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Hidden Protectionism? Evidence from Non-tariff Barriers to Trade in the United States
(2014)KOF Working PapersAre product standards protectionism in disguise? This paper estimates the costs of non- compliance with U.S. product standards, using a new database on U.S. import refusals from 2002 to 2012. We find that import refusals significantly decrease exports to the United States. This trade reducing effect is driven by developing countries and by refusals without any product sample analysis, in particular during the Subprime Crisis and its ...Working Paper -
Zur Kulturgeschichte des Polizeicomputers
(2014)Preprints zur Kulturgeschichte der TechnikWorking Paper -
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Dissecting the purchasing managers’ index
(2015)KOF Working PapersWe apply the novel approach of Siliverstovs (2015) to modelling data sampled at different frequencies in order to scrutinise the composition of one of the most influential economic indicators in Switzerland. The Purchasing Managers' Index consists of eight sub-indices out of which only five enter the total index with differentiated weights, which were specified for its American counterpart about thirty years ago. In this paper, we address ...Working Paper -
Behavioral anomalies and energy-related individual choices: the role of status-quo bias
(2018)Economics Working Paper SeriesWorking Paper -
The incidence of coarse certification: evidence from the ENERGY STAR program
(2018)Economics Working Paper SeriesWorking Paper -
Saving and portfolio allocation before and after job loss
(2012)KOF Working PapersUsing administrative panel data from Norway, we investigate the development of household labor income, nancial wealth and asset holdings over a nine-year period surrounding job loss. Consistent with a simple theoretical model, the data show precautionary saving and a shift toward safer assets in the years leading up to unemployment, and depletion of savings during unemployment. This suggests that at least some households can foresee and ...Working Paper -
An overview on Schlieren optics and its applications
(2012)This work provides a short overview on the dierent schlieren visualisation methods. The introduction contains a brief explanation of the working principles followed by the historical development of the technique. After a sum-up of the physical theory behind schlieren image, the most important Setups designs are compared and discussed. In context with the research of PhD Student Dirk M oller at the IMES institute of ETH Z urich, the focus ...Working Paper