Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics

Featured Article: 'Inheritance Flows in Switzerland, 1911–2011'

Marius Brülhart, Didier Dupertuis and Elodie Moreau

Inheritance flows in Switzerland, 1911–2011

The interest in inheritance has recently been revived both in policy debates and in the scientific community. This article examines policy makers’ prime concern regarding inheritance - the taxation of bequests— one of the most emotionally and ideologically charged areas of public finance.

Aims and scope

Founded in 1867, The Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES) is a peer-reviewed journal which publishes theoretical and empirical contributions to any field of economics and reaches an international audience. Owned and financed by the Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics, SJES is committed to a high quality, efficient review process with a first round response time of typically less than two months. SJES particularly welcomes contributions from early-career researchers.

Content type: Original article
| 17 April 2018

The Swiss franc safety premium

Authors: Jessica Leutert
Content type: Original article
| 3 April 2018

The economics of secession: a review of legal, theoretical, and empirical aspects

Authors: Thierry Madiès, Grégoire Rota-Grasiozi, Jean-Pierre Tranchant and Cyril Trépier
Content type: Original article
| 20 March 2018

Money demand under free banking: Switzerland 1851–1906

Authors: Stefan Gerlach and Peter Kugler
Content type: Original article
| 6 March 2018

Inheritance flows in Switzerland, 1911–2011

Authors: Marius Brülhart, Didier Dupertuis and Elodie Moreau
Content type: Original article
| 20 February 2018

Factor substitution in Swiss manufacturing: empirical evidence using micro panel data

Authors: Sebastian M. Deininger, Lukas Mohler and Daniel Mueller

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Content type: Conference key note
| 25 January 2018

Economics: the view from below

Authors: Marion Fourcade
Content type: Original article
| 25 January 2018

The sovereign money initiative in Switzerland: an economic assessment

Authors: Philippe Bacchetta
Content type: Editorial
| 25 January 2018

Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics

Authors: Martin Brown, Volker Grossmann, Rafael Lalive and Cédric Tille
Content type: Conference key note
| 25 January 2018

On economists as policy advisors with applications to Switzerland

Authors: Aymo Brunetti
Content type: Conference key note
| 25 January 2018

Economists: moral realists or real moralists? Comment on Fourcade and Brunetti

Authors: Monika Bütler

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Featured Article: 'The Economics of Secession'

Thierry Madiès, Grégoire Rota-Grasiozi, Jean-Pierre Tranchant and Cyril Trépier

The Economics of Secession

Brexit, the Scottish referendum and the Catalan referendum have all raised questions over the motivations behind secession and the processes of achieving it. This article explores these questions from an economic perspective, including legal, theoretical and empirical aspects.

Editor profiles

Editor-in-Chief: Rafael Lalive, University of Lausanne

Rafael Lalive is Professor of Economics at the Faculty of Business and Economics of University of Lausanne. Rafael's work focuses on questions related to labor market policy, family policy, and social economics.

Co-Editor: Martin Brown, University of St. Gallen

Martin Brown is Full Professor of Banking at the University of St.Gallen. His research has focused on financial intermediation, household finance and organizational economics.

Co-Editor: Volker Grossmann, University of Fribourg

Volker Grossmann is Full Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Fribourg. Volker's current research interests include: macroeconomics of housing; distribution of income and human capital formation.

Co-Editor: Cédric Tille, Graduate Institute Geneva

Cédric Tille is Professor of Economics at the Graduate Institute Geneva. Cédric's current research focuses on international finance and macroeconomics.