Do COVID-19 containment measures work? Evidence from Switzerland

Autor: Regina Pleninger, Sina Streicher, Jan-Egbert Sturm

Publikováno v: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, Vol 158, Iss 1, Pp 1-24 (2022)

Abstract We study the interplay of non-pharmaceutical containment measures, human behavior, and the spread of COVID-19 in Switzerland. First, we collect sub-national data and construct indices that capture the stringency of containment measures at th

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Sustainability of Public Debt

Autor: Reinhard Neck, Jan-Egbert Sturm

Theoretical and empirical perspectives on how fiscal policies in Europe and the United States can avoid government bankruptcy.In recent decades, governments have built up substantial public debt, which is often accompanied by a growing public sector

Composite global indicators from survey data: the Global Economic Barometers

Autor: Klaus Abberger, Michael Graff, Oliver Müller, Jan-Egbert Sturm

Publikováno v: Review of World Economics
Review of World Economics, 158 (3)

This paper presents a coincident and a leading composite monthly indicator for the world business cycle-the Global Economic Barometers. Both target the world's output growth rate and consist of economic tendency surveys results from many countries ar

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http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC8814802

What drives financial development? A Meta-regression analysis

Autor: Chris Doucouliagos, Jan-Egbert Sturm, Jakob de Haan

Publikováno v: Oxford Economic Papers, 74(3), 840-868. Oxford University Press
Oxford Economic Papers, 74 (3)

This article offers a meta-regression analysis of the literature on the drivers of financial development (FD). Our results based on 1,900 estimates suggest that institutional quality is positively correlated to both private sector credit and stock ma

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https://doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpab044

Do expected downturns kill political budget cycles?

Autor: Frank Bohn, Jan-Egbert Sturm

Publikováno v: The Review of International Organizations, 16 (4)
The Review of International Organizations, 16, 817-841
The Review of International Organizations, 16, pp. 817-841

The political budget cycle (PBC) literature argues that governments expand deficits in election years. However, what happens when an economic downturn is expected? Will the government allow the deficit to expand even further, or will it resort to spe

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https://hdl.handle.net/2066/239143