Real Output in Switzerland: New Estimates for 1913-1947 (ICPSR 1223)

Version Date: Aug 28, 2000

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Principal Investigator(s):
Felix A. Andrist, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; Richard G. Anderson, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; Marcela M. Williams, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR01223.v1

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Summary

In this article, the authors provide an estimate of the real gross domestic product of Switzerland between 1914 and 1947. The estimate is obtained from published data on three other measures of Swiss economic activity during this period: net national product, industrial production, and the transport volume of Swiss railroads. These underlying series closely represent the economic growth of Switzerland, but they also seem unreasonably volatile as proxy measures of total production, and hence are filtered by moving averages. Although such smoothing might reduce the accuracy of the estimates, comparisons to United States data suggest any such loss is small.

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Andrist, Felix A., Anderson, Richard G., and Williams, Marcela M. Real Output in Switzerland: New Estimates for 1913-1947. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2000-08-28. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR01223.v1

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Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

1913 -- 1947

Data Collection Notes

  1. The files submitted are 0005rad.zip and 0005rad.exe, which contain the data files SWISSGDP.XLS and swissgdp.rat, and 0005rap.zip and 0005rap.exe, which contain the program files Program1.prg and Program2.prg for Figures 1-10 and Tables 2-6 of the article. There is also a readme.txt file that describes the data and program files.

  2. These data are part of ICPSR's Publication-Related Archive and are distributed exactly as they arrived from the data depositor. ICPSR has not checked or processed this material. Users should consult the investigator(s) if further information is desired.

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Original Release Date

2000-08-28

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2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • Andrist, Felix A., Richard G. Anderson, and Marcela M. Williams. Real Output in Switzerland: New Estimates for 1913-1947. ICPSR01223-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2000-08-28. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR01223.v1
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  • These data are flagged as replication datasets and are distributed exactly as they arrived from the data depositor. ICPSR has not checked or processed this material. Users should consult the investigator(s) if further information is desired.

  • The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.