328 research outputs found

    Monetary determinants of the Swiss franc

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    This paper looks into the determinants of the Swiss franc exchange rate against the euro. Based on the monetary approach to exchange rates, we start from the premise that monetary policy has an influence on the exchange rate. To measure this effect, we apply the structural vector-autoregression methodology on a set of Swiss macroeconomic variables and the euro area interest rate. Overall, we find that Swiss monetary policy contributes between 7 and 15% to variations of the exchange rate between 1981 and 2008. Focusing on the episode between 2003 and 2005 we attribute more than half of the depreciation of the franc to Swiss monetary policy.exchange rates, monetary policy, structural VAR models

    Illuminating the Neuroscience of Decision-making Through the Dark Night of John of the Cross

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    In this publication, we will use the principal concepts of John of the Cross, the famous mystic of the XVIth century, as a framework to go over, in a non-reductionist way, three challenges in contemporary neuroscience of decision-making. Firstly, the dark night and the purgative paths will be related to discontinuity in decision-making. Secondly, the passive and active paths will be associated to brain plasticity, architecture, and levels of decision. Thirdly, the illumination, which can be felt when a solution is reached, has to do with positive emotions and can be inspired by the science of love of John of the Cross. We shall lastly conclude by emphasizing the usefulness of his work to illuminate the neuroscience of decision-making. 

    GDP Data Revisions and Forward-Looking Monetary Policy in Switzerland

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    This paper analyzes forward-looking rules for Swiss monetary policy in a small structural VAR model consisting of four variables taking into account data revisions for GDP. First, the paper develops an analytical method to analyze the effect of data revision errors in GDP on the ex ante or conditional inflation-output-growth volatility trade-off and applies it to Swiss data. Second, the effects of different targets in a forward-looking monetary policy on ex post or unconditional volatility of inflation and output growth is explored by a simulation exercise. In general, the results obtained suggest that focusing monetary policy on GDP growth instead on inflation may lead to an inefficient policy with both increased medium term inflation and GDP growth volatility in the presence of GDP data revisions.Structural VAR, forward-looking monetary policy, efficiency frontier, GDP data revisions

    The Analysis of Forward-Looking Monetary Policy in a SVAR Framework

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    This paper analyzes forward-looking monetary policy rules in structural VAR’s. First, an approach for modeling a monetary policy which aims at a strict medium term inflation or output growth target is developed. Second, the ex ante inflation-output-growth volatility trade-off for a forward-looking policy aiming at a convex combination these strategies is derived. Finally, an illustration of our approach using Swiss data is given.Structural VAR, forward-looking monetary policy, efficiency frontier

    Monadic second order definable relations on the binary tree

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    Let S2S [WS2S] respectively be the strong [weak] monadic second order theory of the binary tree T in the language of two successor functions. An S2S-formula whose free variables are just individual variables defines a relation on T (rather than on the power set of T). We show that S2S and WS2S define the same relations on T, and we give a simple characterization of these relation

    Analyse de la faisabilitĂ© et de la rentabilitĂ© de la transformation d’un immeuble inutilisĂ© appartenant Ă  la commune de Veyras, en immeuble commercial, centre d’activitĂ©s humaines et financiĂšres

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    La municipalitĂ© de Veyras participe activement au dĂ©veloppement des coteaux ensoleillĂ©s de Sierre. Bien que profitant d’une situation idĂ©ale, celle-ci demeure tĂ©moin d’un certain dĂ©clin de l’offre de commerces au sein de son village. DĂ©sirant trouver une alternative Ă  cette problĂ©matique, Veyras a acquis un ancien restaurant et souhaite le rĂ©nover pour le transformer en centre commercial de taille moyenne. La prĂ©sente Ă©tude a pour principal objectif de dĂ©terminer la solution d’amĂ©nagement idĂ©ale et si cette derniĂšre perdurerait dans le futur

    L'accompagnement de l'apprentissage des rÚgles de la vie collective selon les différentes pédagogies

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    L’apprentissage des rĂšgles est une Ă©tape nĂ©cessaire dans le dĂ©veloppement de l’enfant. GrĂące aux rĂšgles l’enfant apprend Ă  vivre en groupe, elles lui permettent de se sentir en sĂ©curitĂ© dans l’environnement qui l’entoure. L’objectif de ce travail est de faire ressortir des outils concrets permettant cet apprentissage chez l’enfant de 2 Ă  6 ans selon trois pĂ©dagogies. Les pĂ©dagogies seront comparĂ©es Ă  trois niveaux : les valeurs qui sont derriĂšre les rĂšgles, les connaissances nĂ©cessaires et les outils utilisĂ©s

    Complexité de la cohésion d'équipe en lien avec la diversité culturelle des participants

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    Cette recherche porte sur la diversitĂ© culturelle en lien avec la cohĂ©sion d’équipe au sein d’ateliers socioprofessionnels accueillant des personnes Ă  la recherche d’un emploi. D’un cĂŽtĂ©, elle s’intĂ©resse aux effets de la diversitĂ© culturelle sur les participants ainsi qu’à leur ressenti face Ă  celle-ci. Elle aborde Ă©galement ce thĂšme sous l’angle du travail d’équipe ainsi que de la cohĂ©sion d’équipe Ă  travers un concept d’ « interculturalitĂ© ». De l’autre, elle traite de l’accompagnement des maĂźtres d’atelier en lien avec la diversitĂ© culturelle, la cohĂ©sion d’équipe ainsi que le management interculturel. A l’issue de cette recherche, il s’avĂšre que dans ce contexte, la diversitĂ© culturelle se rĂ©vĂšle ĂȘtre une complexitĂ© du travail d’équipe notamment en raison des inĂ©galitĂ©s de connaissance du français. Toutefois, le partage de la mĂȘme rĂ©alitĂ© diminue cette influence. Du cĂŽtĂ© des maĂźtres d’atelier, il ressort qu’ils ont un rĂŽle essentiel et que certains aspects du management interculturel devraient ĂȘtre pris en compte dans l’accompagnement
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