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Table 2 Wedge properties (1980Q1–2016Q3)

From: A neoclassical perspective on Switzerland’s 1990s stagnation

\({\varvec{W}}_{\varvec{t}}\)

\(\frac{{\varvec{\sigma}} ({\varvec{W}}_{\varvec{t}})}{{\varvec{\sigma}} ({\varvec{Y}}_{\varvec{t}})}\)

\({\varvec{Corr}}({\varvec{W}}_{{\varvec{t+k}}}, {\varvec{Y}}_{\varvec{t}})\)

\({\varvec{Corr}}({\varvec{W}}_{{\varvec{t+k}}}, {\varvec{X}}_{\varvec{t}})\)

\({\varvec{Corr}}({\varvec{W}}_{{\varvec{t+k}}}, {\varvec{H}}_{\varvec{t}})\)

k = −1

k = 0

k = 1

k = −1

k = 0

k = 1

k = −1

k = 0

k = 1

Efficiency wedge

0.71

0.87

0.93

0.73

0.66

0.67

0.56

0.67

0.54

0.38

Government wedge

3.53

0.30

0.44

0.44

− 0.04

− 0.09

0.03

0.21

0.23

0.21

Labour wedge

0.78

0.35

0.45

0.57

0.30

0.39

0.54

0.64

0.78

0.77

Investment wedge

0.58

0.44

0.45

0.45

0.68

0.83

0.75

0.65

0.66

0.60

  1. Data is HP-filtered with \(\lambda = 1600\)