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The R-word index for Switzerland
Iselin, David; Siliverstovs, Boriss - 2012
In a pioneering attempt we present the R(ecession)-word index for Switzerland. We evaluate its predictive ability of …
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The R-Word Index for Switzerland
Iselin, David - 2012
In this study we construct the R(ecession)-word index for Switzerland. To the best of our knowledge, this has never …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013104620
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Using newspapers for tracking the business cycle: A comparative study for Germany and Switzerland
Iselin, David; Siliverstovs, Boriss - 2013
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319719
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Exploration or exploitation of knowledge from universities: Does it make a difference?
Arvanitis, Spyridon; Wörter, Martin - 2012
In a first step, we developed based on existing theoretical and empirical literature a series of hypotheses with respect to the relative importance of possible determinants of exploration and exploitation of knowledge in collaboration with universities and tested them on Swiss firm data. In a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319708
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Impact of external knowledge acquisition strategies on innovation: A comparative study based on Dutch and Swiss panel data
Arvanitis, Spyridon; Lokshin, Boris; Mohnen, Pierre; … - 2013
There is growing evidence that firms increasingly adopt open innovation practices. In this paper we investigate the impact of two such external knowledge acquisition strategies, buy and cooperate, on firm's product innovation performance. Taking a direct (productivity) approach, we test for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319720
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The choice of foreign locations of Swiss MNEs
Arvanitis, Spyridon; Hollenstein, Heinz; Stucki, Tobias - 2012
In this paper, the parent firms' choice of FDI locations is analyzed based on a unique firm-level dataset for Swiss MNEs. The data allows a detailed characterization of parent companies, their foreign subsidiaries and the two-way trade flows between parent companies and foreign affiliates. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319730
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How Swiss small- and medium-sized firms assess the performance impact of mergers and acquisitions
Arvanitis, Spyridon; Stucki, Tobias - 2012
While previous studies on mergers and acquisitions (M&As) mostly relied on large firms, our study is based on a sample that includes all Swiss M&As that took place in the period 2006-2008, mostly of which have been SMEs. We investigate the firm characteristics that determine the innovation and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319732
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Do mergers and acquisitions affect the performance of acquiring firms? Evidence for Swiss small- and medium-sized firms
Arvanitis, Spyridon; Stucki, Tobias - 2012
This paper investigates the post-merger performance effects of mergers and acquisitions (M&As). Our study is based on a representative sample that includes all Swiss M&As that took place in the period 2006-2008. In contrast to previous studies in this field most of our M&As took place between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319740
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Do competitively acquired funds induce public research institutions to behave efficiently?
Bolli, Thomas; Somogyi, Frank - 2009
This paper analyzes the effect of public and private third-party funds on the effciency of departments of Swiss public research institutions. Estimating an output distance function assuming that labor is used to produce master students and scientific publications, we find no statistically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285837
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Tax competition and income sorting: Evidence from the Zurich metropolitan area
Schaltegger, Christoph A.; Somogyi, Frank; Sturm, Jan-Egbert - 2009
In this paper, we provide empirical evidence for the influence of income taxes on the choice of residence of taxpayers at the local level. The fact that Swiss communities can individually set tax multipliers thereby shifting the progressive tax scheme which is fixed at the cantonal (state) level...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285851