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The Dynamics of Offshoring and Institutions
Heyman, Fredrik; Gustavsson Tingvall, Patrik - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012
, little is known about the impact of institutional quality on offshoring. This is surprising, given that offshoring has become … between institutional quality and offshoring. The results suggest that weak institutions are negatively related to offshoring … in general and to offshoring of R&D-intensive goods in particular. Furthermore, firms that are able to establish long …
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Changing the Corporate Elite? Not So Easy. Female Directors’ Appointments onto Corporate Boards
Gregoric, Aleksandra; Oxelheim, Lars; Randøy, Trond; … - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2013
Scholars have previously investigated country and organizational-level factors associated with the incidence of female directors on boards. These studies, however, cannot explain why, in countries with strong gender equality and pressure for female directorships, firms are still hesitant to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818429
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Heterogeneous Firms, Globalization and the Distance Puzzle
Larch, Mario; Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Sirries, Steffen; … - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2013
Despite the strong pace of globalization, the distance effect on trade is persistent or even growing over time (Disdier and Head, 2008). To solve this distance puzzle, we use the recently developed gravity equation estimator from Helpman, Melitz and Rubinstein (2008), HMR henceforth. Using three...
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Productivity Analysis: A Micro-to-Macro Perspective
Carlsson, Bo - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1987
This paper raises several issues concerning productivity analysis. An attempt is made to demonstrate the usefulness of a micro-based approach to productivity analysis which challenges some basic assumptions of conventional analyses based on aggregate production functions. With the help of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011019067
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The Effect of Employment Protection on Labor Productivity
Bjuggren, Carl Magnus - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2015
The theoretical predictions of how employment protection affects firm productivity are ambiguous. In this paper I study the effect of employment protection rules on labor productivity using micro data on Swedish firms. A reform of the employment protection rules in 2001 made it possible for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261209
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Analysis of Industrial Structure: A Production Function Approach
Førsund, Finn R.; Hjalmarsson, Lennart - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1984
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Sensitivity to Shocks and Implicit Employment Protection in Family Firms
Bjuggren, Carl Magnus - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2014
In this study I present empirical evidence that employment in family firms is less sensitive to performance and product market fluctuations, both at the industry and at the firm level. This supports the idea that family firms are able to offer their employees implicit employment protection....
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Production Hierarchies in Sweden
Tåg, Joacim - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2013
I study the internal organization of firms using occupation data on workers in Swedish manufacturing firms. Firms with more layers are larger in size, in value added, and they pay higher wages. Firms are hierarchal in that lower layers have more workers and lower mean wage than higher layers....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818513
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Scrapping a Wind Turbine: Policy Changes, Scrapping Incentives and Why Wind Turbines in Good Locations Get Scrapped First
Mauritzen, Johannes - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012
The most common reason for scrapping a wind turbine in Denmark is to make room for a newer turbine. The decision to scrap a wind turbine is then highly dependent on an opportunity cost that comes from the interaction of scarce land resources, technological change and changes in subsidy policy....
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Local Competitiveness Fostered through Local Institutions for Entrepreneurship
Andersson, Martin; Henrekson, Magnus - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2014
We review and assess the role local institutional framework conditions play in fostering local entrepreneurship. The basic premise is that entrepreneurship is a central driver of economic renewal and change, and that institutions affect both the supply and direction of entrepreneurship. While...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011184638