In a pioneering attempt we present the R(ecession)-word index for Switzerland. We evaluate its predictive ability of …

In this study we construct the R(ecession)-word index for Switzerland. To the best of our knowledge, this has never …

constructed for Germany and Switzerland. We use these indices in order to track the business cycle dynamics in these two countries … Switzerland. Third, we show that the RWI-based forecasts are more accurate than the consensus forecasts (published by Consensus … Economics Inc.) for Switzerland, whereas we reach the opposite conclusion for Germany. In fact, the accuracy of the consensus …

rich countries: New Zealand and Switzerland. We briefly discuss Kehoe/Prescott's definition of a great depression … perform sensitivity tests with respect to alternative operationalisations for Switzerland and the U.S. It is shown that with …-performing Switzerland reduces considerably. Yet, this still does not explain the comparatively poor economic growth in Switzerland during …