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Table 4 Decomposition of real output movements (1987Q1–1996Q4)

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

Episode

Output growth

Output components

  

Efficiency

Government

Labour

Investment

Trend

Full episode

7.2

1.8

3.3

\(-\)4.3

\(-\)4.2

10.6

Episode specific

 1987Q1–1990Q2

10.3

6.8

0.7

\(-\)0.8

0.2

3.5

 1990Q3–1992Q4

\(-\)3.9

\(-\)4.6

1.4

\(-\)1.1

\(-\)2.1

2.4

 1993Q1–1996Q4

1.4

0.4

1.0

\(-\)2.2

\(-\)1.9

4.1

Annualized

 1987Q1–1990Q2

3.0

2.0

0.2

\(-\)0.2

0.1

1.0

 1990Q3–1992Q4

\(-\)1.5

\(-\)1.8

0.6

\(-\)0.4

\(-\)0.8

1.0

 1993Q1–1996Q4

0.3

0.1

0.3

\(-\)0.6

\(-\)0.5

1.0

  1. Numbers in per cent. Output growth measured in real per capita terms