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Corporate financial policies and performance around currency crises

Bris, Arturo (contributor); Koskinen, Yrjö (contributor); … - 2001 - [Elektronische Ressource], Rev. June 6, 2002

Using data from 17 countries that have suffered a currency crisis, this paper studies firm-level leverage and performance measures before and after a crisis has occurred. We show that in the years preceding a currency crisis, companies that are expected to benefit from currency depreciations...

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The effect of a social experiment in education

Meghir, Costas (contributor); Palme, Mårten (contributor) - 2001 - [Elektronische Ressource]

in the educational debate. These issues were the focus of a major education reform in Sweden which was implemented in the … 60s. The reform was preceded by a ``social experiment'' in which only a proportion of municipalities received the new … school system. We use survey data linked with tax records covering 10\%\ of one of the cohorts who were educated during the …

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Tax effects on work activity, industry mix and shadow economy size : evidence from rich-country comparisons

Davis, Steven J. (contributor); … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

Guided by a simple theory of task assignment and time allocation, we investigate the long run response to national differences in tax rates on labor income, payrolls and consumption. The theory implies that higher tax rates reduce work time in the market sector, increase the size of the shadow...

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E-commerce and prices : theory and evidence

Friberg, Richard (contributor); … - 2000 - [Elektronische Ressource], Rev. September 8, 2000

This paper examines the relation between prices in conventional stores and on the Internet. Main results from the theoretical analysis are i) we expect a discrete fall in prices in conventional stores as the share of the population with access to Internet reaches a critical level, ii) the...

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

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

The recent 'scientification' of commercial technology has brought the interface between universities and industry into sharp focus. In particular, academic entrepreneurship, i.e., the variety of ways in which academics take direct part in the commercialization of research, is widely discussed....

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Swedish economic growth and scholarly objectivity : an objective sociologist vs. subjective economists, or the way around?

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

Walter Korpi argues in a previous issue of Challenge (March/April 2000) that Swedish economists' claim that Sweden's growth performance has been inferior to that of other industrialized countries is at odds with the facts. Since Sweden has not grown slowly relative to other countries, there is...

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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

What national policies are most efficient in promoting the commercialization of university-generated knowledge? We address this question by characterizing and evaluating the policy pursued in Sweden and the US, two countries that put a great deal of resources into university R&D, but follow very...

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Monetary regimes, inflation and monetary reform : an essay in honor of Axel Leijonhufvud

Bordo, Michael D.; Jonung, Lars - 1994

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Beyond mobility

Andersson, Per (contributor) - 2007 - Uppl. 1:2

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Developing credit markets

Madestam, Andreas - 2005

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