Switzerland; Selected Issues

This paper reviews the trade-offs in Switzerland, focusing on challenges for fiscal policy coordination. It reviews the benefits and costs of a highly decentralized government, describes the Swiss institutional architecture, and analyzes Switzerlandâ€™s fiscal performance. It also discusses the specific policy challenges related to population aging, reviews the Swiss National Bank works on government financial assets and liabilities, describes the Swiss, Dutch, and the U.K. pension systems, respectively, on the regulation and supervision of the occupational pension pillar, recent reforms, and policy implications.

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Year of publication:	2006-06-12
Institutions:	International Monetary Fund (IMF) ; International Monetary Fund
Subject:	Public debt \| Government expenditures \| Selected issues \| fiscal policy \| expenditure \| fiscal stance \| fiscal federalism \| fiscal rules \| fiscal behavior \| expenditure programs \| taxation \| tax rates \| fiscal reforms \| government expenditure \| structural fiscal reforms \| budget constraint \| structural fiscal \| tax policy \| fiscal performance \| primary expenditure \| expenditure growth \| public expenditure \| fiscal policies \| public spending \| fiscal flexibility \| tax base \| fiscal sustainability \| expenditure cuts \| expenditures \| general government expenditure \| fiscal relations \| fiscal policy coordination \| intergovernmental fiscal \| intergovernmental transfers \| intergovernmental fiscal relations \| fiscal indiscipline \| fiscal discipline \| tax payments \| change in debt per capita \| fiscal measures \| expenditure restraint \| expenditure policy \| fiscal stabilization \| tax bases \| fiscal rule \| fiscal risks \| tax increases \| fiscal systems \| fiscal adjustment \| fiscal impulses \| tax revenues \| budget constraints \| aggregate fiscal \| tax cuts \| federal fiscal policy \| expenditure control \| public finances \| budget balance \| medium-term budgetary frameworks \| tax administration \| fiscal frameworks \| tax reductions \| fiscal retrenchments \| local expenditures \| fiscal decentralization \| sustainable fiscal policy \| fiscal indicators \| fiscal problem \| fiscal institutions \| high tax burden \| fiscal retrenchment \| fiscal adjustments \| formal fiscal restraints \| fiscal accounts \| fiscal policy outcomes \| fiscal behaviors \| budget balances \| budget process \| fiscal pressures \| tax systems \| fiscal adjustment efforts \| expenditure shares \| budgetary flexibility \| fiscal framework \| total expenditure \| structural expenditure \| tax burden \| government budget \| fiscal restraints \| fiscal situation \| fragmented fiscal policy

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	IMF Staff Country Reports.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series IMF Staff Country Reports Number 06/203 6 pages long
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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