Ulrich Woitek

University of Zurich

Zürichbergstrasse 14

CH-8032 Zurich

Switzerland

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Did Monetary Forces Cause the Great Depression? A Bayesian VAR Analysis for the U.S. Economy

Zurich IEER Working Paper No. 50
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 17 Oct 2000
Albrecht Ritschl and Ulrich Woitek
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economic History and University of Zurich
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Economics and Olympics: An Efficiency Analysis

University of Zurich Working Paper No. 313
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 04 Mar 2007
Alexander Rathke and Ulrich Woitek
University of Zurich and University of Zurich
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Olympic Games, Efficiency Analysis, Stochastic Frontier

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Overvalued: Swedish Monetary Policy in the 1930s

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Overvalued: Swedish Monetary Policy in the 1930s

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3692
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 11 Jan 2012
Alexander Rathke, Tobias Straumann and Ulrich Woitek
University of Zurich, University of Zurich - Department of Economics and University of Zurich
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Overvalued: Swedish Monetary Policy in the 1930s

University of Zurich Working Paper No. 58
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 11 Jan 2012
Alexander Rathke, Tobias Straumann and Ulrich Woitek
University of Zurich, University of Zurich - Department of Economics and University of Zurich
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small open economy models, exchange rate policy, structural estimation, Bayesian analysis, great depression

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Does Conservatism Matter? A Time Series Approach to Central Banking

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 06 Aug 2001
Helge Berger and Ulrich Woitek
Free University Berlin - Department of Economics and University of Zurich
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Central Bank Independence and Conservatism, Monetary Policy, Central Bank Government Relations, Generalised Impulse Responses

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Electoral Uncertainty, Fiscal Policies & Growth: Theory and Evidence from Germany, the UK and the Us

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 11 Nov 2003
George Economides, Jim Malley, Apostolis Philippopoulos and Ulrich Woitek
Athens University of Economics and Business - Department of International and European Economic Studies, University of Glasgow - Department of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business - Department of Economics and University of Zurich
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political uncertainty, economic growth and fluctuations, optimal policy

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Productivity Shocks and Aggregate Cycles in an Estimated Endogenous Growth Model

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Productivity Shocks and Aggregate Cycles in an Estimated Endogenous Growth Model

Working Paper No. 416
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 09 Jun 2009
Jim Malley and Ulrich Woitek
University of Glasgow - Department of Economics and University of Zurich
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endogenous growth, human capital, real business cycles, Bayesian estimation, VAR errors

Productivity Shocks and Aggregate Cycles in an Estimated Endogenous Growth Model

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2672
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 29 Jun 2009
Jim Malley and Ulrich Woitek
University of Glasgow - Department of Economics and University of Zurich
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endogenous growth, human capital, real business cycles, Bayesian estimation, VAR errors

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Are These Classical Business Cycles?

Univ. Pompeu Fabra, Economics Working Paper No. 398
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 21 May 2000
Michael Reiter and Ulrich Woitek
Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS) and University of Zurich
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business cycles, investment cycles, spectral tests

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A Small Open Economy in the Great Depression: The Case of Switzerland

University of Zurich, Department of Economics, Working Paper No. 164
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 27 Jun 2014
Peter Rosenkranz, Tobias Straumann and Ulrich Woitek
Asian Development Bank, University of Zurich - Department of Economics and University of Zurich
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Great Depression, Switzerland, New Keynesian Business Cycle Model

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Regional Business Cycles in Italy

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 21 Oct 2003
Camilla Mastromarco and Ulrich Woitek
Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Economia - University of Salento (Lecce) and University of Zurich
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regional business cycles, spectral analysis, Italy

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Intergenerational Mobility in the 19th Century: Micro-Level Evidence from the City of Zurich

University of Zurich, Department of Economics, Working Paper No. 274
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 23 Jan 2018
Giacomin Favre, Joël Floris and Ulrich Woitek
University of Zurich - Department of Economics, University of Zurich and University of Zurich
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Social Mobility, Occupational Mobility, 19Th Century, Switzerland

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Productivity Shocks and Aggregate Fluctuations in an Estimated Endogenous Growth Model with Human Capital

CESifo Working Paper No. 3567
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 12 Sep 2011
Jim Malley and Ulrich Woitek
University of Glasgow - Department of Economics and University of Zurich
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endogenous growth, human capital, real business cycles, VECM measurement errors, Bayesian estimation

