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 …

In this paper, the amount of income redistribution in the United States, the European Union, and Switzerland is … between the two poles, Switzerland provides unique evidence about the relative merits of competing hypotheses. It tips the … (which also characterize Switzerland) to redistribution; yet the Swiss share of transfers in the GDP is low. Behavioral …