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The Looks of a Winner: Beauty, Gender and Electoral Success

Berggren, Niclas; Jordahl, Henrik; Poutvaara, Panu - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2006

We study the role of beauty in politics. For the first time, focus is put on differences in how women and men evaluate female and male candidates and how different candidate traits relate to success in real and hypothetical elections. We have collected 16,218 assessments by 2,772 respondents of...

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Women's Representation and Public Spending

Svaleryd, Helena - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007

This paper studies whether the degree of women’s representation in Swedish local councils affects local public expenditure patterns. Theoretically, the individual preferences of elected representatives may have an impact on public expenditure if full policy commitment is not feasible. To...

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ICT and Household-Firm Relations

Lindbeck, Assar; Wikström, Solveig - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1999

information and competence of households, in combination with stiffer competition among firms, will also increase the power of …

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The Social Cost of Regulation and Lack of Competition in Sweden

Fölster, Stefan; Peltzman, Sam - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012

No abstract.

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Svensk livsmedelsindustri i ett EG-perspektiv

Braunerhjelm, Pontus - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1993

No abstract.

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Merger Control and Enterprise Competitiveness - Empirical Analysis and Policy Recommendations.

Stennek, J.; Verboven, F. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2001

This report studies the importance of efficiency gains from horizontal mergers. A general theme throughout this report is that efficiency gains, and their pass-on to consumers, may vary substantially from merger to merger. For this reason it seems appropriate to reconsider current practice in...

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Horizontal Mergers Without Synergies May Increase Consumer Welfare.

Stennek, J. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2001

Markets with imperfect competition do not induce a cost-minimizing allocation of production between firms. The market …

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A Heckscher-Ohlin View of Sweden Competing in the Global Marketplace.

Leamer, E.E.; Lundborg, P. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1995

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Lecture Notes on International Trade and Imperfect Competition.

Venables, A. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1996

competition. They are necessairy both selective and superficial. Multinationals are conspicuous by their absence, and the reader …

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Entrepreneurial Innovations, Competition and Competition Policy

Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2006

We show that, in the case when innovations are for sale, increased product market competition, captured by reduced … the bidding competition for the innovation and by increasing the relative profitability of being the most efficient firm … in the industry. Moreover, it is shown that increased intensity of competition can increase the relative profitability of …

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