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Provision of public goods in a federalist country: Tiebout competition, fiscal equalization, and incentives for efficiency in Switzerland
Widmer, Philippe; Zweifel, Peter - 2008
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the efficiency of the 26 Swiss cantons over the period 2000 to 2004 applying Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). A Total Public Sector Performance (TPSP) indicator for eight local government activities (administration, public safety, education, culture and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315507
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Accounting for heterogeneity in the measurement of hospital performance
Widmer, Philippe K.; Zweifel, Peter; Farsi, Mehdi - 2011
With prospective payment of hospitals becoming more common, measuring their performance is gaining in importance. However, the standard cost frontier model yields biased efficiency scores because it ignores technological heterogeneity between hospitals. In this paper, efficiency scores are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010316845
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Improving efficiency through consolidation of jurisdictions? Evidence from the Cantons of Switzerland
Widmer, Philippe K.; Elias, George; Zweifel, Peter - 2012
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the optimal scale of local jurisdictions (cantons) in Switzerland applying Data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010316907
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285835
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Economic well-being, social mobility, and preferences for income redistribution: Evidence from a discrete choice experiment
Neustadt, Ilja; Zweifel, Peter - 2010
In this paper, preferences for income redistribution in Switzerland are elicited through a Discrete Choice Experiment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315571
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Why does the amount of income redistribution differ between 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315581
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Why Does Income Redistribution Differ Between Countries? Comparative Evidence From Germany and Switzerland
Zweifel, Peter; Neustadt, Ilja - In: CESifo DICE Report 11 (2013) 3, pp. 39-47
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011696837
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Befristete Beschäftigung in der Schweiz: Ausmaß, Determinanten und ökonomische Bewertung im internationalen Vergleich
Henneberger, Fred; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso; Ziegler, Alexandre - In: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for … 37 (2004) 3, pp. 239-267
This study analyses the extent and determinants of temporary employment in Switzerland and performs an evaluation of … employment in Switzerland are similar to those in other countries. It is also noted that, in a cross-national context, the level …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011650569
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Taxation and internal migration: evidence from the Swiss census using community-level variation in income tax rates
Liebig, Thomas; Puhani, Patrick A.; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - 2006
Switzerland, whose system of determining tax rates primarily at the community level results in enough variation to permit analysis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267989
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Performance pay, sorting, and outsourcing
Henneberger, Fred; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso; Ziegler, Alexandre - 2007
Implementing performance pay requires that workers' output be measured. When measurement costs differ among firms, those with a measurement cost advantage choose to implement performance pay. They attract the best workers, and both the level and variability of compensation are higher at these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268459