infonet-economy

We first give a brief sketch of the economic tasks the government has to perform, before three issues are discussed in more detail: public production, competition policy, and government interventions in Corporate Governance. These three issues are of particular political relevance in Switzerland, partly because the Swiss citizens clearly expressed in referenda that they prefer a...

revised version of Discussion paper 2002-08#### Propensity score matching is frequently used for estimating average treatment effects. Its applicability, however, is not confined to treatment evaluation. In this paper it is shown that propensity score matching does not hinge on a selection on observables assumption and can be used to estimate not only adjusted means but also their...

Gutachten zuhanden des Staatssekretariats für Wirtschaft (seco), Bern

Cette postface tente d'apporter une synthèse aux travaux du Colloque sur le racisme et la tolérance. Elle repart de la distinction inévitable entre tolérable et intolérable. En quelque sorte, le tolérable se pose comme ce qui est différent, peut-être dérangeant, irritant, mais qui se situe tout de même à l'intérieur d'un espace similaire au mien, appelant chacun à la...