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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
New paper: how do Swiss households save, weather income shocks, and consume over their lifetimes? Two decades of administrative tax data from Bern offer a rare, detailed answer. @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social @kaufmanndani.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Can GDP growth be measured week by week? In a new paper, Philipp Kronenberg shows that it can — he constructs a direct measure of weekly GDP growth that tracks the economy in near real time. @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social @kaufmanndani.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
How do politicians use metaphors? It depends on the topic! In a new paper @leops95.bsky.social (@unibas.ch) and @dominsta.bsky.social (@princetoncitp.bsky.social) apply NLP to identify patterns of figurative and emotional language used by US governors. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics (SSES) @swisseconomists.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
📢 SJES Best Paper Award 2026 📢 Congratulations to Frédéric Kluser for his paper “Cross-Border Shopping: Evidence from Household Transaction Records” published in volume 161 (2025) of the Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics. doi.org/10.1186/s419... More: www.sses.swiss/awards/best-...
The Best Paper Award 2026 of the Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics is presented to Frédéric Kluser by Marius Brülhart (editor-in-chief) and Kurt Schmidheiny (president SSES)
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
What happens when new mothers are actively encouraged by birth hospitals to breastfeed their babies? A new paper by Anne Ardila Brenøe, Jenna Stearns, and Richard M. Martin. link.springer.com/article/10.1... @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social @kaufmanndani.bsky.social
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
🏦 Is Switzerland charging UBS nearly enough for its too-big-to-fail status? New research suggests: probably not. link.springer.com/article/10.1... @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social @kaufmanndani.bsky.social
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
🚨 We are very happy to announce that Andreas Fuster has joined our editorial board. Welcome, Andreas! Andreas is an Associate Professor of Finance and SFI Senior Chair at SFI Swiss Finance Institute EPFL. This October, he will join UZH Department of Finance as a Full Professor.
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
🚨🚨🚨 New article How do Swiss firms set their prices? In a new paper, Pascal Seiler reports insights from a new comprehensive pricing survey among 1,555 Swiss firms. link.springer.com/article/10.1... @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social @kaufmanndani.bsky.social
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
🚨🚨🚨 New article: Can ”responsible investing” do any good? Thorsten Hens and Ester Trutwin develop a model that suggests that it can. link.springer.com/article/10.1... @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social @kaufmanndani.bsky.social
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
New article 🚨🚨🚨 Christian Glocker, Serguei Kaniovski and Philipp Wegmüller develop a new strategy for estimating the output gap, a key indicator of economic slack. link.springer.com/article/10.1... @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social @kaufmanndani.bsky.social
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
🚨🚨 New article: How much do the Swiss dislike fellow citizens with different political views? Benjamin Jansen & Alois Stutzer study affective polarization using split-ticket voting in parliamentary elections. link.springer.com/article/10.1... @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social @kaufmanndani.bsky.social
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
New article 🚨🚨🚨 Jessica Leutert, Rolf Scheufele, and Selina Schön analyze wage–price pass-through in Switzerland over the period 1980–2019. link.springer.com/article/10.1... @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social @kaufmanndani.bsky.social
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
New article 🚨🚨🚨 Frédéric Kluser and Maximilian von Ehrlich sift through 22 million household consumption baskets to study online grocery shopping adoption. link.springer.com/article/10.1... @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social @kaufmanndani.bsky.social
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
🚨 One more day: submission deadline 20 January 🚨 Remember to submit your paper or abstract to the 2026 Annual Congress of the Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics (St. Gallen, June 4-5, 2026). 👉 www.sgvs.ch/conferences/... @unisg.ch @swisseconomists.bsky.social
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
New article 🚨🚨🚨 Jonas Bruhin, Matthias Fengler, Winfried Koeniger and Robert Rohrkemper refine and analyse a high-frequency consumer spending index for Switzerland. link.springer.com/article/10.1... @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social @kaufmanndani.bsky.social
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Does cost-sharing between upper-level and lower-level governments encourage overspending in the education sector? New article by Tobias Schib: link.springer.com/article/10.1... @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social @kaufmanndani.bsky.social
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
New article in our collection Digital Transformation: sjes.springeropen.com/articles/10.... Conny Wunsch, Felix Rochlitz and Patrick Arni use novel data to study jobseekers’ skills, potential skill gaps, and their job search behaviour. @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social @kaufmanndani.bsky.social
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
New article in our collection Textual Analysis in Economics and Finance by Marie-Catherine Bieri sjes.springeropen.com/articles/10.... @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social @kaufmanndani.bsky.social
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
New article: sjes.springeropen.com/articles/10.... Frédéric Kluser investigates the socioeconomic implications of cross-border shopping by exploiting Switzerland’s COVID-19-induced border closure in 2020 as a natural experiment. #EconSky @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social @kaufmanndani.bsky.social
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
New article: sjes.springeropen.com/articles/10.... @florian-landis.bsky.social examines how different consumption goods contribute to household-level responsibility for global greenhouse gas emissions in Switzerland and explores climate policies that create equitable outcomes. #EconSky
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
📢 Extended deadline for the collection #Textual #Analysis in #Economics and #Finance link.springer.com/collections/... Submit your articles until 31 December 2025. #EconSky @kaufmanndani.bsky.social @elliottash.bsky.social @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social
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FBK-IRVAPP @fbk-irvapp.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
🎉 New publication by Annalisa Tassi and Adrien Bussy: “Cross-border Value-Added Tax Fraud in the European Union” 💡 Their paper examines the impact of introducing the reverse-charge mechanism on domestic transactions to curb VAT fraud linked to intra-EU trade. sjes.springeropen.com/articles/10....
