The aim of this paper is to understand why the unemployment rate in Geneva is higher than in the rest of Switzerland. In order to explain the differences of cantonal unemployment rates, we use an approach based on the analysis of inflow and outflow rates into and from unemployment and the...

Economics in Switzerland: What has changed over the last 20 years? Swiss economics and economists have opened up vis-à-vis the rest of the world to a considerable extent. Today, the degree of internationalisation and research orientation is markedly higher than it was 20 years ago....

Within the framework of a dynamic Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model this paper analyses the impact of trade restrictions on regional rates of return on capital, marginal costs of abatement and optimal climate policy. It will be shown that regional differences both in marginal costs of...

Different contributions deplore that often is observed that in economic politics experts' knowledge is not being considered during the decision preparing process. A possible reason could be the insufficient empirical foundations of many models in economic theory. An approach in order to improve...