Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/265179 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IRENE Working Paper No. 22-01
Publisher: 
University of Neuchâtel, Institute of Economic Research (IRENE), Neuchâtel
Abstract: 
This paper studies the causes of movements in inflation and output in Switzerland over 160 years between 1855 and 2015. Aggregate supply and demand shocks are identified in a structural VAR and their evolution and effect on prices and output is discussed. Shocks to the Swiss economy have generally, although not uniformly, declined in magnitude over the sample period. The pre-Gold Standard era and the inter-war period were particularly volatile. Surprisingly, the global financial crisis represented a much smaller shock than either of the World Wars, the deflation of the 1920s, or the Great Depression.
Subjects: 
Switzerland
aggregate supply and demand
long time series
SVAR
JEL: 
E1
E4
N1
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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