The Swiss federal government has asked the IVT, ETH Zürich in collaboration with the TU Dresden and Emch+Berger, Zürich to estimate origin-destination matrices by mode and purpose for the year 2000. The zoning system employing about 3'000 zones of very uneven size required a solution algorithm...

Unter dem Eindruck der Erfahrungen des letzten Jahrzehnts und vorher schon aufgrund theoretischer Überlegungen sind mehr und mehr Zweifel aufgekommen, ob eine finanzwirtschaftliche Nachfragesteuerung ein taugliches Mittel gegen Unterbeschäftigung ist. Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit ist es, die...

Germany's new coalition government, in place since December 2021, has called for a decade of "investment into the future," an ambitious public investment push, focused on achieving climate neutrality, fostering digitalization, advancing science and education, and improving infrastructure. Yet,...

Most new EU member states (NMS) need further fiscal adjustment to support economic growth and macroeconomic stability. In this context, achieving income convergence with other EU members rests more with maintaining productivity growth, attracting foreign savings, and improving investment...

Der Kausalzusammenhang zwischen inländischem Kredit und internationalen Reserven: die Erfahrungen von Entwicklungsländern Drei Kausalitätstests und zwar die von Haugh, Granger und Sims werden herangezogen, um die Art der kausalen Beziehungen zwischen den Komponenten der Geldbasis für Indien,...

This paper presents estimates of India's unofficial economy on a yearly basis for the period 1967 to 1978. These estimates implicitly revise the GNP, per capita and other related statistics for this period. The technique employed has been recently used to determine the size of the unreported...

Three causality tests, Haugh, Granger and Sims are used to determine the nature of causal relationship between the components of monetary base of India, Malaysia, Mexico and Taiwan. The conclusion derived is that bidirectional causality exists between the changes in domestic credit and changes...

This paper employs country specific multisectoral general equilibrium models of Turkey, Kenya and India to study the adjustment problems confronting these countries. The affects of liberal and interventionist policies on GDP and on incomes of different classes are analysed. The results show that...

The role of the futures markets in stabilising spot prices has been widely discussed. However, the success of these markets in performing the stabilising function critically depends on whether they are efficient (Fama 181, page 383) in the sense that the futures prices fully reflect the...

Computable general equilibrium models are used to study the short-run impact of fluctuating primary commodity prices on the economies of Colombia, Ivory Coast and Kenya. The results indicate that these economies are destabilized by primary commodity price fluctuations unless governments act to...