01624cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF007498 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451807158 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Switzerland : Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1998. 1 online resource (108 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix evaluates Switzerland's long-term growth and productivity performance. It analyzes the behavior of Swiss fiscal policy over the business cycle and takes a fresh look at the nature of the tradeoff between inflation and economic activity in Switzerland. The paper reports estimates of the automatic and discretionary responses of general government finances to cyclical output movements during 1970-96. It also examines the main options for improving the stabilization role of Switzerland's fiscal policy over the business cycle. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 1998/043 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/1998/043/002.1998.issue-043-en.xml IMF e-Library