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Cross-border value-added tax fraud in the European Union - Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics
We study the effects of a reform to VAT rules (the reverse charge mechanism on domestic transactions) aimed at eliminating VAT fraud involving cross-border transactions within the European Union (EU)....
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
New article: sjes.springeropen.com/articles/10.... Adrien Bussy and Annalisa Tassi study the effects of a reform to VAT rules aimed at eliminating cross-border VAT fraud within the European Union. #EconSky @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social @kaufmanndani.bsky.social
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
New article: sjes.springeropen.com/articles/10.... Pascal Kündig investigates whether publicly available data from online platforms help predict bankruptcies of individual restaurants in Switzerland. #EconSky @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social @kaufmanndani.bsky.social
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
New article: link.springer.com/article/10.1... Andreas Brunhart and Martin Geiger investigate the adjustment dynamics of aggregate and sectoral goods exports following the Swiss Franc exchange rate shock in January 2015. #EconSky @kaufmanndani.bsky.social @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
📢 Final call: The Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics invites submissions for the collection #Textual #Analysis in #Economics and #Finance (final deadline 31 July 2025, link.springer.com/collections/...) #EconSky @kaufmanndani.bsky.social @elliottash.bsky.social @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
New article in the SJES Data collection: link.springer.com/article/10.1... Vera Z. Eichenauer, Remo Gurtner, and ‪Furkan Oguz introduce the Swiss COVID-19 fiscal policy dataset, a new high-frequency dataset that covers all fiscal support measures adopted in Switzerland. #EconSky
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
🏆 Follow-up: Best Paper Award Last week, we announced the winner of the award for the best paper published in the 2024 edition of the Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics: Brendan Berthold for his paper, "The Macro-Financial Effects of Climate Policy Risk: Evidence from Switzerland."
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
🏆 Best Paper Award The award for the best paper published in the Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics in 2025 goes to Brendan Berthold for his paper “The macro-financial effects of Climate Policy Risk: evidence from Switzerland”. www.sgvs.ch/awards/
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
New article: sjes.springeropen.com/articles/10.... Fernández-Amador, Oberdabernig, and Tomberger demonstrate how Swiss cantons are integrated into global supply chains, highlighting the regional impacts of energy price shocks. #EconSky @kaufmanndani.bsky.social @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
New article: sjes.springeropen.com/articles/10.... N. Kundan Kishor and Nam Nguyen propose a novel approach to estimate the credit gap, defined as the deviation of the credit-to-GDP ratio from its long-term trend. #EconSky @kaufmanndani.bsky.social @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
The Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics invites submissions for its collection #SJES #Data (link.springer.com/collections/...). #EconSky @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social @rlalive.bsky.social @kaufmanndani.bsky.social
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Reminder: The Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics invites submissions for the collection #Textual #Analysis in #Economics and #Finance. link.springer.com/collections/... #EconSky @kaufmanndani.bsky.social @elliottash.bsky.social @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Reminder: Call for Papers on Family Policies and Labor Supply The Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics invites submissions to the collection link.springer.com/collections/... #EconSky @christinafelfe.bsky.social @kaufmanndani.bsky.social @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
New article: sjes.springeropen.com/articles/10.... Johannes Lehmann and Michael Beckmann analyze how digital technologies impact performance incentives in Swiss businesses. #EconSky @kaufmanndani.bsky.social @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Submission deadline approaching: Call for Papers for the 2025 Annual Congress of the Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics (SSES/SGVS) on New Designs for the Market Economy www.sgvs.ch/conferences/... #EconSky @kaufmanndani.bsky.social @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social @kurtschmidheiny.bsky.social
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Reminder: The Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics invites submissions for the collection #Textual #Analysis in #Economics and #Finance. link.springer.com/collections/... #EconSky @kaufmanndani.bsky.social @elliottash.bsky.social @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social
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Marius Brülhart @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
The #SJES @sjeseditors.bsky.social showcases policy-relevant research. Latest example: Brendan Berthold's paper, using text analysis to quantify macro climate-policy risk in 🇨🇭, has been selected for an article in Die Volkswirtschaft / La vie économique 👇 dievolkswirtschaft.ch/fr/2024/12/e...
