Simon Scheidegger

Computational Economics, Finance, and AI

Simon Scheidegger

Associate Professor (tenured), Department of Economics, HEC Lausanne

Visiting Senior Fellow, Grantham Research Institute, London School of Economics (2025–)

Associate Editor, Review of Finance (2026–)

I develop deep learning and high-performance computing methods that make high-dimensional dynamic economic models computationally tractable, and deploy them to answer policy questions in climate economics, macro-finance, and mechanism design.

Internef 509, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
+41 21 692 33 96 · simon.scheidegger@unil.ch
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  • Deep learning
  • High-performance computing
  • Macro-finance
  • Climate economics

Research

My research lies at the intersection of computational macroeconomics, finance, and artificial intelligence. I build deep learning methods and scalable numerical frameworks for solving high-dimensional dynamic models that were long considered computationally intractable. These tools allow richer quantitative analysis of climate policy, macro-finance, dynamic contracting, and asset pricing.

My work has appeared in outlets including Econometrica, the Review of Economic Studies, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Economic Journal, and the Annual Review of Economics.

Featured Work

Recent Publication

Deep Surrogates for Finance

Deep learning surrogates for high-dimensional option pricing, published in the Journal of Financial Economics (2026).

New Paper

Equilibrium World Models

Structural world models: a deep-learning method for solving dynamic stochastic economic models.

Open Research Software

The Climate in Climate Economics

Open-source code for modern climate emulation and integrated assessment work in economics.

News

November 2025
Machine Learning for Dynamic Incentive Problems (with P. Renner) accepted at Review of Economic Studies. Accepted

Past Visits & Service

Research Areas

  • Computational macroeconomics and finance
  • Machine learning for dynamic economic models
  • Climate economics and integrated assessment
  • High-performance computing and numerical methods