A neoclassical perspective on Switzerland’s 1990s stagnation

Abstract We study Switzerland’s weak growth during the 1990s through the lens of the business cycle accounting framework of Chari et al. (Econometrica 75(3):781–836, 2007). Our main result is that weak productivity growth cannot account for the 1993–1996 stagnation episode. Rather, the stagnation is...

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Main Authors: Yannic Stucki, Jacqueline Thomet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-11-01
Series:Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41937-021-00077-x