 

Foellmi, R., & Zweimüller, J. (2017). Is Inequality Harmful for Innovation and Growth? Price versus Market Size Effects, Journal of Evolutionary Economics 27, 359-378.

Foellmi, R., Legge, S., & Schmid, L. (2016). Do Professionals Get it Right? Limited Attention and Risk-Taking Behavior, Economic Journal 126, 724-755.

Foellmi, R., Wuergler, T., & Zweimüller, J. (2014). The Macroeconomics of Model T, Journal of Economic Theory 153, 617-647.

Foellmi, R., & Meister, U. (2011). Enhancing the Efficiency of Water Supply – Product Market Competition versus Trade, Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade 12(3), 299-324.

Foellmi, R., & Zweimüller. (2011). Exclusive Goods and Formal-Sector Employment, American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics 3(1), 242-272. 

Foellmi, R., Rosenblatt-Wisch, R., & Schenk-Hoppé, K. (2011). Consumption Paths under Prospect Utility in an Optimal Growth Model, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 35(3), 273-281.

Foellmi, R., & Oechslin, M. (2010). Market Imperfections, Wealth Inequality, and the Distribution of Trade Gains, Journal of International Economics 81(1), 15-25.

Foellmi, R., & Zweimüller, J. (2008). Structural change, Engel's Consumption Cycles and Kaldor's Facts of Economic Growth. Journal of Monetary Economics 55(7),1317-1328.

Foellmi, R., & Oechslin, M. (2008). Why progressive redistribution can hurt the poor. Journal of Public Economics 92(3-4), 738-747.

Foellmi, R., & Oechslin, M. (2007). Who gains from Non-Collusive Corruption? Journal of Development Economics 82(1), 95-119.

Foellmi, R., & Zweimüller, J. (2006). Income Distribution and Demand-Induced Innovations. Review of Economic Studies 73(257), 941-960.

Foellmi, R. & Meister, U. (2005). Product-Market Competition in the Water Industry: Voluntary Non-discriminatory Pricing. Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade 5(2),115-135.

Foellmi, R. & Zweimüller, R. (2004). Inequality, Market Power, and Product Diversity. Economic Letters 82(1), 139-145.

A full list of my publications can be found here. 

Bertola, G., Foellmi, R., & Zweimüller, J. (2006). Income Distribution in Macroeconomic Models. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Foellmi, R. (2005). Consumption Structure and Macroeconomics : Structural Change and the Relationship Between Inequality and Growth. Berlin: Springer.