infonet-economy

How does FinTech credit mitigate local credit supply frictions in China's segmented credit market? In our simple theoretical models, we show that FinTech credit (i) expands the extensive margin of credit to borrowers of lower credit scores and (ii) provides relatively more credit to borrowers with lower credit scores. We confirm both predictions based on comprehensive data from one...

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has undergone a considerable transformation in the recent decades: from being driven by a pre-dominantly Swiss body of employees, it has become an organization dominated by international staff that hail from all over the world. While the leadership is still firmly in Swiss hands, the transformation has put into question to what...

Knowing the part of currency in circulation that is used for transactions is important information for a central bank. For several countries, the share of banknotes that is hoarded or circulates abroad is sizeable, which may be particularly relevant for large-denomination banknotes. We analyse the demand for Swiss banknotes over a period starting in 1950 to 2017 and use different...

Müller, Lukas; Henry, David P. & Barmettler, Peter
(2019).
Kommentierung zu Art. 960 OR; Bewertung, Grundsätze.

Dieter Pfaff/Stephan Glanz/Thomas Stenz/Florian Zihler (Hrsg.), Rechnungslegung nach...

Müller, Lukas; Henry, David P. & Barmettler, Peter
(2019).
Kommentierung zu Art. 958a OR; Grundlagen der Rechnungslegung, Annahme der Fortführung.

Dieter Pfaff/Stephan Glanz/Thomas Stenz/Florian...

Müller, Lukas; Henry, David P. & Barmettler, Peter
(2019).
Kommentierung zu Art. 958c OR; Grundsätze ordnungsmässiger Rechnungslegung.

Dieter Pfaff/Stephan Glanz/Thomas Stenz/Florian Zihler (Hrsg...

Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2019 ; 2019ECO003.

Renold, Ursula; Rageth, Ladina; Caves, Katherine M.; Buergi, Jutta

The sharp declines in oil prices starting in late 2014 sparked a debate about their effect on inflation and the world economy (e.g. GEP January 2015). The decline in oil prices lowered inflation in the short run and in some cases pushed some economies that already experience very low inflation into deflation. More surprisingly, data from the US, Euro area, UK and Israel shows that...