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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005419538
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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.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010611584
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Competition of Trading Firms, Oil Prices and Exchange Rate Determination
Trofimov, Georgi - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1992
No abstract.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818550
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005670124
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A Continuous Theory of Income Insurance
Lindbeck, Assar; Persson, Mats - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2010
In this paper we treat an individual’s health as a continuous variable, in contrast to the traditional literature on income insurance, where it is regularly treated as a binary variable. This is not a minor technical matter; in fact, a continuous treatment of an individual’s health sheds new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008468497
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A Model of Income Insurance and Social Norms
Lindbeck, Assar; Persson, Mats - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2006
A large literature on ex ante moral hazard in income insurance emphasizes that the individual can affect the probability of an income loss by choice of lifestyle and hence, the degree of risk-taking. The much smaller literature on moral hazard ex post mainly analyzes how a “moral hazard...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005190629
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Job Security and Work Absence: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Lindbeck, Assar; Palme, Mårten; Persson, Mats - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2006
We analyze the consequences for sickness absence of a selective softening of job security legislation for small firms in Sweden in 2001. According to our differences-in-difference estimates, aggregate absence in these firms fell by 0.2-0.3 days per year. This aggregate net figure hides important...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645278
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The Welfare State -- Background, Achievements, Problems
Lindbeck, Assar - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2006
This paper starts out with a brief discussion of the historical background, the justifications and the political forces behind the built up of the modern welfare state. It also summarizes its major achievements in terms of economic efficiency and redistribution. The paper also tries to identify...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645293
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A Continuous Model of Income Insurance
Lindbeck, Assar; Persson, Mats - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2008
We develop a simple yet realistic model of income insurance, where the individual’s ability and willingness to work is treated as a continuous variable. In this framework, income insurance not only provides income smoothing, it also relieves the individual from particularly burdensome work. As...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645345
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Sustainable Social Spending
Lindbeck, Assar - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2005
The paper discusses a number of threats to the financial sustainability of social spending: increased internationalization of national economies, gradually higher relative costs of producing a number of human services, the “graying” of the population, slower productivity growth in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645441