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Public Sector Size and Corruption: Evidence from 290 Swedish Municipalities

Bergh, Andreas; Fink, Günther; Öhrvall, Richard - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012

In this paper, we use data from a corruption survey conducted among top politicians and high level civil servants in … 290 Swedish municipalities in 2007 to investigate the effects of government size on corruption. We construct several … measures of corruption based on the survey, and combine these corruption measures with detailed administrative municipality …

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Asymmetric Effects of Corruption on FDI: Evidence from Swedish Multinational Firms

Hakkala, Katariina; Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Svaleryd, Helena - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2005

We examine the effect of corruption on foreign direct investments. Our model shows that corruption may have different … market. Using Swedish firm-level data, we find that affiliate local sales decrease with corruption, while affiliate exports … increase. Finally, corruption has a negative effect on the probability that a foreign firm will invest in a country. These …

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More Open – Better Governed? Evidence from High- and Low-income Countries

Bergh, Andreas; Mirkina, Irina; Nilsson, Therese - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2013

Using World Bank data on institutional quality and the KOF Globalization Index, we examine over 100 countries from 1992 to 2010 to analyze the relationship between economic and social globalization and six measures of institutional quality. Theoretically, the incentives of elites to respond to...

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Entrepreneurial Innovations, Entrepreneurship Policy and Globalization

Douhan, Robin; Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2009

What explains the world-wide trend of pro-entrepreneurial policies in the last few decades? We study entrepreneurial policy in a lobbying model taking into account the con.ict of interest between entrepreneurs and incumbents. It is shown that international market integration leads to more...

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Growth and the Public Sector: A Critique of the Critics

Folster, S.; Henrekson, M. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1997

In a recent review article Jonas Agell, Thomas Lindh and Henry Ohlsson (1997) claim that theoretical and empirical evidence does not allow any conclusion on whether there is a relationship between the rate of economic growth and the size of the public sector. They illustrate their conclusion...

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Taxation and Entrepreneurship in a Welfare State

Stenkula, Mikael - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2009

taxation or capital gains taxation are found. The paper improves upon earlier studies in that it tries to separate the effects …-tax welfare state. Earlier time-series studies analyzing self-employment and taxation have with few exceptions been based on data …

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Long-Run Trends in the Distribution of Income and Wealth

Roine, Jesper; Waldenström, Daniel - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2014

This paper reviews the long run developments in the distribution of personal income and wealth. It also discusses suggested explanations for the observed patterns. We try to answer questions such as: What do we know, and how do we know, about the distribution of income and wealth over time? Are...

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Approaches to the Theory of Capital Cost: An Extension

Södersten, Jan - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1977

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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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Inflation, Taxation and Capital Cost

Bergström, Villy; Södersten, Jan - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1979

In times of inflation, most existing systems of taxation introduce new distortions into the allocation of resources. In … system of taxation to insulate it from inflationary distortions. …

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