Elena Zarkovic

Analyst

Biography

Elena Zarkovic is an Analyst with Swiss Economics. She received her Bachelor's degree in Economics as well as in Business Administration, and a certificate in data science fundamentals from the University of St. Gallen. Before joining Swiss Economics, she worked as a research assistant at the Swiss Institute for International Economics and Applied Economic Research in St. Gallen.

Work experience

Analyst, Swiss Economics (2023 - )
Student Consultant, Sygnum Bank (Singapore), (2022)
Research Assistant, Swiss Institute for International Economics and Applied Economic Research (2021)

Education

Double BA in Economics & Business Administration, University of St. Gallen (2019 - 2023)

Expertise

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Projects (selection)

Regulatory impact assessment on centralisations in trade surveillance (2024). What are the economic effects of centralisations for reporting offices and trade monitoring in the Swiss financial centre? Client: State Secretariat for International Finance (SIF).
Price Formation on the Swiss Forward Market (2023 – 2024). How is the Swiss forward market price for electricity deliveries determined? Does the price formation meet expectations? Are there indications of market power held by individual players? How could the Swiss wholesale price be reduced?
WACC for Swiss electricity grids and renewable energies (2023 – 2024). How high should the financing cost rate for electricity grids and renewables be in future? Client: Bundesamt für Energie (BFE).

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Publications (selection)

Binz Tobias, Trinkner Urs, de Luze Romain, Meyer Leah, Zarkovic Elena, Altorfer Michael (2024). Need for Adjustment in WACC for Grid and Support Instruments for Renewables. Gutachten für das Bundesamt für Energie.

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