The Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics is published in collaboration with the Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics (SSES) and the Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences (SAGW). The journal is fully sponsored by the SSES and the SAGW so authors are not required to pay an article processing charge.
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Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2010 146:BF03399338
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Skilled migration and economic performances: Evidence from OECD countries
This paper investigates the effects of immigration flows and their human capital content on per capita GDP variation in 24 OECD host countries. Theoretical models concludes that the effect of immigrants in hos...
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The effects of immigration on wages: An application of the structural skill-cell approach
This paper investigates how recent immigration inflows from 2002 to 2008 have affected wages in Switzerland. This period is of particular interest as it marks the time during which the bilateral agreement with...
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Estimating a stock-flow model for the Swiss housing market
This paper analyzes the development of housing market imbalances, housing prices and residential investment in Switzerland within a stock-flow framework. In the long run, the desired level of residential capit...
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2010 146:BF03399329 -
Productivity and economic growth in Switzerland 1991–2006
In this paper, we analyse the sources of economic growth in Switzerland during the period 1991–2006. The results suggest that labour input and capital input contribute 0.52 pp and 0.57 pp, respectively, to the...
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Tactical size rotation in Switzerland
The size premium, defined as the return differential between shares of small and large companies, is subject to cyclical fluctuations. This study examines the predictability of this premium for the Swiss stock...
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‘Baumol’s diseases’: The case of Switzerland
Nordhaus (2008) has developed a testing strategy for what he calls ‘Baumol’s diseases’, by which name he designates a number of by-products of structural change that are unwanted from an economic policy perspecti...
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Interchange fees as a mechanism to raise rivals’ costs — some evidence from Switzerland
In 2004 the Swiss Competition Commission (ComCo) opened an investigation concerning multilateral agreed interchange fees in the Swiss credit card market which ended with an amicable settlement. The most import...
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2010 146:BF03399325 -
Test of fiscal sustainability and causality hypotheses for Switzerland
This paper examines the causality between the Swiss federal governments revenue and expenditure over the 1900 to 2002 period by estimating the short- and long-run relation within an error-correction approach t...
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International policy coordination and simple monetary policy rules
This paper studies monetary policy in an optimizing two-country model. We suppose a two-step production process that is associated with vertical trade. Prices of final consumption goods are sticky and pass-thr...
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2010 146:BF03399323 -
Poverty in Tunisia: A Fuzzy measurement approach
Although poverty is widely recognised as a multidimensional phenomenon, we still believe that monetary aspect has a fundamental role and therefore deserves a special treatment. For this reason we propose an in...
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2010 146:BF03399322 -
The SNB’s monetary policy framework ten years on: Concluding comments
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2010 146:BF03399321 -
Perspectives on monetary policy in Switzerland
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2010 146:BF03399320 -
The SNB’s new monetary policy framework ten years on: Panel discussion
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2010 146:BF03399319 -
The SNB’s new monetary policy framework ten years on: Panel discussion
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2010 146:BF03399318 -
Discussion of “Reaction of Swiss Term Premia to Monetary Policy Surprises” by Paul Söderlind
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2010 146:BF03399317 -
Reaction of Swiss term premia to monetary policy surprises
An affine yield curve model is estimated on daily Swiss data 2002–2009. The market price of risk is modelled in terms of proxies for uncertainty, which are estimated from interest rate options. The estimated m...
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2010 146:BF03399316 -
Discussion of “The Swiss Franc Exchange Rate and Deviations from UIP: Global versus Domestic Factors” by Mathias Hoffmann and Rahel Suter
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2010 146:BF03399315 -
Discussion of “The Swiss Franc Exchange Rate and Deviations from UIP: Global versus Domestic Factors” by Mathias Hoffmann and Rahel Suter
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2010 146:BF03399314 -
The Swiss Franc exchange rate and deviations from uncovered interest parity: Global vs domestic factors
We examine the role of global and country-specific factors for the Swiss franc exchange rate in the period 1990–2009. Simple asset pricing theory would predict that exchange rates reflect relative movements in...
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2010 146:BF03399313 -
Discussion of “Interest Rate Dynamics and Monetary Policy Implementation in Switzerland” by Puriya Abbassi, Dieter Nautz and Christian J. Offermanns
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2010 146:BF03399312 -
Discussion of “Interest Rate Dynamics and Monetary Policy Implementation in Switzerland” by Puriya Abbassi, Dieter Nautz and Christian J. Offermanns
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2010 146:BF03399311 -
Interest rate dynamics and monetary policy implementation in Switzerland
The maturity of the operational target of monetary policy is a distinguishing feature of the SNB’s operational framework of monetary policy. While most central banks use targets for the overnight rate to signa...
