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The impact of COVID-19 on mobility choices in Switzerland
Hintermann, Beat; Schoeman, Beaumont Maarten; Molloy, Joseph - 2021
We study the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated government measures on individual mobility choices in Switzerland. Our data is based on over 1,000 people for which we observe all trips during eight weeks before the pandemic and again for up to 6 months after its onset. We find an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012661098
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Technological innovations and the allocation of decision-making authorities in Swiss firms
Armbruster, Kathrin - 2011 - Preliminary Version
Since several decades, information and communication technologies (ICT) as well as new organizational designs change the working life in firms. Using nationally representative Swiss firm-level panel data, the present paper analyzes the relationship between these developments and examines,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009008068
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Delayering and firm performance : evidence from Swiss firm-level data
Kuhn, Dieter - 2011
The past decades witnessed a broad trend towards flatter organizations with less hierarchical layers. A reduction of the number of management levels in a corporation can have both positive and negative effects on firm performance with the net effect being theoretically unclear ex ante. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009008102
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Is a CEO turnover good or bad news?
Kind, Axel; Schläpfer, Yves - 2010
To gain insights about the quality of boards' firing decisions, we investigate abnormal stock returns and operating performance around CEO-turnover announcements in a new hand-collected sample of 208 "clean'' turnover events between January 1998 and June 2009. Unlike the majority of previous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009008304
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Geld in der Oper
Kugler, Peter - 2019 - Revidiert September 2019
Eine wirtschaftshistorische Analyse von in bekannten Opern genannten Geldbeträgen zeigt, dass sie in heutigen Frankenbeträgen und im Vergleich zum Lohnniveau am Ort und zur Zeit der Handlung sehr unterschiedlich sind. Wir finden Summen, die exorbitant hoch oder auch eher bescheiden erscheinen....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012615132
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Price versus commitment : managing the demand for off-peak train tickets in a field experiment
Hintermann, Beat; Thommen, Christoph - 2022
Using data from a field experiment, we provide estimates for the own-price elasticity of train travel in Switzerland. Our estimates are based on exogenous changes to the level of discounts for long-distance trains and thus avoid the usual endogeneity problem between demand-dependent discounts....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013364022
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The impact of COVID-19 on mobility choices in Switzerland
Hintermann, Beat; Schoeman, Beaumont Maarten; Molloy, Joseph - 2022 - replaces version of September 2021
We study the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated government measures on individual mobility choices in Switzerland. Our data is based on over 1,600 people for which we observe all trips during eight weeks before the pandemic and until May 2021. We find an overall reduction of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013490708
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Nuclear decommissioning profile : Switzerland
Bärenbold, Rebekka - 2023
This report provides an overview of the legal framework and regulation for the decommissioning of NPPs in Switzerland, as well as give an indication on current cost estimates and their accuracy. Additionally, it shows the current progress of the decommissioning process.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013549684
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Ist die relative Schlechterstellung niedrig qualifizierter Arbeitskräfte Mythos oder Realität? : eine Analyse der Schweizer Disparität von Lohn und Arbeitslosenquote nach Qualifikation
Wyss, Simone Deborah (contributor) - 2008
von niedrig- zu höherqualifizierten Arbeitskräften in der Schweiz um Realität oder um einen Mythos handelt. Die … Niedrigqualifizierten in der Schweiz seit 1991 deutlich verschlechtert. Dabei ist entgegen der weitverbreiteten Meinung nicht die … die Schweiz im OECD-Längsschnittvergleich durch die stärkste Zunahme der Disparität der Arbeitslosenquote nach …
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Leadership structure and corporate governance in Switzerland
Schmid, Markus M. (contributor);  … - 2007
The question of whether the CEO should also serve as chairman of the board is one of the most hotly debated issues in the recent corporate governance discussion. While agencytheoretic arguments advocate a separation of decision and control functions, the empirical evidence focusing on U.S....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003666368