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La Vie économique |Évaluer l’impact économique de la transition énergétique
Le changement climatique représente un défi global majeur qui a notamment des répercussions économiqu...
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Reminder: Call for Papers on Family Policies and Labor Supply The Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics invites submissions to the “Family Policy and Labor Supply” collection. link.springer.com/collections/... @christinafelfe.bsky.social @kaufmanndani.bsky.social @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Reminder: The Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics invites submissions for the collection #Textual #Analysis in #Economics and #Finance. link.springer.com/collections/... @kaufmanndani.bsky.social @elliottash.bsky.social @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social #EconSky
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
New article in the Commentary Series: sjes.springeropen.com/articles/10.... @causalhuber.bsky.social presents an overview of causal discovery, a data-driven approach to uncovering causal relationships among multiple variables. #EconSky @kaufmanndani.bsky.social @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 05/11/2024
New Editorial in the SJES: sjes.springeropen.com/articles/10.... @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social and Kateryna Dashevska celebrate 160 years of the Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics. #EconSky @kaufmanndani.bsky.social
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Martin Huber @causalhuber.bsky.social · 29/10/2024
Interested in #CausalDiscovery to uncover causality among multiple variables? Check out my introductory #OpenAccess article in the Swiss Journal of Economics & Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social (very grateful to editor @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social for his support): doi.org/10.1186/s419...
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An introduction to causal discovery - Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics
In social sciences and economics, causal inference traditionally focuses on assessing the impact of predefined treatments (or interventions) on predefined outcomes, such as the effect of education pro...
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Marius Brülhart @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social · 26/10/2024
Additional justified pushback from German colleagues: their "Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics" can celebrate its 180th anniversary this year. Which still means 🥉 for the SJES in the longevity ranking. Or will somebody push it off that pedestal? @sjeseditors.bsky.social #econsky
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Marius Brülhart @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social · 25/10/2024
Possibly the world's oldest econ journal: The Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social is celebrating its 160th anniversary. 🎂 In this editorial, we look back on a rich and colourful intellectual history. 👉 rdcu.be/dX8bw #econsky
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The Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics at 160 | Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 21/10/2024
The Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics invites submissions for the collection #Textual #Analysis in #Economics and #Finance. link.springer.com/collections/... #EconSky @kaufmanndani.bsky.social @elliottash.bsky.social @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 08/10/2024
The most recent article, “Do mobile applications foster sustainable mobility? Evidence from a field experiment”, is available open access in the SJES: sjes.springeropen.com/articles/10.... @kaufmanndani.bsky.social , @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 02/10/2024
Reminder: Call for Papers on Family Policies and Labor Supply The Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics invites submissions to the “Family Policy and Labor Supply” collection. link.springer.com/collections/... @kaufmanndani.bsky.social, @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social
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Family Policies and Labor Supply
"Family Policies and Labor Supply" aims to analyze how family-oriented policies impact labor market dynamics. During the past century, we have witnessed a ...
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 23/09/2024
The most recent article, “Do fiscal rules matter? A survey of recent evidence”, is available open access in the SJES: sjes.springeropen.com/articles/10.... @kaufmanndani.bsky.social, @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social
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Do fiscal rules matter? A survey of recent evidence - Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics
Fiscal rules are argued to be important for sound and sustainable fiscal policies and have been increasingly adopted over the last 20 years. As increased fiscal pressure and fiscal risks urge countrie...
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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · 09/09/2024
The most recent article, “The development of ski areas and its relation to the Alpine economy in Switzerland”, is available open access in the SJES: sjes.springeropen.com/articles/10.... @kaufmanndani.bsky.social, @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social
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The development of ski areas and its relation to the Alpine economy in Switzerland - Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics
Cableways alleviate access to the Alps and were crucial in establishing the skiing tourism boom of the after-war years. Moreover, cableway operators employ a large share of residents, are complemented...
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