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Spatio-temporal dynamics in Swiss regional unemployment
Schenker, Rolf; Straub, Martin - 2011
; Switzerland …
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Rationality of direct tax revenue forecasts under asymmetric losses : evidence from Swiss cantons
Chatagny, Florian; Siliverstovs, Boriss - 2013
The current debt crisis has shed light on the importance of accurate fiscal forecasts. In particular, the accuracy of revenue forecasts is central since they set the limit within which expenditure should remain in order to reach fiscal balance. Therefore, forecasting tax revenue accurately is a...
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Incentive effects of fiscal rules on the finance minister's behaviour : evidence from revenue projections in Swiss Cantons
Chatagny, Florian - 2013
Predicting available tax revenue accurately is a key step of fiscal policy. It has recently been shown that revenue prediction errors have a direct impact on fiscal deficits. In the current paper we explore the relationship between the ideology of the finance minister and tax revenue projection...
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Why does the amount of income redistribution differ between the United States and Europe? : the Janus face of Switzerland
Akkoyunlu, Sule; Neustadt, Ilja; Zweifel, Peter - 2009
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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Tracking and taxing the super-rich : insights from Swiss rich lists
Baselgia, Enea; Martínez, Isabel - 2022
magazine to gain new insights on the structure and dynamics of top wealth in Switzerland. Using this data allows us study the … distinctive contributions to the literature. First, we present a number of new facts on the wealth elite in Switzerland. We show … dataset to estimate the wealth shares of the top 0.01% in Switzerland and show how they compare to earlier estimates by Föllmi …
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Business cycle measurement with semantic filtering : a micro data approach
Müller-Kademann, Christian; Köberl, Eva - 2008
least one quarter. It can therefore be used for one quarter ahead forecasting real GDP growth. -- business cycle measurement …
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Can a standardized aptitude test predict training success of apprentices? : evidence from a case study in Switzerland
Siegenthaler, Michael - 2011
From a theoretical perspective, the output gap is probably the most comprehensive and convincing concept to describe the cyclical position of an economy. Unfortunately, for practical purposes, the concept depends on the determination of potential output, which is an inherently unobservable...
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Measuring the social status of education programmes : applying a new measurement to dual vocational education and training in Switzerland
Bolli, Thomas; Rageth, Ladina - 2016
) system in Switzerland, which has recently received substantial attention across Europe. We argue that, holding everything … approach to test whether growing knowledge of the education system increases the social status of dual VET in Switzerland. Our … stay in Switzerland, thus reflecting their learning process about the Swiss education system. …
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Measuring knightian uncertainty
Dibiasi, Andreas; Iselin, David - 2019
Uncertainty indicator for Switzerland and show that the indicator is able to identify times of high uncertainty and detects …
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Finance and income inequality : a review and new evidence
Haan, Jakob de; Sturm, Jan-Egbert - 2016
Using a panel fixed effects model for a sample of 121 countries covering 1975 -2005, we examine how financial development, financial liberalization and banking crises are related to income inequality. In contrast with most previous work, our results suggest that all finance variables increase...
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