Analysing administrative sales data in a quasi-experimental framework, we show that smoking bans did not impact the economic activity of bars and restaurants in Switzerland. However, we find some evidence of a negative impact on sales in discos.

By reexamining the effect of unemployment benefits on reemployment probabilities we make two contributions to the literature: first, we estimate separate effects for reemployment in the local or a distant region. Second, we address the problem of incomplete duration within a competing risks...