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Real Wages and Business Cycle Asymmetries

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 12 Jul 2004
Ulrich Woitek
University of Zurich
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threshold vector autoregressive model, real wages, business cycle

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Real Wages and the Cycle: The View from the Frequency Domain

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 22 May 2001
Robert A. Hart, Jim Malley and Ulrich Woitek
University of Stirling - Department of Economics, University of Glasgow - Department of Economics and University of Zurich
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Real Wages, Frequency Domain, Univariate Measure, Multivariate Measures, Phase Shift, Business Cycle

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Qualifying Religion: The Role of Plural Identities for Educational Production

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Qualifying Religion: The Role of Plural Identities for Educational Production

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2283, University of Zurich Institute for Empirical Research in Economics Working Paper No. 360
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 18 Mar 2008
Timo Boppart, Josef Falkinger, Volker Grossmann, Ulrich Woitek and Gabriela Wüthrich
Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), University of Zurich - Department of Economics, University of Fribourg - Faculty of Economics and Social Science, University of Zurich and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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culture, educational production, plural identity, religious denomination, school inputs

Qualifying Religion: The Role of Plural Identities for Educational Production

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3408
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 03 Nov 2008
Timo Boppart, Josef Falkinger, Volker Grossmann, Ulrich Woitek and Gabriela Wüthrich
Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), University of Zurich - Department of Economics, University of Fribourg - Faculty of Economics and Social Science, University of Zurich and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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culture, educational production, plural identity, religious denomination, school inputs

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Investigating survivorship bias: The case of the 1918 flu pandemic

University of Zurich, Department of Economics, Working Paper No. 316, Revised version
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 12 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 18 Mar 2021
Joël Floris, Laurent Kaiser, Harald Mayr, Kaspar Staub and Ulrich Woitek
University of Zurich, Geneva University Hospitals - Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Zurich - Department of Economics, University of Zurich and University of Zurich
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Fetal origins, 1918 flu pandemic, survivorship bias

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Technology Shocks and Aggregate Fluctuations in an Estimated Hybrid RBC Model

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Technology Shocks and Aggregate Fluctuations in an Estimated Hybrid RBC Model

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 08 Apr 2009
Jim Malley and Ulrich Woitek
University of Glasgow - Department of Economics and University of Zurich
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Real Business Cycle, Bayesian estimation, VARMA errors

Technology Shocks and Aggregate Fluctuations in an Estimated Hybrid RBC Model

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2626
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 22 Apr 2009
Jim Malley and Ulrich Woitek
University of Glasgow - Department of Economics and University of Zurich
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Real Business Cycle, Bayesian estimation, VARMA errors

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Electoral Uncertainty, Fiscal Policy and Macroeconomic Fluctuations

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1593
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 05 Dec 2005
Jim Malley, Apostolis Philippopoulos and Ulrich Woitek
University of Glasgow - Department of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business - Department of Economics and University of Zurich
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political uncertainty, business cycles & growth, optimal policy, hybrid maximum likelihood estimation

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A Pioneer of a New Monetary Policy? Sweden's Price Level Targeting of the 1930s Revisited

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 29 Aug 2008
Tobias Straumann and Ulrich Woitek
University of Zurich - Department of Economics and University of Zurich
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Sweden, monetary policy, price level targeting, Great Depression

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To React or Not? Fiscal Policy, Volatility and Welfare in the EU-3

CESifo Working Paper No. 1919, ZEW Working Paper No. 312
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 27 Feb 2007
Jim Malley, Apostolis Philippopoulos and Ulrich Woitek
University of Glasgow - Department of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business - Department of Economics and University of Zurich
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Fiscal Policy, Welfare, Europe

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Grain Prices and Mortality in Vienna, 1648-1754

Institute for Empirical Research in Economics, University of Zurich Working Paper No. 461
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 21 Dec 2009
Julia Casutt and Ulrich Woitek
affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Zurich
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Grain Prices, Mortality, Vienna, Spectral Analysis

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The Benefits of Intervention: Birth Weights in Basle 1912-1920

University of Zurich, Department of Economics, Working Paper No. 236
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 27 Oct 2016
Joël Floris, Kaspar Staub and Ulrich Woitek
University of Zurich, University of Zurich and University of Zurich
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Birth weight, World War 1, Switzerland

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Height Cycles in the 18th and 19th Centuries

Posted: 18 Jul 2003
Ulrich Woitek
University of Zurich

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