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Kaufmann, Daniel
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Kaufmann, Daniel
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- PublicationAccès libreAI in economic research: A guide for students and instructorsThis report documents the use and misuse of generative artificial intelligence in academic economic research and provides guidelines for university students and instructors. It primarily addresses students and instructors in a master’s program in economics; however, the use cases and guidelines may be useful in other fields and academic research in general.
- PublicationAccès libreManufacturing prices and employment after the Swiss franc shockWhat is the impact of a permanent nominal appreciation on manufacturing prices and employment? To answer this question this study exploits the unexpected 10% appreciation in the aftermath of the removal of the Swiss National Bank’s exchange rate floor in January 2015. Prices of products sold by domestic firms, as well as, export prices set in domestic currency, declined only slightly. By contrast, export prices denominated in euro and prices of imported products changed more quickly and more strongly (measured in Swiss francs). We show that sticky prices in the corresponding currency of pricing are one reason for this pattern, supporting modeling assumptions in the New Keynesian tradition. These missing price adjustments therefore can be responsible why nominal exchange rate fluctuations affect the real economy. In line with this idea, we find that manufacturing employment has declined significantly after the appreciation. Relative to a control group of similar Austrian firms, employment in an average Swiss manufacturing firm declined by 4% two years after the appreciation. The gradual decline can be traced back to an immediate reduction in the number of vacancies and was likely driven by natural turnover. We find little evidence that the appreciation reduced employment mainly in low-productivity firms or sectors.