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The Impact of the UEFA Women's EURO on Hotel Overnight Stays: Evidence from a Causal Analysis
Hannes Wallimann, Anna Mehr
The impact evaluation of female sports events remains an important yet neglected area of research. To fill this gap, this working paper provides a timely assessment of the 2025 UEF…
The Effect of the Gotthard Base Tunnel on Road Traffic: A Synthetic Control Approach
Hannes Wallimann, Widar von Arx, Ann Hesse
The opening of the Gotthard Base Tunnel in 2017, the longest railway tunnel in the world, marked a milestone in Swiss transport policy. The tunnel, a part of the New Rail Link thro…
Predicting Children's Travel Modes for School Journeys in Switzerland: A Machine Learning Approach Using National Census Data
Hannes Wallimann, Noah Balthasar
Children's travel behavior plays a critical role in shaping long-term mobility habits and public health outcomes. Despite growing global interest, little is known about the factors…
How (Not) to Incentivize Sustainable Mobility? Lessons from a Swiss Mobility Competition
Silvio Sticher, Hannes Wallimann, Noah Balthasar
We investigate the impact of a gamified experiment designed to promote sustainable mobility among students and staff members of a Swiss higher-education institution. Despite transp…
Austria's KlimaTicket: Assessing the short-term impact of a cheap nationwide travel pass on demand
Hannes Wallimann
Measures to reduce transport-related greenhouse gas emissions are of great importance to policy-makers. A recent example is the nationwide KlimaTicket in Austria, a country with a…
Free public transport to the destination: A causal analysis of tourists' travel mode choice
Kevin Blättler, Hannes Wallimann, Widar von Arx
In this paper, we assess the impact of a fare-free public transport policy for overnight guests on travel mode choice to a Swiss tourism destination. The policy directly targets do…
How to Use Data Science in Economics -- a Classroom Game Based on Cartel Detection
Hannes Wallimann, Silvio Sticher
We present a classroom game that integrates economics and data-science competencies. In the first two parts of the game, participants assume the roles of firms in a procurement mar…
On suspicious tracks: machine-learning based approaches to detect cartels in railway-infrastructure procurement
Hannes Wallimann, Silvio Sticher
In railway infrastructure, construction and maintenance is typically procured using competitive procedures such as auctions. However, these procedures only fulfill their purpose -…
Do price reductions attract customers in urban public transport? A synthetic control approach
Hannes Wallimann, Kevin Blättler, Widar von Arx
In this paper, we assess the demand effects of lower public transport fares in Geneva, an urban area in Switzerland. Considering a unique sample based on transport companies' annua…