Using firm-level data for more than 700 Swiss hotels and restaurants, we evaluate the economic impact of the EURO 2008 soccer championship in Switzerland. Although aggregated macrodata do not reveal any sizable economic impact, we report an overall negative effect based on the surveyed...

Using firm-level data for up to 707 Swiss hotels and restaurants we evaluate the economic impact of the EURO 2008 soccer championship. Although aggregated macro data reveal no economic impact, we report an overall negative effect based on the surveyed companies. Notably the reported effects of...

This paper integrates union bargaining into an efficiency model with imperfect monitoring of worker performance. The model is used to examine the effects of an increase in the benefit replacement ratio on wages, employment, and effort. It is shown that, in contrast to both standard shirking and...

It is generally accepted that regional labor markets are characterized by strong interdependencies. However, only few studies include spatial elements to their estimations. Using the model framework proposed by Cliff and Ord (1973, 1981) and the estimation technique proposed by Kelejian and...

In diesem Beitrag untersuchen wir die räumlichen Abhängigkeiten der Arbeitslosigkeit in der Schweiz. Dazu modellieren wir die kantonalen Arbeitslosenquoten in einem räumlichen Zeitreihenmodell, das u.W. in der Schweiz noch nicht angewandt wurde. In diesem Modell wird die Arbeitslosenquote...

The American Post Keynesians - those who attach importance to the capital 'P' and the absence of a hyphen between 'post' and 'Keynesian'- claim to be Keynes' most literal interpreters or the 'truest' Keynesians (Holt et al. 1998: 17). This paper compares the Post Keynesian interpretation of...