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2010 146:BF03399310 -
Discussion of “Measuring the Natural Output Level by DSGE Models: An Empirical Investigation for Switzerland” by Stefan Leist and Klaus Neusser
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2010 146:BF03399309 -
Discussion of “Measuring the Natural Output Level by DSGE Models: An Empirical Investigation for Switzerland” by Stefan Leist and Klaus Neusser
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2010 146:BF03399308 -
Measuring the natural output level by DSGE models: An empirical investigation for Switzerland
The output gap plays an important role in the assessment and conduct of monetary policy. Most of the current literature, however, relies on filtering procedures which use ad hoc smoothness arguments for identi...
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2010 146:BF03399307 -
Discussion of “The Role of Monetary Aggregates in the Policy Analysis of the Swiss National Bank” by Gebhard Kirchgässner and Jürgen Wolters
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2010 146:BF03399306 -
Discussion of “The Role of Monetary Aggregates in the Policy Analysis of the Swiss National Bank” by Gebhard Kirchgässner and Jürgen Wolters
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2010 146:BF03399305 -
The role of monetary aggregates in the policy analysis of the swiss national bank
Using Swiss data from 1983 to 2008, this paper investigates whether growth rates of the different measures of the quantity of money and or excess money can be used to forecast inflation. After a preliminary da...
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2010 146:BF03399304 -
Discussion of “Unemployment and Monetary Policy in Switzerland” by Peter Kugler and George Sheldon
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2010 146:BF03399303 -
Discussion of “Unemployment and Monetary Policy in Switzerland” by Peter Kugler and George Sheldon
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2010 146:BF03399302 -
Unemployment and monetary policy in Switzerland
This paper investigates the impact of the monetary policy change of the Swiss National Bank (SNB) in 1999 on the Swiss labor market on the basis of a Phillips relationship. Theoretical considerations as well a...
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2010 146:BF03399301 -
Discussion of “Swiss Monetary Policy 2000–2009” by Hans Genberg and Stefan Gerlach
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2010 146:BF03399300 -
Swiss monetary policy 2000–2009
In January 2000 the Swiss National Bank adopted a new monetary policy framework incorporating a price stability objective defined as (any rate of) CPI inflation below 2 percent. We contrast this framework with...
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2010 146:BF03399299 -
Discussion of “Indeterminacy, Causality, and the Foundations of Monetary Policy Analysis” by Bennett T. McCallum
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2010 146:BF03399298 -
Discussion of “Indeterminacy, Causality, and the Foundations of Monetary Policy Analysis” by Bennett McCallum
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2010 146:BF03399297 -
Indeterminacy, causality, and the foundations of monetary policy analysis
To be useful as a guide to behavior, a model that includes a relationship between x t and zt+1 must specify whether x t is influenced by the e...
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2010 146:BF03399296 -
Discussion of “Ten Years Experience with the Swiss National Bank Monetary Policy Strategy” by T. Jordan, M. Peytringnet and E. Rossi
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2010 146:BF03399295 -
Discussion of “Ten Years Experience with the Swiss National Bank Monetary Policy Strategy” by T. Jordan, M. Peytringnet and E. Rossi
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2010 146:BF03399294 -
Ten years’ experience with the Swiss National Bank’s monetary policy strategy
In December 1999 the Swiss National Bank (SNB) abandoned monetary targeting and introduced a new monetary policy strategy. The cornerstones of the new framework are an explicit definition of what the SNB consi...
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2010 146:BF03399293 -
How to Explain the High Prices in Switzerland?
This article challenges the view that a lack of competition and a high level of regulations are the main causes of Switzerland’s high prices. First, we point out a number of stylized facts which are inconsiste...
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2009 145:BF03399292 -
Trade and the Spillovers of Transnational Terrorism
We examine the impact of transnational terrorism diffusion on security and international trade. To counter the diffusion of transnational terrorism, targeted governments implement security measures against cou...
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2009 145:BF03399291 -
The Role of Corporate Taxation in a Large Welfare State
In comparing the impact of corporate taxation and social insurance on foreign direct investment (FDI) and unemployment, the paper derives four main results: (i) the optimal size of the welfare state depends on...
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2009 145:BF03399290 -
Adjustment Dynamics of Bilateral Trade Flows: Theory and Evidence
In this paper, I introduce a trade-promoting ‘invisible asset’ into the standard Krugman (1980) model of international trade. It can be interpreted as trust that accumulates as an externality in proportion to suc...
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2009 145:BF03399289 -
Armington Product Variety Growth in Small versus Large Countries
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2009 145:BF03399288 -
On the Political Substitutability between Tariffs and Subsidies
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2009 145:BF03399287 -
Taste Heterogeneity, Trade, and the Within-Industry Home Market Effect
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2009 145:BF03399286 -
The Global Crisis and the Answer of Economics
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2009 145:BF03399285 -
Interest rate setting on the Swiss Franc repo market
Repurchase agreements (repos) are secured money market transactions. The cash taker provides collateral in the form of securities and in return receives money from the cash provider. To ensure the continuous c...
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2009 145:BF03399284 -
The up-coming crisis and the banking sector in the Baltic States
Citation: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 2009 145:BF03399282
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