In Switzerland a sudden policy uncertainty shock happened in February 2014 with the close and largely unexpected acceptance of a referendum aiming at limiting free movement of persons. The referendum requires Switzerland to reintroduce annual quotas for immigrants within three years. The referendum is vaguely formulated and its actual consequences are largely unknown. Yet, the vote reduced the expected future availability of qualified labour, put at stake several economically important agreements between Switzerland and the European Union, and reduced expected future domestic demand for firms. This paper uses a special survey conducted by the KOF Swiss Economic Institute to analyse the short- to medium-run expected consequences of this subs...
The Swiss parliament last month gave up on attempts to introduce quotas for foreign residents when i...
The trade‐off between international cooperation gains and national sovereignty has become increasing...
Recent work on labour market effects of globalization has generated both academic and populist inter...
Does increased policy uncertainty dampen investment plans of firms? We provide direct evidence on th...
A sudden change in monetary policy happened in Switzerland on January 15th, 2015. The Swiss National...
The agreement with the European Union on liberalized migration had sizable effects on the Swiss econ...
The issue of the free movement of persons occupies center stage in the negotiations on EU enlargemen...
Bachelor thesis dealing with immigration policies in Switzerland. The aim is to analyse the evolutio...
Why do some countries join the EU earlier than others, why do others wait? In order to answer this q...
The present publication analyzes the conditions, course of events, and consequences of the popular v...
On Sunday, Switzerland will hold a referendum on creating immigration quotas for all foreign nationa...
Immigration is a prominent and contested global topic of contemporary politics. Several recent popul...
Unique combination of economic and social stability has been attracting foreigners from all over the...
According to the most recent population forecasts for Switzerland (Bundesamt für Statistik 2015), th...
Abstract: Why do some countries join the EU earlier than others, why do others wait? In order to ans...
The Swiss parliament last month gave up on attempts to introduce quotas for foreign residents when i...
The trade‐off between international cooperation gains and national sovereignty has become increasing...
Recent work on labour market effects of globalization has generated both academic and populist inter...
Does increased policy uncertainty dampen investment plans of firms? We provide direct evidence on th...
A sudden change in monetary policy happened in Switzerland on January 15th, 2015. The Swiss National...
The agreement with the European Union on liberalized migration had sizable effects on the Swiss econ...
The issue of the free movement of persons occupies center stage in the negotiations on EU enlargemen...
Bachelor thesis dealing with immigration policies in Switzerland. The aim is to analyse the evolutio...
Why do some countries join the EU earlier than others, why do others wait? In order to answer this q...
The present publication analyzes the conditions, course of events, and consequences of the popular v...
On Sunday, Switzerland will hold a referendum on creating immigration quotas for all foreign nationa...
Immigration is a prominent and contested global topic of contemporary politics. Several recent popul...
Unique combination of economic and social stability has been attracting foreigners from all over the...
According to the most recent population forecasts for Switzerland (Bundesamt für Statistik 2015), th...
Abstract: Why do some countries join the EU earlier than others, why do others wait? In order to ans...
The Swiss parliament last month gave up on attempts to introduce quotas for foreign residents when i...
The trade‐off between international cooperation gains and national sovereignty has become increasing...
Recent work on labour market effects of globalization has generated both academic and populist inter...