Long-run parameters of money demand functions for Switzerland's M2 and M3 aggregate are estimated and their stability investigated. For both aggregates a single stable cointegrating vector is found. Around these long-run relationships a single-equation model for m2 and a single-equation model...

Calling contagion the dependence in the probability of occurrence of extreme returns across different hedge fund styles and asset classes that cannot be explained by correlation, we find no systematic evidence of contagion between monthly returns on eight hedge fund styles and equity, bond, and...

In December 1999 the Swiss National Bank (SNB) abandoned monetary targeting and introduced a new monetary policy strategy. The cornerstones of the new framework are an explicit definition of what the SNB considers to be price stability, a forecast of inflation over a three-year horizon, and a...