The paper provides SVAR estimates for four open economies: the UK, Canada, Sweden and Denmark, making explicit a … another: monetary union appears easy to recommend for Sweden and Denmark, much less so for Canada and the UK. …

private sector employment. Our analysis suggests that the dramatic decline of the skill premium in Sweden is the result of an …Swedish census data and tax records reveal an astonishing wage compression; the Swedish skill premium fell by more than …

permits in Icelandic waters could conceivably remove the main current obstacle to EC membership for Iceland. This reform would …

This paper analyses the causes and consequences of offshore financial centers (OFCs). Since OFCs are likely to be tax … and simulate a model of a home country monopoly bank facing a representative competitive OFC which offers tax advantages …

exercise in fiscal rectitude of the 1980s and focusing on its two most extreme cases, Denmark and Ireland. We find that at …

Sweden is home to a remarkably large number of prosperous multinationals. We argue that this is partly the result of … regulations and controls have facilitated investment abroad by Swedish firms, while impeding foreign direct investment in Sweden … investment abroad, but opposed foreign investment in Sweden. This paper outlines the development of Swedish foreign investment …

, the effects of outward foreign direct investment on domestic investment, exports and employment, and second, the effects …