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Table 7 Robustness: Wedge properties for \(\nu =0.5\) (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

0.59

0.14

0.20

0.32

0.10

0.16

0.32

0.40

0.55

0.57

Investment wedge

0.58

0.57

0.66

0.72

0.70

0.87

0.87

0.85

0.92

0.87

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