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Felix Schlumpf
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Alumnus ETHZ, UZH, SLAC, UMD, SREN, ZURN
Superstar Returns? Spatial Heterogeneity in Returns to Housing - AMARAL - 2025 - The Journal of Finance - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Superstar Returns? Spatial Heterogeneity in Returns to Housing
This paper makes the first comprehensive attempt to study within-country heterogeneity of housing returns. We introduce a new city-level data set covering 15 OECD countries over 150 years and show th....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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The hype and the hopes around AI have been like nothing the world has seen before, and the true nature of its impact is still unclear.

These are our predicted ramifications of the tech in the year ahead
AI’s true impact will become apparent in the coming year
Will it be boom, bust or backlash? In 2026 expect the economic, financial and social consequences of AI to grab attention
econ.st
November 14, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Full article: The First 80 Years of the Financial Analysts Journal: Prolific Contributors and Major Ideas and Innovations www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The First 80 Years of the Financial Analysts Journal: Prolific Contributors and Major Ideas and Innovations
Since its inception in 1945, the Financial Analysts Journal (FAJ) has advanced some of the investment profession’s most influential ideas by providing an outlet for innovative thinkers. We trace th...
www.tandfonline.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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ETH Zurich just turned 170 years!

Have a look into our past here:
www.instagram.com/p/DP6Jr-ACp0...
October 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Correlated quantum machines beyond the standard second law | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Correlated quantum machines beyond the standard second law
Quantum engines can attain efficiencies higher than Carnot’s by using entropic resources.
www.science.org
October 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Quantitative agent-based models: a promising alternative for macroeconomics url: academic.oup.com/oxrep/articl...
Quantitative agent-based models: a promising alternative for macroeconomics
Abstract. Agent-based models (ABMs) are dynamic computer simulations that abandon utility maximization and instead assume that agents are boundedly rationa
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October 14, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Top A.I. Researchers Leave OpenAI, Google and Meta for New Start-Up www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/t...
Top A.I. Researchers Leave OpenAI, Google and Meta for New Start-Up
www.nytimes.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The Disappearing Edge: AI, Machine Learning, and the Future of the Discretionary Portfolio Manager: Financial Analysts Journal: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Disappearing Edge: AI, Machine Learning, and the Future of the Discretionary Portfolio Manager
The discretionary portfolio manager’s role is evolving as artificial intelligence and machine learning increasingly supplement or replace traditional investment insight. This article explores how a...
www.tandfonline.com
September 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Glaciers in Central Asia have long managed to withstand rising temperatures and changing weather patterns. But now, the outlook is worsening. My latest for @bloomberg.com

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Even the Most-Resilient Glaciers Are Falling Victim to Climate Change
Researchers studying the health of glaciers say that one in Tajikistan likely reached its tipping point in 2018.
www.bloomberg.com
September 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Full article: The Disappearing Edge: AI, Machine Learning, and the Future of the Discretionary Portfolio Manager www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Disappearing Edge: AI, Machine Learning, and the Future of the Discretionary Portfolio Manager
The discretionary portfolio manager’s role is evolving as artificial intelligence and machine learning increasingly supplement or replace traditional investment insight. This article explores how a...
www.tandfonline.com
August 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Abschied von Russland: Mütterchen, es ist Zeit zu gehen taz.de/Abschied-von...
Abschied von Russland: Mütterchen, es ist Zeit zu gehen
Mehr als ihr halbes Leben verbrachte unsere Korrespondentin in dem Land, das seinen Nachbarn überfallen hat und die eigenen Leute nicht frei reden lässt.
taz.de
August 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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An enjoyable article by Charlie Wood for Quanta magazine, portraying some of the views in the Helgoland conference. Thanks for the careful work! Very important and necessary.

www.quantamagazine.org/its-a-mess-a...
‘It’s a Mess’: A Brain-Bending Trip to Quantum Theory’s 100th Birthday Party | Quanta Magazine
Hundreds of physicists (and a few journalists) journeyed to Helgoland, the birthplace of quantum mechanics, and grappled with what they have and haven’t learned about reality.
www.quantamagazine.org
August 11, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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A remarkable portrait of the confusion and diasagreement on the foundations of Quantum Mechanics. Thank you Elizabeth Gibney for the great questions and initiative!

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Physicists disagree wildly on what quantum mechanics says about reality, Nature survey shows
First major attempt to chart researchers’ views finds interpretations in conflict.
www.nature.com
August 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Full article: The Cross-Section of Corporate Bond Returns: The Pre-World War I Evidence www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Cross-Section of Corporate Bond Returns: The Pre-World War I Evidence
What explains the cross-sectional variation in corporate bond returns? This article uses novel hand-collected data from the Brussels Stock Exchange from January 1868 through July 1914 to examine th...
www.tandfonline.com
July 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Congress is scrambling to pass Donald Trump’s signature legislation before the Fourth of July holiday. The fevered process hints at the bill’s flaws and inconsistencies https://econ.trib.al/oVbmnKY
The big beautiful bill reveals the hollowness of Trumponomics
Republicans battle to pass a profligate but insubstantial law
econ.trib.al
July 3, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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‘Hong Kong’s pension fund managers have formed a preliminary plan to sell down their Treasury holdings within as soon as three months if the US loses its last recognized top credit rating.’ www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Hong Kong Pensions Plan to Cut Treasuries If US Loses AAA Rating
Hong Kong’s pension fund managers have formed a preliminary plan to sell down their Treasury holdings within as soon as three months if the US loses its last recognized top credit rating, according to...
www.bloomberg.com
June 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Warren Buffett picked the final minute of his 60th shareholder meeting to drop a long-awaited announcement that was still completely surprising for his fans, most of his board and even his successor.
Buffett Hands His Successor a Giant Cash Pile and Many Questions
Warren Buffett picked the final minute of his 60th shareholder meeting to drop a long-awaited announcement that was still completely surprising for his fans, most of his board and even his successor.
bloom.bg
May 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
How Nearly a Century of Happiness Research Led to One Big Finding www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/m...
How Nearly a Century of Happiness Research Led to One Big Finding
Decades of wellness studies have identified a formula for happiness, but you won’t figure it out alone.
www.nytimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Happy anniversary, Hubble! 🎂

Celebrate 35 years since this NASA/ESA space telescope was launched into orbit with four anniversary images! They roam from the planet Mars to dramatic images of stellar birth and death to a neighbouring galaxy.

Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...

#Hubble35 🔭 🧪
April 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Today, April 14, is #WorldQuantumDay and 2025 is the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology. A good opportunity to look at the history of quantum science in Zurich and get to know some of the most prominent protagonists: qc.ethz.ch/the-center/q...
Quantum Mechanics in Zurich
Zurich has a prominent place in the history of quantum science. We profile a few of the protagonists who shaped the field over the past century — with many more stories yet to be told.
qc.ethz.ch
April 14, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Opinion: Emerging markets are often characterised by uncertain economics, corrupt politics, institutions that are too weak to enforce democratic norms, violence and social polarisation. The US has been heading in that direction since 2016 www.ft.com/content/e7a0...
April 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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In the NOAAGlobalTemp v6 dataset, last month was the 3rd warmest March on record. Small differences in rankings between datasets can occur. Particularly extensive warm anomalies were observed over Europe ⚒️🧪

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April 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Electromagnetism as a purely geometric theory

iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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April 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM