Frey is Research Director of CREMA - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts, Switzerland and Co-Founder of CREW - Center for Research in Economics and Well-Being at the University of Basel. He was Managing Editor, from 1969-2015, and is now Honorary Editor of Kyklos. Bruno Frey seeks to extend economics beyond standard neo-classics by including insights from other disciplines, including political science, psychology and sociology.
In 2020, Frey is in fifth place in the ranking of „important economists“ in Switzerland by the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ, 24th September 2020), ninth place in the corresponding ranking for Germany by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ, 24th September 2020) and on top of the list with respect to „life achievement“ produced by the Handelsblatt in Germany (Handelsblatt, 16th September 2019). According to ISI - The Institute for Scientific Information, Bruno S. Frey belongs to „the most highly cited Researchers“.
Current Research interests:
Political Economics
Economics of Awards (orders, medals, decorations and other honours)
Democracy & Federalism
Economics of Terrorism
Democracy & Federalism
Economics of Terrorism
Economics & Psychology
Motivation (crowding effects)
Happiness Research
Happiness Research
Corporate Governance
Economics of Art and Culture
Some of the latest books:
21st Century Economics. Economic Ideas You Should Read and
Remember (with Christoph Schaltegger eds.) (2019)
Ökonomik der Kunst und Kultur (2019)
Economics of Art and Culture (2019)
Economics of Happiness (2018)
Honours versus Money. The Economics of Awards (with Jana Gallus) (2017)
Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Glücksforschung (2017)
Economic Ideas You Should Forget (with David Iselin eds.) (2017)
Recent Developments in the Economics of Happiness
(with Alois Stutzer eds.) (2013)
Glück - Die Sicht der Ökonomie (with Claudia Frey Marti) (2010)
Remember (with Christoph Schaltegger eds.) (2019)
Ökonomik der Kunst und Kultur (2019)
Economics of Art and Culture (2019)
Economics of Happiness (2018)
Honours versus Money. The Economics of Awards (with Jana Gallus) (2017)
Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Glücksforschung (2017)
Economic Ideas You Should Forget (with David Iselin eds.) (2017)
Recent Developments in the Economics of Happiness
(with Alois Stutzer eds.) (2013)
Glück - Die Sicht der Ökonomie (with Claudia Frey Marti) (2010)