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Government of Switzerland → Eidgenössisches Finanzdepartement

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Working papers

2026

  1. Carsten Colombier, 2026, "Government size and economic growth over 140 years: Evidence from a historical dataset," MENDELU Working Papers in Business and Economics, Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Business and Economics, number 2026-112, Jul.

2025

  1. Brändle, Thomas & Colombier, Carsten & Lerch, Benjamin, 2025, "Determinants of Healthcare Expenditure: Evidence from Switzerland between 1960-2022," Working papers, Faculty of Business and Economics - University of Basel, number 2025/06, Jun.

2024

  1. Colombier, Carsten, 2024, "How does government size affect economic growth? New results from a historical dataset," FiFo Discussion Papers - Finanzwissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge, University of Cologne, FiFo Institute for Public Economics, number 24-1.

2022

  1. Colombier, Carsten & Braendle, Thomas, 2022, "Healthcare expenditure projections up to 2050: ageing and the COVID-19 crisis," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 120659, Jul.

2020

  1. Christian Breuer & Carsten Colombier, 2020, "Debt and Growth: Historical Evidence," Chemnitz Economic Papers, Department of Economics, Chemnitz University of Technology, number 036, Jan, revised Jan 2020.

2017

  1. Braendle, Thomas & Colombier, Carsten, 2017, "Healthcare expenditure projections up to 2045," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 104737, Mar.

2016

  1. Colombier, Carsten, 2016, "Population aging in healthcare - a minor issue? Evidence from Switzerland," FiFo Discussion Papers - Finanzwissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge, University of Cologne, FiFo Institute for Public Economics, number 16-3.

2015

  1. Braendle, Thomas & Colombier, Carsten, 2015, "What Drives Public Health Care Expenditure Growth? Evidence from Swiss Cantons, 1970-2012," Working papers, Faculty of Business and Economics - University of Basel, number 2015/12.

2013

  1. Colombier, Carsten, 2013, "National debt brakes as a remedy for diverging economies in the European Monetary Union?," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 104742, Jun.

2012

  1. Colombier, Carsten, 2012, "Healthcare expenditure projections up to 2060," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 104919, May.
  2. Colombier, Carsten, 2012, "Drivers of health care expenditure: Does Baumol's cost disease loom large?," FiFo Discussion Papers - Finanzwissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge, University of Cologne, FiFo Institute for Public Economics, number 12-5.

2011

  1. Colombier, Carsten, 2011, "Konjunktur und Wachstum
    [Business cycles fluctuations and long-term growth]    ," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 104739, May.
  2. Colombier, Carsten, 2011, "How to consolidate government budgets in view of external imbalances in the Euro area? Evaluating the risk of a savings paradox," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 104741.

2009

  1. Colombier, Carsten & Weber, Werner, 2009, "Projecting health-care expenditure for Switzerland: further evidence against the 'red-herring' hypothesis," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 26712, Nov, revised Jun 2010.

2004

  1. Colombier, Carsten, 2004, "Government and growth," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 104938, Sep.
  2. Carsten Colombier, 2004, "The inefficiency of firm-augmenting public input vs. The inapplicability of provision rules," Public Economics, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 0410003, Oct.

Journal articles

2025

  1. Benjamin Lerch & Thomas Brã„Ndle & Roman Elbel & Martin Baur & Carsten Colombier, 2025, "Energy Transition And Public Finances: A Projection Framework For Switzerland," Climate Change Economics (CCE), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., volume 16, issue 02, pages 1-31, May, DOI: 10.1142/S2010007825500058.

2022

  1. Thomas Brändle & Pierre-Alain Bruchez & Carsten Colombier & Martin Baur & Lukas Hohl, 2022, "Do the COVID-19 Crisis, Ageing and Climate Change Put Swiss Fiscal Sustainability at Risk?," Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy, Springer;ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics;Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), volume 57, issue 1, pages 48-55, January, DOI: 10.1007/s10272-022-1027-8.

