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Immediate Agreement in Interdependent Bilateral Bargaining
Björnerstedt, Jonas; Stennek, Johan - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007
This note provides sufficient conditions for immediate agreement in an extensive form model of interdependent bilateral bargaining. The model is suggested by Björnerstedt and Stennek (2006) as a work horse for studying bilateral oligopoly. The key feature of this model is that the firms are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005771098
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Bilateral Oligopoly
Björnerstedt, Jonas; Stennek, Johan - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2001
In intermediate goods markets, both buyers and sellers normally have market power, and sales are based on bilaterally negotiated contracts specifying both price and quantity. In our model, pairs of buyers and sellers meet in bilateral but interdependent Rubinstein-Ståhl negotiations. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005419526
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Redistribution, Occupational Choice and Intergenerational Mobility: Does Wage Equality Nail the Cobbler to His Last?.
Sjogren, A. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2000
. This is done by linking ability uncertainty to family background. I derive implications for the allocation of talent and … income redistribution on mobility and talent allocation. It is found that a redistributive welfare system either reduces …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005670118
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The European Unemployment Dilemma.
Ljungqvist, L; Sargent, T-J - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1997
Post World War II European welfare states experienced several decades of relatively low unemployment, followed by a plague of persistently high unemployment since the 1980's. We impute the higher unemployment to welfare states' diminished ability to cope with more turbulent economic times, such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005780376
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Social Norms and Economic Incentives in the Welfare State.
Lindbeck, A; Nyberg, S; Weibull, J-W - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1997
This paper analyzes the interplay between social norms and economic incentives in the context of work decision in the modern welfare state. We assume that to live off one's own work is a social norm, and that the larger the population fraction adhering to this norm, the more intensely it is felt...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005780383
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Social Norms and Economic Incentives in the Welfare State
Lindbeck, Assar; Nyberg, Sten; Weibull, Jörgen W. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1997
This paper analyzes the interplay between social norms and economic incentives in the context of work decisions in the modern welfare state. We assume that to live off one's own work is a social norm, and that the larger the population fraction adhering to this norm, the more intensely it is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010600196
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Arbetslöshetsersättningen i Sverige: Motiv, regler och effekter
Björklund, Anders; Holmlund, Bertil - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1982
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Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818370
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The International Firm: A Vehicle for Overcoming Barriers to Trade and a Global Intelligence Organization Diffusing the Notion of a Nation
Eliasson, Gunnar - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1988
competition. Europe will become such a locus of competition and competence allocation to the extent "it" lives up to its ambition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011019068
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Trade, Reallocations and Productivity: A Bridge between Theory and Data in Öresund
Åkerman, Anders - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2009
The paper estimates the causal effect of trade liberalisation on aggregate productivity through mechanisms related to … is applied using both geographic and sectoral variation in how much the bridge affected export patterns and productivity … productivity in Malmö increases. I find that almost all of Malmö's productivity growth is due to the reallocation of production …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005025458
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Liberalized Trade and Worker-Firm Matching
Davidson, Carl; Heyman, Fredrik; Matusz, Steven; … - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012
Recent theoretical analysis suggests that a reduction in the cost of exporting increases the degree of assortative matching between workers and firms in export-oriented industries. Changes that reduce the cost of imports have an ambiguous impact on matching. We combine detailed Swedish matched...
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