Andreas Stoller - PhD Student in Economics

About me

I am a third-year PhD student in Economics at the Chair of Applied Econometrics and Policy Evaluation at the University of Fribourg, supervised by Prof. Martin Huber. I hold an MSc in Economics from HEC Lausanne and have previously worked at the Swiss Federal Statistical Office and the University of Basel.

In my PhD thesis, I assess the effectiveness of prevention policies such as tobacco taxes, tobacco billboard bans, and regulations on e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products. My research focuses on applying causal methods for impact and policy evaluation, with an emphasis on causal machine learning.

Contact me via email or on LinkedIn.

Publications

Working papers

Working paper in preparation, "Effect of Cigarette Price and Tax Increases on Smoking in Europe: A Difference-in-Differences Study with Double Machine Learning", with Prof. Martin Huber

Working paper in preparation, "Impact of Tobacco Advertising Restrictions in Switzerland: A Staggered Difference-in-Differences Study on the Effect of Tobacco Billboard Bans on Smoking Behavior"

Policy reports

Research project, “Pilotstudie zur Wirkung der Tabakprävention auf die Gesundheit in der Schweiz: Ein kontrafaktischer Ansatz“, with Prof. Martin Huber, Swiss Tobacco Prevention Fund, 2024

Other publications

Discussion paper, "Entwicklung der Steuerlast von Kapital und Arbeit in den letzten 20 Jahren in der Schweiz", Anny-Klawa-Morf-Stiftung, 2022

Government publication, “Ausgaben für bedarfsabhängige Sozialleistungen von 2010 bis 2020“, with Silvia Hofer Kellenberger, Swiss Federal Statistical Office, 2022

Government publication, “Inventar und Finanzstatistik der Sozialhilfe im weiteren Sinn: Allgemeine Grundlagen“, with Silvia Hofer Kellenberger, Swiss Federal Statistical Office, 2022

Presentations

2025

Oral presentations: EuHEA PhD Student & Supervisor Conference, Brussels (30% acceptance rate); Swiss Public Health Conference, Lugano; Society for Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies Conference, Fribourg; Ski and Labor Economics Seminar, Laax; PhD Seminar of the Department of Economics, Fribourg

Seminar presentations at external institution: #PopHealthLab Science Meeting of the Population Health Laboratory, Fribourg; Health Economics Seminar of the Lausanne Center for Health Economics, Behavior, and Policy

Flash talk presentations: Symposium of Causal Inference in the Health Sciences, Zurich

2024

Oral presentations: Swiss Public Health Conference, Fribourg (award-winning abstract); Swiss Network on Public Economics, Fribourg

Poster presentations: Symposium of Causal Inference in the Health Sciences, Lausanne

Awards

SSPH+ Best PhD Abstract Award, issued at the Swiss Public Health Conference 2024
Awarded for: "Impact of Tobacco Advertising Restrictions in Switzerland: A Staggered DiD Study"

In the media

Blog post, "Effektivität von Tabakpräventions-Massnahmen", SES Webzine, 2025

Newspaper article, "Steuerwettlauf: Im Dienst der Wohlhabenden", WOZ Die Wochenzeitung, 2022

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