2020

  1. Carsten Colombier & Christian Breuer, 2020, "Debt and growth: historical evidence," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, volume 40, issue 3, pages 2594-2609.
  2. Braendle, Thomas & Colombier, Carsten, 2020, "Budgetary targets as cost-containment measure in the Swiss healthcare system? Lessons from abroad," Health Policy, Elsevier, volume 124, issue 6, pages 605-614, DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2020.05.007.

2018

  1. Carsten Colombier & Thomas Braendle, 2018, "Healthcare expenditure and fiscal sustainability: evidence from Switzerland," Public Sector Economics, Institute of Public Finance, volume 42, issue 3, pages 279-301, DOI: 10.3326/pse.42.3.3.
  2. Carsten Colombier, 2018, "Population ageing in healthcare – a minor issue? Evidence from Switzerland," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 50, issue 15, pages 1746-1760, March, DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2017.1374538.

2017

  1. Carsten Colombier, 2017, "Drivers of Healthcare Expenditure: What Role does Baumol's Cost Disease Play?," Social Science Quarterly, Southwestern Social Science Association, volume 98, issue 5, pages 1603-1621, November, DOI: 10.1111/ssqu.12384.

2016

  1. Braendle, Thomas & Colombier, Carsten, 2016, "What drives public health care expenditure growth? Evidence from Swiss cantons, 1970–2012," Health Policy, Elsevier, volume 120, issue 9, pages 1051-1060, DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2016.07.009.

2015

  1. Carsten Colombier, 2015, "Government Size And Growth: A Survey And Interpretation Of The Evidence – A Comment," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, volume 29, issue 5, pages 887-895, December.

2011

  1. Carsten Colombier, 2011, "Does the composition of public expenditure affect economic growth? Evidence from the Swiss case," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 18, issue 16, pages 1583-1589, DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2011.554361.

2009

  1. C. Colombier, 2009, "Growth effects of fiscal policies: an application of robust modified M-estimator," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 41, issue 7, pages 899-912, DOI: 10.1080/00036840701736099.

2008

  1. Carsten Colombier, 2008, "Efficiency in public infrastructure provision: a theoretical note," Journal of Economic Studies, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, volume 35, issue 6, pages 528-543, October, DOI: 10.1108/01443580810916541.

2006

  1. Carsten Colombier, 2006, "Die Schweizer Schuldenbremse – nachhaltiger und konjunkturgerechter als der neue Stabilitäts- und Wachstumspakt?," Schmollers Jahrbuch : Journal of Applied Social Science Studies / Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, volume 126, issue 4, pages 521-533.
  2. Carsten Colombier, 2006, "Testing the Growth Effects of Fiscal Policies Using Modified MLE," International Advances in Economic Research, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, volume 12, issue 1, pages 139-139, February, DOI: 10.1007/s11294-006-6142-y.

2005

  1. Carsten Colombier & Michael Pickhardt, 2005, "A Note on Public Input Specifications," International Advances in Economic Research, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, volume 11, issue 1, pages 13-18, February, DOI: 10.1007/s11294-004-7178-5.

2003

  1. Carsten Colombier, 2003, "The inefficiency of firm-augmenting public inputVersus the inapplicability of provision rules," International Advances in Economic Research, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, volume 9, issue 1, pages 85-85, February, DOI: 10.1007/BF02295308.

1999

  1. Carsten Colombier & Michael Pickhardt, 1999, "Public inputs: Some clarifications and a taxonomy," International Advances in Economic Research, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, volume 5, issue 4, pages 513-514, November, DOI: 10.1007/BF02295552.

Books

2017

  1. Antonin Rusek & Lubor Lacina & István Benczes & Carsten Colombier & Zděněk Kudrna & Gabor Kutasi & Stanisław Kasiewicz & Lech Kurkliński & Jarosław Kundera & Rajmund Mirdala & Roman Stöllinger & Václa, 2017, "Imperative of Economic Growth in the Eurozone: Competitiveness, Capital Flows and Structural Reforms," Vernon Press Titles in Economics, Vernon Art and Science Inc, number 318, edition 1, ISBN: ARRAY(0x893e7f50), December.

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