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Does Religiosity Promote Property Rights and the Rule of Law?

Berggren, Niclas; Bjørnskov, Christian - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012

Social and cultural determinants of economic institutions and outcomes have come to the forefront of economic research. We introduce religiosity, measured as the share for which religion is important in daily life, to explain institutional quality in the form of property rights and the rule of...

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Organized Crime, Corruption and Punishment

Kugler, Maurice; Verdier, Thierry; Zenou, Yves - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2003

and engage in local corruption to avoid punishment. When law enforcers are sufficiently well-paid, difficult to bribe and … corruption detection highly probable, we show that increasing policing or sanctions effectively deters crime. However, when … punishment induce organized crime to corruption, and ensuing impunity leads too higher rather than lower crime. …

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Trust, Leniency and Deterrence

Bigoni, Maria; Fridolfsson, Sven-Olof; Le Coq, Chloe; … - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2011

several other forms of crimes that share cartels’ strategic features, including corruption and financial fraud. …

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Wage-Setting Institutions as Industrial Policy.

Davis, S.J.; Henrekson, M. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2000

Centralized wage-setting institutions compress relative wages. Motivated by this fact, we investigate the effects of centralized wage setting on the industry distribution of employment. We examine Sweden's industry distribution from 1960 to 1994 and compare it to the U.S. distribution over the...

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Wage-Setting Institutions as Industrial Policy

Henrekson, Magnus; Davis, Steven J. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2000

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Institutions and Venture Capital

Lerner, Josh; Tåg, Joacim - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012

We survey the literature on venture capital and institutions and present a case study comparing the development of the venture capital market in the US to Sweden. Our literature survey underscores that the legal environment, financial market development, the tax system, labor market regulations,...

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Comparisons of Competitiveness in U.S. and Swedish Manufacturing

Carlsson, Bo - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1989

Over the course of the last 10 or 15 years there appears to be taking place a fundamental shift in the "industrial paradigm" governing the nature of competition in advanced industrial markets. Among the characteristics of this shift are a transition from mass production to flexible manufacturing...

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Entrepreneurship, Institutions and Economic Dynamism: Lessons from a Comparison of the United States and Sweden

Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Henrekson, Magnus - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012

The purpose of this research endeavor—in the form of eight articles—to be published in 2013 in a Special Section of Industrial and Corporate Change is to further our understanding of the extent, character and orientation of entrepreneurial activity in today’s wealthy countries. This is...

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Incentives for Academic Entrepreneurship and Economic Performance: Sweden and the United States

Henrekson, Magnus; Rosenberg, Nathan - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2000

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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An Innovation Policy Framework: Bridging the Gap between Industrial Dynamics and Growth

Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Henrekson, Magnus - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2015

This paper examines policy measures that foster the creation of innovations with high inherent potential and that simultaneously provide the right incentives for individuals to create and expand firms that disseminate such innovations in the form of highly valued products. In so doing, we...

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