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This paper conducts an extensive forecasting study on 13,118 time series measuring Swiss goods exports, grouped hierarchically by export destination and product category. We apply existing state of the art methods in forecast reconciliation and introduce a novel Bayesian reconciliation...
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the fiscal policy measures taken in Switzerland. Then we use simulations with the KOF macroeconomic model to assess the … effects on the Swiss economy of a) the Swiss measures on the one hand and b) the fiscal stimulus packages taken by Switzerland … stimulus packages in Switzerland and abroad, we re-run the KOF macroeconometric model counterfactually, modifying the variables …
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This paper leverages a novel survey among German senior government officials to investigate fiscal responses to monetary policy shocks. Using randomized vignette treatments, we present officials with scenarios of increased government interest costs and analyze their expected fiscal adjustments....
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We estimate the ratio of private wealth to national income, βpt, for Switzerland over the period 1900-2018. Our results … indicate that the development of βpt in Switzerland did not follow a U-shaped pattern as in most European countries, but that …
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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 …
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pays specific attention to the implementation of various energy policies, in particular, in Switzerland. Beyond …
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Using firm-level data for up to 707 Swiss hotels and restaurants we evaluate the economic impact of the EURO 2008 soccer championship. Although aggregated macro data reveal no economic impact, we report an overall negative effect based on the surveyed companies. Notably the reported effects of...
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This paper studies the effects of a change in the Swiss franc/euro exchange rate floor, as introduced by the Swiss National Bank in September 2011 using a survey based impulse responses analysis. Survey based impulse responses incorporate experimental settings into representative firm surveys,...
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For some time now, Swiss trade unions have been demanding a substantial increase of the wages in the lowest income segments, especially in the retail and catering service industries. At present, increases for the sales personell in the retail industry stand in the forefront of trade union...
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This study investigates the impacts of a palette of Knowledge and Technology Transfer (KTT) activities (general information, educational and research activities, activities related with technical infrastructure, and consulting) (a) on several innovation indicators (a1) in the framework of an...
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