We estimate the effect of an electricity tax on aggregate electricity consumption with the synthetic control method … electricity prices by 5.4-8.0%. We compare the actual and a hypothetical electricity consumption in the years 1999-2006. The … latter is a weighted average of electricity consumption in other Swiss cities and captures the hypothetical situation without …

decommissioning the nuclear power plants for the electricity market and the whole economy. We expect that increased renewable … generation and demand-side policies of the type already envisioned will not suffice to close the supply gap, so that Switzerland … will have to rely on more imports of electricity, moving away from the export surpluses realized almost every year since …

We study the aggregate exposure of mortgage borrowers in Switzerland to interest rate and house price risks and examine … how the households' choice of risky mortgages is related to individual interest rate expectations and regional house price … variation. The analysis is based on a unique data set of household mortgage applications. Our results suggest that the aggregate …

In Switzerland, transportation represents 41% of CO2 emissions from energy combustion (2016), a much higher share than … in transportation. This paper presents deep decarbonization pathways for Switzerland that demand a strong contribution …

This paper documents daily compound indicators on physical mobility and sales activity in Switzerland during the Corona … subsequent gradual resurgence of mobility. In addition, while activity within Switzerland was back to normal levels by late June …, activity of Swiss residents outside of Switzerland was still below normal. …