Trade in intermediate goods as one possible link between rising trade and foreign direct investment is examined. To explain growing intermediate goods trade, three hypotheses are brought forward: outsourcing, global sourcing and the increasing importance of MNE networks. These hypotheses are...

Recent studies found evidence for nominal wage rigidity during periods of relatively high nominal GDP growth. It has been argued, however, that in an environment with low nominal GDP growth, when nominal wage cuts become customary, workers' opposition to nominal cuts would erode and, hence,...

Die Arbeit umfasst 4 Kapitel aus verschiedenen Gebieten der angewandten O͏̈konometrie. Zwei Kapitel befassen sich damit die Bewegungen der Schweizer Konjunktur vorauszusagen. Ein weiteres behandelt asymmetrische Bandpassfilter mit Fokus auf Echtzeitproblemen und im letzten Kapitel wird die...