Christoph A. Schaltegger

What Makes Switzerland More Successful Economically Than Germany

Abstract Whilst industrial production in Germany has been falling since 2019, it continues to rise in Switzerland. The paper explores the macroeconomic reasons in a comparative approach. It finds that greater fiscal discipline and a more stability-oriented monetary policy in Swit...

Who You Meet Matters: International Evidence on Economic Connectedness and Social Mobility

Abstract We construct the first internationally comparable measure of offline economic connectedness (EC), extending the online framework of Chetty et al. to a cross-country setting. We conceptualize EC as access to individuals in high-status occupations and measure it as the pro...