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Does sovereign risk differ for domestic and foreign investors? : historical evidence from Scandinavian bond markets

Waldenström, Daniel (contributor) - 2005 - [Elektronische Ressource], Rev. February 18, 2005

This paper shows that geographical investor heterogeneity strongly influences sovereign risk. While standard sovereign debt models mainly attribute the absence of sovereign defaults to foreign creditor retaliation, a new theoretical literature argues that domestic creditors also affect borrowing...

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Female career choice and career success : institutions, path dependence and psychological feed-back effects

Henrekson, Magnus (contributor); Dreber, Anna (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource], Rev. January 25, 2007

it can be used to account for some of the observed differences between Sweden and the US in this respect. Our normative …

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Designing efficient institutions for science-based entrepreneurship : lessons from the US and Sweden

Henrekson, Magnus (contributor); … - 2000 - [Elektronische Ressource]

tested by an in-depth examination of the experiences of Sweden and the US. Despite large levels of R&D spending and … comprehensive government support schemes, science-based entrepre-neurship has been far less important in Sweden compared to the US … Sweden in some areas is consistent with these changes. Our analysis suggests that a policy aimed at encouraging science …

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The firm size effect : fact or artifact?

Ekberg, John (contributor); Salabasis, Mickael (contributor) - 2001 - [Elektronische Ressource]

The size-wage effect is well documented in the empirical literature, and typical attempts of explanation center on the supply side, using variations of the human capital approach, perhaps combined with institutional theories. With conclusive evidence of its source yet to emerge, an alternative...

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Bottom-up vs. top-down policies towards the commercialization of university intellectual property

Goldfarb, Brent (contributor); Henrekson, Magnus (contributor) - 2001 - [Elektronische Ressource], Rev. May 26, 2002

address this question by characterizing and evaluating the policy pursued in Sweden and the US, two countries that put a great … record, there is an impression of laggard rates of commercialization of academic research results in Sweden. Although there …

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The Swedish ICT miracle : myth or reality

Edquist, Harald (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource], Rev. March 29, 2004

This paper investigates the relative labor productivity level for total manufacturing in Germany, Sweden and the US for …

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Financial liberalization, bank crises and growth : assessing the links

Bonfiglioli, Alessandra (contributor); … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

This paper studies the effects of financial liberalization and banking crises on growth. It shows that financial … liberalization spurs on average economic growth. Banking crises are harmful for growth, but to a lesser extent in countries with open …

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International financial liberalization and industry growth

Vlachos, Jonas (contributor); … - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]

The growth effects of international financial liberalization and integration are investigated using the methodology and data developed by Rajan and Zingales (1998). The main result is that industries highly dependent on external financing do not experience higher growth in value added in...

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