This paper presents a simple conceptual framework intended for describing individuals' subjective evaluations of occupational wage inequality and their demand for redistribution. Most importantly, the framework explicitly allows for the distinction between individuals' perceptions and their...

Taking a cross-national perspective, we investigate linkages between volunteer work, informal help, and care among Europeans aged 50 or older. Based on 27,305 personal interviews from the 2004 Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, we estimate univariate and multivariate probit...

Effects of cypermethrin, a synthetic pyrethroid insecticide having a fast-acting neurotoxin that causes free radical-mediated tissue damage in animals, on the body, liver and kidney weights as well as changes in the histopathology of hepatic and renal tissues in the Swiss albino mice Mus...

In proceedings in front of an arbitrary tribunal, at international such as also, at the national level, the question always arises as to the applicable substantive law. For the purpose of determining the applicable law, the Arbitration largely recognized the principle of party autonomy.This...

The so-called Swiss loans, i.e. consumer credit agreements expressed in Swiss Francs, can be compared to another famous Swiss product. Also the famous Swiss clocks and watches are characterized by a complex mechanism with many important parts guaranteeing an effective and proper functioning of...

This paper extends previous work on the information in the term structure at longer maturities to other countries besides the United states, using a newly constructed data set for 1 to 5 year interest rates from Britain, West Germany and Switzerland. Even with wide differences in inflation...

We examine the relation between disclosure quality and information asymmetry among market participants following an exogenous shock to macroeconomic risk. In 2015, the Swiss National Bank abruptly announced that it would abandon the longstanding minimum euro‐Swiss franc exchange rate. We find...

The citizen assembly of the Swiss canton Glarus decided to radically reduce the historical number of communes from 25 to three. Studies show that the financial and economic consequences are surprisingly small. This paper analyzes the effects on citizens’ vote participation as an indicator of...

The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement sets out a pathway for the UK to have the closest relationship on personal data with the EU outside of the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland. This is principally apparent in the area of justice and security where there is very extensive...

In this paper, we address how returns on financial assets vary across the population. Exploiting rich administrative data, we can neatly describe the heterogeneity across all parts of the distribution of wealth. We find compelling evidence that the rich benefit from higher returns. Likely, this...