FelixSchläpfer

Dr. sc. nat. habil. oec. UZH

Economic Research

About

My goal is to make useful conceptual and empirical contributions for a fuller understanding and more comprehensive statistics of the economy, especially in the domain of natural resource values, natural resource income and external costs - for academics, policymakers, NGOs, media and the public. A further interest is in the formation of public opinion and economic preferences for public policies.

Current Work

I am interested in how legal frameworks are driving natural resource use and environmental and economic outcomes, including distributional outcomes. A main current focus is on concepts and empirical methods to organize and analyze natural and environmental capital stocks and income from natural and environmental capital in Switzerland.

Independence

Independence is important to me. Above all, I feel responsible towards the public, in my country and elsewhere.

Collaboration

I am always interested in collaboration with other researchers working on related topics. Please contact me.

CV and Publications

CV / ResearchGate/Google Scholar/ X

Links

Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences (affiliation until 31 Dec. 2024)

Vollkosten.ch (resources for a polluter-pays economy)

Naturkapital.ch (analysis of resource rents in Switzerland; in German)

News

• 23 February 2026: Wer glaubt politische Propaganda in Nachrichtenmedien? (Artikel zu Studie)
• 19 February 2026: Wie unsere Medien das Wort “Propaganda” verwenden (How our media use the word "propaganda"). (An analysis of 210 reports/texts by the Swiss media Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Tagesanzeiger and SRF online.)
• 22 January 2026:  Schläpfer, F., Who Believes Misinformation that is Aligned with Dominant Narratives in Mainstream Media? (January 22, 2026). Available at SSRN.
• 18 January 2026: Article in Infosperber on the housing crisis in Switzerland.
• 12 December: Diskussionsbetrag Bodenmarkt und Wohnungspolitik / Kommentar Wohnungskrise / Wohnungskrise - 5 Thesen
• 3 December: AI-generated script on Western narratives: Schläpfer, F. (2025). Die Welt – westliche Erzählungen und empirischer Befund.  FS Economic Research. 
• 25 November 2025: New Working Paper: Schläpfer, F. (2025). Who believes mainstream misinformation? FS Economic Research. More recent version here.
• 8 October 2025: New Publication: Schläpfer, F. (2026). Total rents from natural resources: framework and preliminary estimates for Switzerland. Ecological Economics, 108821.
• 29 September 2025: New report > Einseitigkeit in Nachrichtenmedien. Eine Analyse von Zeitungsberichten und Meinungen in der deutschsprachigen Schweiz Press Release
• 29 August 2025: New report > Bodenkapital in den Kantonen 2016/2021 > Press release
• 19 June 2025: Scientific Talk "True cost and regulation in Swiss agriculture and food." NSF consortium "True cost of food", University of Lausanne (online).
• 16 May 2025: New Working paper "Who benefits from natural capital in Switzerland? An analysis of resource rents by groups of beneficiaries".
• April 17 2025: Publication: Schläpfer, F. & Losiger, M. (2025). Naturkapital Schweiz: Erträge und Verteilung 2021.
• 2 April 2025: Presentation on land rents in Switzerland at a meeting of the association 'Verein Gemeingut Boden' in Zurich. Slides
• 18 March 2025: Presentation "Overview of natural capital in Switzerland" at a meeting of the economic commission of the canton of Bern.
• 13 March 2025: Comment on FAO/BLW/FiBL study on hidden costs of the Swiss agri-food system >Comment
• 6 March 2025: Publication > Naturkapital Schweiz. Erträge und Verteilung 2021 >Press release

Contact

PD Dr. Felix Schläpfer

FS Economic Research

Kurlistr. 40

CH-8404 Winterthur

Switzerland

E-Mail: felixschlaepfer (at) economicresearch.ch

Last updated: 24 February 2026