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Tåg, Joacim - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2008

This paper studies an industry in which firms can choose to provide open or closed platforms. Open platforms, as opposed to closed, are extendable so third-party producers can develop extensions for them. Building on a two-sided market model, I show that firms might prefer to commit to keeping...

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Implications of Skill-Biased Technological Change: International Evidence

Berman, Eli; Bound, John; Machin, Stephen - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1997

decades. We argue that pervasive skill biased technological change rather than increased trade with the developing world is … immediate and testable implication of technological change. Second, under standard assumptions, the more pervasive the skill … economies, the skill-bias of local technological changes do not affect wages. Thus, pervasiveness deals with a major criticism …

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Firms' Sponsored Training and Performance: A Comparison between France and Sweden Based on Firms Data

Ballot, Gérard; Taymaz, Erol - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1993

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Income Distribution and Labour Market Discrimination: A Case Study of Namibia

Ekström, Erika - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1998

use the 1993/1994 Namibia Household Income and Expenditure Survey. <p> The aim of the first study is to investigate what … <i>between-group</i> inequality. We find that Namibia still suffers from a skewed income distribution. <p> The aim of the …

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Investment Lilberalization - Why a Restrictive Cross-Border Merger Policy can be Counterproductive

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

Investment liberalizing countries are often concerned that cross-border mergers & acquisitions, in contrast to greenfield investments, might have an adverse effect on domestic firms and consumers. However, given that domestic assets are sufficiently scarce, we identify a preemption effect and an...

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Oil Prices and Real Exchange Rate Movements in Oil-Exporting Countries: The Role of Institutions

Rickne, Johanna - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2009

Political and legal institutions affect the extent to which the real exchange rates of oil-exporting countries co-move with the oil price. In a simple theoretical model, strong institutions insulate real exchange rates from oil price volatility by generating a smooth pattern of fiscal spending...

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