Real Output in Switzerland: New Estimates for 1914-47.

From: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review | Date: May 1, 2000| Author: Anderson, Richard G.; Andrist, Felix; Williams, Marcela M. | Copyright information

INTRODUCTION

In recent years, macroeconomic research has become increasingly concerned with comparisons of the medium- and long-term behaviors of economic activity, that is, with fluctuations in the trend growth rate and volatility of economic activity at business-cycle frequencies. Because relatively long time series of data are essential for such research, this research agenda has stimulated new interest in the measurement of historical levels of economic activity, bot...

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