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Do Agglomeration Economies Reduce the Sensitivity of Firm Location to Tax Differentials?

Brülhart, Marius; Jametti, Mario; Schmidheiny, Kurt - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Low corporate taxes can help attract new firms. This is the main mechanism underpinning the standard 'race-to-the-bottom' view of tax competition. A recent theoretical literature has qualified this view by formalizing the argument that agglomeration forces can reduce firms' sensitivity to tax...

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Exploiting Regional Treatment Intensity for the Evaluation of Labour Market Policies

Fröhlich, Markus; Lechner, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

We estimate the effects of active labour market policies (ALMP) on subsequent employment by nonparametric instrumental variables and matching estimators. Very informative administrative Swiss data with detailed regional information are combined with exogenous regional variation in programme...

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Competition Policy in Switzerland

Neven, Damien J; von Ungern-Sternberg, Thomas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

This paper provides a critical review of competition policy in Switzerland. We analyse the legal statute, the …

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Regional Treatment Intensity as an Instrument for the Evaluation of Labour Market Policies

Fröhlich, Markus; Lechner, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

The effects of active labour market policies (ALMP) on individual employment chances and earnings are evaluated by non-parametric instrumental variables based on Swiss administrative data with detailed regional information. Using an exogenous variation in the participation probabilities across...

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Does Subsidized Temporary Employment Get the Unemployed Back to Work? An Econometric Analysis of Two Different Schemes

Gerfin, Michael; Lechner, Michael; Stieger, Heidi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

schemes of subsidized temporary employment implemented in Switzerland. One scheme operates as a non-profit employment …

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International Portfolio Holdings and Swiss Franc Asset Returns

Kugler, Peter; Weder di Mauro, Beatrice - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper revisits the puzzle of low returns on Swiss franc assets using a new dataset of international portfolio holdings at Swiss banks. The main findings are as follows. First, we find that the return anomaly is present only for fixed income assets and not for equity. Second, it is mostly...

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Volatile Top Income Shares in Switzerland? Reassessing the Evolution Between 1981 and 2009

Foellmi, Reto; Martínez, Isabel Z. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

We study the recent evolution of top incomes in Switzerland, analyzing both social security data on labor incomes and ….01 percent’s share even doubled, putting Switzerland similar to European countries for the top 1 percent group but closer to the … suggests that labor incomes have become more important among top income earners in Switzerland. This is in line with findings …

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What Explains the German Labor Market Miracle in the Great Recession?

Burda, Michael C; Hunt, Jennifer - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

Germany experienced an even deeper fall in GDP in the Great Recession than the United States, with little employment …

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The Consequences of German Economic and Monetary Union

Burda, Michael C - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1990

This paper analyzes some of the consequences of economic and monetary union of the two Germanies. Particular emphasis is given to the real implications for the supply side of the German Democratic Republic and for resource flows between two economic regions.

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Was Germany Ever United? Evidence from Intra- and International Trade, 1885 -1933

Wolf, Nikolaus - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

This paper asks whether Germany was ever an economically integrated area. I explore the geography of trade costs in a … new data set of about 40,000 observations on regional trade flows within and across the borders of Germany over the period … origins in administrative borders within Germany, in a geographical barrier that divided Germany roughly along natural trade …

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